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THE RECENTLY RETIRED CEO of Enterprise Ireland Frank Ryan has been appointed as the chairperson designate of the board of IDA Ireland.
Ryan previously worked with IDA Ireland for 25 years before serving two terms as CEO of Enterprise Ireland between 2003-2012.
A native of Dundalk and former air traffic controller, Ryan worked with the IDA between 1978 and 2003 during which time he spent a period working in North America.
Announcing the appointment, Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said that Ryan was ‘uniquely positioned to oversee the increased collaboration between the multinational sector’:
“Increased linkages between the multinational sector and our innovative Irish companies is a win-win for our economy,” he said. “Delivering major supply-chain opportunities for Irish companies, and innovative products and services for multinationals.”
Ryan will appear before the Joint Committee for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation later today to discuss his appointment.
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I wonder does he get his pension from his recently retired position as well as his salary from his new role.
Either way I’m paying for it
It seems to me that every unemployed IT graduate these days is getting a grant to develop some crappy app that runs in the cloud and harnesses big data for the betterment of the environment.
What!!??….just what??
a) Where did that come out from and
b) Do you not think that its a good thing/have any reason to think its a bad thing?
You are either in the golden circle or not.
Jobs for the boys
Denis
Are you suggesting you’re qualified for this highly important position? Having observed a number if you’re contributions to these pages I would suggest your application would be rapidly discarded. This way they have avoided embarrassing you.
Hey Richie: GRAVY!
Golden circle gets bigger
Same same old Ritchie ruin john brutle enda who ????????
The golden shower !
Wouldn’t this country give ya the scour all the same.
jobs for the boys
So we appoint the CEO of one failed organisation to be the Chairman of another failed organisation. Astonishing. We need new blood, New ideas but what we have is a group think public appointments process that cannot break out of its solipsistic busy business model.
Enterprise Ireland is anything but a failed organisation.
How are either if them failed models. You clearly no little or nothing about either organisation
You can’t get in unless you know someone. So there’s no point applying for the job
Lesley
You can’t get in unless you’re highly qualified and experienced and respected. I presume you didn’t apply.
Having set up a company 2 years ago, the consultancy and advice from Enterprise Ireland made a huge difference to us and helped us grow way beyond our expectations.
Enterprise Ireland are extremely useful and I know plenty of other people who have availed of their services and would agree.
Ahippo
What a strange contribution to make. Both Enterprise Ireland and the IDA are outstanding organisations. I would respectfully suggest that you need to get out a little more and try to understand the world around you!
No rodgers didn’t bother. How’s the wife? Must be lonely this xmas all on yer todd?
This is exactly the group think that I am talking about. İDA & Eİ are very good at telling everybody how good they are but what difference do they really make. How many companies do they really get to locate here who would not have come here but for the IDA and how much have non food indigenous exports (which EI have responsibility for) grown in the past 5 years. What new markets for exports or investment have either organisation cracked in the past 10 years? It is easy to pick low hanging fruit.
If you’re crap at one job, you’re probably going to be crap at a similar job.
The potential CEO/Chair pool must be poor if these under performers keep recirculating.
FG have changed things, no longer jobs for the boys, getting your buddies in, breaking pay caps…. ya real change.
Richard Bruton should resign as this appointment goes against what he stood and insisted would not happen if he were elected. No interviews with outside agencies other than the auditing friends. Greed and corruption is alive and well. Shame on you mr Bruton. Does he have any unemployed friends on welfare?
Last year Enterprise Ireland gave €330 million to Irish companies. Would love to see a list of who got this money.
That’s a lot of apps.
I’d like to see what ghosts he’s got hiding in the closet first.
These institutions run themselves he wouldn’t have to make any big decisions , give these jobs to younger people who need a job and don’t have a big fat pension behind them . Ireland has turned out to be a joke
Same faces. Different jobs. Like shuffling cards. Ask IDA what happened to Amgen in Cork. Political stunt.
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