The Irish Universities Association are hosting a Future of Ireland Webinar: Universities as Partners in the Transformation of Food and Agriculture with keynote speaker Patrick Coveney CEO Greencore on 30th September 2020.
The discussion will focus on how a top-quality higher education system produces the talent and leading research and innovation base for the agri-food sector.
Webinar: IUA Future of Ireland
Keynote speaker: Patrick Coveney, CEO of Greencore
Patrick Coveney has been Chief Executive of Greencore since 2008 and has built the company to become the biggest convenience food manufacturer in the UK. He’s a Non-executive director of Glanbia and Chairman of Core Media. Patrick attended UCC for his undergraduate studies and achieved a B Comm first class honour. He was Graduate of the Year in 1992. He was a Rhodes Scholar at New College Oxford and achieved M.Phil. and D.Phil. in Management Studies. He is a member of the Advisory Board of UCC’s Business School.
Moderator: Ella McSweeney, Irish food and farming journalist and reporter
Panelist: Prof Thia Hennessy, Head of Cork University Business School and Professor of Agri-Food Economics.
Panelist: Prof. Dolores O’Riordan, Director of UCD Institute of Food and Health & UCD Vice-President for Global Engagement
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