O’Leary to become next head of IDA

BARRY O’LEARY is to be next chief executive of the IDA. Mr O’Leary is currently IDA divisional manager in life sciences and ICT and he will take the helm at the industrial development agency at the end of this year, when Sean Dorgan steps down.

IDA chairman John Dunne said: “Barry O’Leary has exceptional vision, leadership and business skills to take IDA forward to further success in an ever-changing global business environment.

“Ireland has long punched above its weight in winning mobile international investments and has sustained this record in the current decade, in new areas of business and with new value propositions.”