Sarah Hayes BSc MBA
With a career spanning over 20 years within the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry across a variety of senior leadership roles, Sarah brings extensive experience in all aspects of the pharmaceutical lifecycle from development to technology transfer through to commercial manufacturing, validation, outsourcing, compliance management and oversight of worldwide supply chains.

Why the PMTC?
"Leading the PMTC offers a great opportunity to work in a diverse, talent rich, collaborative setting encompassing a wide range of partner companies from pharma multinationals to indigenous enterprises with world class academic researchers. I believe in the mission of PMTC, to help solve current industry challenges to increase the competitiveness of the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Ireland.
Our mission at PMTC is best achieved through harnessing the combined knowledge and experience of our industry members together with our academic collaborators who have combined capabilities to match all related industry challenges. Our academic network and culture of knowledge sharing among our member companies are key enablers for PMTC."
"A people person at heart, what I have found most rewarding in my career has been building and leading high performance teams. I value diversity and teamwork and firmly believe that through collaboration we can achieve more than the sum of our parts."
Areas of Expertise
- Leadership
- Strategy Development
- Technology Transfer
- Pharmaceutical Quality Management
- Validation
- Regulatory Affairs
- Analytical Development
Email: sarah.e.hayes@ul.ie
Telephone: 086 8530310