Talk the talk

Peter Coyle of Enterprise Ireland talks to David Clerkin about this week’s annual forum for Irish chief executives.

What does the chief executive forum hope to achieve?

The forum is the major annual get-together under the auspices of Enterprise Ireland and Deloitte for chief executives in Irish-owned manufacturing and internationally traded services companies. It’s an excellent opportunity for them to meet, share views and experiences and consider the issues for their businesses from this year’s theme, which is ‘Scaling up Irish Companies to be Global Competitors’. The event is in its 16th year and takes place on Wednesday in the Leopardstown Pavilion in Dublin. So far more than 500 chief executives have signed up.