Mr Paul O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer, Quinn Group

Paul O’Brien became Chief Executive Officer of the Quinn Manufacturing Group in April 2011 at a point when agreement was reached on a restructuring of the debts of the Group, having been a   Non Executive Director since November 2010.   The restructuring process was a complex operation and was completed in December 2011. 

Prior to joining the Group Paul was Chief Executive of Four Leaf Investment NV, a Belgian Company, which operates a number of hotels in Belgium and France.  Prior to that, he set up a business working with management teams on turnaround projects in the construction and medical sectors.  He also has over ten years’ experience at finance director level in the technology, manufacturing and media sectors with Compaq Ireland (formerly Digital Equipment), IWP International plc and UTV Media plc.  Paul O’Brien is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.