CEOs: Foreign markets key to recovery

Nearly three-quarters of Irish chiefs executive believe overseas markets are “far more significant” to the country’s hopes of recovery than the local economy.

As much as 72% of respondents to a survey said greater participation by Irish companies in foreign markets will speed up the recovery process.

The survey was carried out among nearly 400 chiefs executive by Deloitte and Enterprise Ireland ahead of their jointly-hosed CeoForum conference, held yesterday in the Convention Centre, Dublin.