Agribusiness and food leaders named as Enterprise Champs

Well-known agribusiness and food industry leaders have been named among Enterprise Champions tasked to help implement regional jobs plans.
Agribusiness and food leaders named as Enterprise Champs

When Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton launched a €40m competitive regional jobs fund last week, 20 business-people selected to lead the way included Abbey Farm Machinery MD Clodagh Cavanagh; Burren Fish Products MD Birgitte Curtin; Bord Bia member Rachel Doyle, Arboretum, Carlow; Glanbia South West CEO Colin Gordon; Lakeland Dairies CEO Michael Hanley; and Dairymaster CEO Ed Harty.

They have been asked to come up with innovative job-creation proposals and to promote collaboration as part of eight regional jobs plans with a 220,000 extra jobs target.

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