'We started with one employee': NBM Group MD Michael Galvin steps down after 40 years

Mr Galvin founded the workplace technology and solutions group in Cork in 1985

Mark McPhillips, Niamh Galvin and Michael Galvin at the announcement of NBM's leadership transition which will see Mr McPhillips become managing director and Ms Galvin appointed commercial director. Picture: Peter P Photos

The founder of Cork firm National Business Machines (NBM), Michael Galvin, is stepping down as managing director after 40 years with the group, with Mark McPhillips taking the reins of the technology and IT solutions company. 

NBM Group was founded by Mr Galvin in Cork in 1985, and is a leading provider of workplace technology, including a long partnership with Xerox in Ireland. Mr Galvin built the business from a small enterprise into the largest Xerox Premier Partner in the country.