Brexit to be top priority for incoming Bord Bia chief

Brexit challenges facing food and drink exporters will be top of the agenda for Tara McCarthy when she takes up her new post as Bord Bia chief executive in January.

Bord Bia has confirmed Ms McCarthy will leave her current role as CEO of Bord Iascaigh Mhara, and will replace Aidan Cotter, when he retires as Bord Bia CEO in January.

In the months after the UK public’s June vote to leave the EU, both Bord Bia and BIM have been hosting exhaustive briefings and workshops with food and fisheries exporters.