Driving Growth in the Domestic Economy
Guest Speaker: Chris Martin, Musgraves
Chris Martin is CEO of Musgrave Group, Ireland’s largest grocery and food distributor. Founded in Cork in 1876, Musgrave partners with over 3,400 independent retailers in Ireland, the UK and Spain. Almost 50,000 people work either directly for Musgrave or in one of the stores associated with the brands, 35,000 of whom are in Ireland – making the company, with its retailers, Ireland’s second largest employer.
Under Chris’ direction, the business has focused strongly on partnering with entrepreneurial retailers to grow and develop retail brands.
Banner brands include SuperValu, Centra and Daybreak (Ireland); Budgens, Londis and Mace (UK); and Dialprix (Spain) and most recently Superquinn which was acquired in October of 2011.
Prior to joining Musgrave, Chris had already honed a strong and lengthy retail pedigree including senior positions with Asda, Pizza Hut, Storehouse and Mothercare, where he was CEO until 2002.
An economics graduate of Newcastle University, he is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Chris is a Fellow of the IGD and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Originally from Yorkshire, Chris now divides his time between Kinsale, Ireland and Marlow in the UK.
This event is kindly sponsored by Hays