Jo Fairley - Green & Black's
Green & Black's got its sales and marketing strategy right.
Cathal Gaffney of Brown Bag Films has made the journey from college dropout to feted CEO by virtue of hard work, self-reliance and an endless passion for animation.
Corkman Tom Kearney travelled the exotic historial spice routes of the East before coming home and setting up his own spice company Spice O’Life in Dunmanway.
John Flahavan is the sixth generation of Flahavans to run the porridge oatlets company of the same name and in recent years he has led it to impressive exporting success.
The evolution of Green & Black’s is a textbook exemplar of how to get your sales and marketing strategy right on target, but according to the organic chocolate brand’s co-founder Jo Fairley, it wasn’t a conscious decision at the outset.
Chris Horn knows a lot about rapid growth and globalisation, having founded one of Ireland’s most successful technology companies: Iona Technologies.
Eddie O’Connor, founder and CEO of Mainstream Renewable Power, is a true entrepreneur, driving his current company with gusto following his sale of Airtricity in 2008.
Padraig O’Ceidigh is one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs, having developed Aer Arann from a small island-hopping service with a €250,000 turnover into one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines, with a reported one million passengers a year, 700 flights a week, and annual revenues of over €100m.
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