Thia Hennessy’s lead role in UCC food business studies

Agricultural economist Prof Thia Hennessy has been named as the new head of UCC’s Department of Food Business and Development which specialises in food business and marketing, international development and co-operative studies.

Prof Hennessy joins UCC from Teagasc, where she was head of Agricultural Economics research for the last 10 years. With Teagasc, she developed an international reputation in the area of agricultural policy analysis and farm sustainability research.

The Food Business and Development Department is part of the Cork University Business School UCC, which plans to develop a new business school in Cork’s financial district — on the site of the former Cork Savings Bank on Lapps Quay, which UCC bought for €1.42m last year.