The EY Podcast

The EY Podcast features experts from the world of business offering insights and analysis on a wide range of topics. From the latest CEO outlooks, to tax transformation, finance operations, economic trends and many more, the EY Podcast provides a comprehensive, cross industry view of the most topical issues impacting organisations and society, at your fingertips.

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CEO Outlook: The power of investing in renewable energy with Rosheen McGuckian, NTR plc

Rosheen McGuckian had spent a number of years leading the Irish operations of a US multinational when she decided it was time to join an indigenous Irish company. Focussing in on sectors where she could leave a tangible legacy, Rosheen wrote down a list of six successful Irish multinationals for whom Ireland was ‘the centre of the universe’ from a decision-making perspective, and started to knock on doors. One of those doors was NTR. Established in 1978 to build Ireland’s first toll bridge, NTR ...

Oct 27, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 8

CEO Outlook: Building Trust and Purpose in the Irish Banking Sector, Eamonn Crowley, CEO Permanent TSB

Becoming CEO of a large, successful organisation is always a challenge, but taking on the role in the midst of a global pandemic is a very different proposition. However, successfully leading teams through adverse times is something in which Eamonn Crowley, the new CEO of Permanent TSB, has a lot of experience and expertise. His time as a trader during the Black Monday stock market crash was an early introduction to tough markets. Since then, Crowley has helped to navigate major organisations in...

Oct 12, 2020•41 min•Ep. 7

CEO Outlook: Transforming Ireland’s power system for future generations with Mark Foley, EirGrid

Mark Foley has had a career of two halves. After many successful years in the private sector, the dot-com collapse forced Mark to reinvent his career. There began a long and successful time in the commercial semi-state sector, including leadership positions in daa and Coillte. While at Coillte, Mark had a ‘personal epiphany’ about climate change, setting him on a path that led to his role today as CEO of EirGrid. In this episode of the EY CEO Outlook podcast, Mark Foley tells host Richard Curran...

Sep 28, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 6

CEO Outlook: Building a world class postal service with David McRedmond, An Post

“ I am patriotic, I love this country. I’m also somebody who likes running big businesses .” When David McRedmond was offered the chance to run Ireland’s postal service, An Post, he didn’t have to think too hard about it. Having held leadership positions in companies such as TV3, eir, and WH Smith, the opportunity to put his skills to work in a “great state enterprise like An Post” appealed greatly to his interest in public service. In the four years since he joined An Post as CEO, David has ove...

Sep 14, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 5

CEO Outlook: Keeping Ireland Connected with Carolan Lennon, CEO, eir

In 1996, Carolan Lennon left her permanent, pensionable job to return to university and complete an MBA. Leaving a secure role, and having recently taken on a mortgage, it was a risky play. However, her decision marked the beginning of a stellar career in the Telecoms sector. After a number of successful years with Vodafone, Carolan went on to join Ireland’s largest telecommunications company, eir, as MD of its Wholesale division. Tasked with rolling out broadband to 300,000 homes across Ireland...

Jul 30, 2020•42 min•Ep. 4

CEO Outlook: Ireland's success in attracting FDI, with Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland

Ireland’s ability to attract and nurture major multinational companies is world-renowned. The FDI sector has been credited with helping Ireland emerge from the last recession, and, today, multinationals employ almost 250,000 people in Ireland and contribute over €22bn to the economy. At the heart of that success story lies the IDA. The semi-state body, responsible for promoting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Ireland, has helped this country compete on a global scale in the face of intense ...

Jul 22, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 3

CEO Outlook: Pat McCann, Dalata Group on surviving, re-building and operating in the new normal

After over 50 years in business, Pat McCann has weathered many storms. Starting out in the hospitality trade during the Oil Crisis of the 1970s, McCann successfully steered businesses through the many crises and recessions in the decades that followed. Now, as CEO of Ireland’s largest hotel operator, Dalata PLC, he is facing into his latest challenge with perspective and resilience, understanding that while the group will “ face some short-term headwinds, it doesn’t mean that we should get blown...

Jul 06, 2020•45 min

CEO Outlook: Leading Ireland’s health service through a pandemic

What is it like to lead a national health service through a global pandemic? In this episode of The EY Podcast: CEO Outlook, Paul Reid, CEO of the HSE, talks to Richard Curran about the personal and professional challenges of steering Ireland’s health service through the Covid-19 crisis. This is not the first time Paul Reid has managed a large organisation through a time of deep crisis. As he tells Richard, “I’m still wondering whether I follow [crises] or they follow me”. In what will be valuab...

Jun 17, 2020•48 min

Introducing The EY Podcast: CEO Outlook

Richard Curran meets the CEOs of Ireland’s leading organisations to talk about world-class leadership, weathering storms and delivering results. You will get an insight into the secrets of their success, the lessons they’ve learned along the way and their plans for the future. Subscribe or follow The EY Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Find out more about the series at ey.com/ie/podcasts or on EY Ireland social media.

Jun 05, 2020•42 sec

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