Dr Marianne Walsh is Nutrition Manager at the National Dairy Council. With over 15 years’ experience, she has worked mainly in Nutrition Research but also as a consultant, with private clients and the food industry. She holds a first-class honours degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Ulster and received a scholarship to complete her PhD in Metabolomics at Trinity College Dublin. Following this, she worked as a Project Manager and Research Fellow at University College Dublin, researching the impact of genetics on individual dietary requirements. During this time, she was an occasional lecturer at the university and also held the post of Nutritionist at the UCD Elite Athlete Academy, where she worked with a wide range of athletes including Olympians and a Para-Olympian. She has been a guest speaker at several international conferences on nutrition and has published her work in leading academic journals.