Emer Sherry
Emer Sherry, Senior Executive, Irish MedTech
Dr Emer Sherry is Senior Executive with Irish Medtech since May 2022 leading the quality, regulatory and sterility assurance workstreams as well as the innovation portfolio. Through managing the Irish Medtech Regulatory Steering Committee , she leads Irish Medtech’s ongoing stakeholder engagement with the Irish Competent Authority HPRA, Notified Body NSAI, patient and clinician bodies, government departments’ officials together with national and European policymakers.
Emer is represents Ireland in Medtech Europe’s Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs Committees and recently elected National Association Chair of Medtech Europe’s MDR Advocacy Working Group. She manages eight working groups ranging across a variety of regulatory topics providing practical support to member companies in navigating the complexity of medtech regulations. She is the conference director for the Irish Medtech’s regulatory conference Global Access. Prior to joining Irish Medtech, she held senior positions in Ibec, the Telecommunications Industry Ireland and Audiovisual Ireland. She represented industry on the Government’s Task Force on Mobile Phone and Broadband and the Joint Utility Local Authority Forum. She holds a first-class honours degree in electronic engineering and a PhD in the same discipline from University College Dublin.