Agri-Business
Aidan Cotter has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of a joint venture between ABP Food Group and the Fane Valley Group.
To achieve the targets set out under Food Wise 2025 in a post-Brexit era, Irish exports will need to be shifted away from the UK market.
Tara McCarthy has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Bord Bia, replacing Aidan Cotter who will retire in January 2017.
Bord Bia will roll out a fund to support Irish small-to-medium companies struggling in the wake of Brexit.
Bord Bia along with 27 Irish food exporting companies will fly the flag for Irish produce at the world's biggest food fair in Paris this week.
'China will become the first billion euro market for Irish food and drink exports outside of the UK within the next three years.'
The Irish agri-food sector is to have a dedicated unit set up in the Department of Agriculture, under the Government's Brexit contingency plan.
Bord Bia has confirmed that its Chief Executive Aidan Cotter will retire 'early next year'.
Twenty Irish food companies are with Bord Bia in Germany this week at the world’s largest trade food fair in Cologne.
