Social Entrepreneur of the Year for Charitable Organisation, Martina Jennings, CEO, Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation, with sponsor Eimear Govern, Marks & Spencer Ireland, at the IMAGE PwC Business Woman of the Year Awards.

Mayo Roscommon Hospice CEO honoured at Businesswoman of the Year Awards

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THE CEO of Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation, Martina Jennings, has won the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award at this year’s IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards.

Crowned at a ceremony on Friday night in The Clayton Hotel in Dublin, the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards celebrate the success, talent and accomplishment of female business peers across a wide arc of industries, professions and communities.

Martina became CEO of the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation in 2017.

Mike Smith, chairman of the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation, said: “We were overjoyed and immensely proud to hear that our CEO, Martina Jennings, won the PwC Businesswoman of the Year Award in the category of Social Entrepreneur of the Year for a Charitable Organisation.

“Out of 650 entries and 125 nominations, this is an incredible achievement. Martina’s exceptional leadership in the past eight years has brought the Foundation from strength to strength. We are all so proud of her.”

Said Martina Jennings: “I was thrilled to have been shortlisted for the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards but to win is truly special.

“I must thank IMAGE, the judges and the sponsors for a wonderful evening and I want to dedicate my award to all of the families who we have supported over the years.”

This is Martina’s third accolade as she was awarded Mayo’s Most Inspirational Woman in 2015 and won Mayo Person of the Year in 2020.

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