Barry O’Connell appointed new Chief Executive at Dublin Port Company
The Board of Dublin Port Company announced the appointment of Barry O’Connell as its new Chief Executive Officer from tomorrw 14th November 2022 following an open and competitive recruitment process.
Barry joins Dublin Port Company from the Coca-Cola System, where he has held multiple senior executive roles in bottling operations around the world since 1992. Barry has been a CEO since 2009 and has successfully led organisational transformation initiatives in Austria/Slovenia, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore/Malaysia.
These initiatives have typically involved major capital investment projects in the areas of manufacturing and logistics, step-changes in sales and marketing strategy, innovative digitisation initiatives and significant investment in building organisational culture and capability. In leading such change initiatives,
Barry has acquired significant experience in the areas of strategy, leadership, organisational change, and stakeholder management.
Barry replaces Eamonn O’Reilly, who stepped down from the role on 31st August after twelve highly successful years during which Dublin Port has undergone an historic transformation with the development and ongoing implementation of Masterplan 2040.
Under Eamonn’s stewardship, enormous growth in freight throughput at Dublin Port has been facilitated by the major infrastructure developments delivered to date.
The challenge in the coming years is the effective and timely delivery of the remaining elements of the approved Masterplan.
The Board is confident that Barry’s experience in senior international and operationally complex positions make him ideally placed for the role and task ahead.
A native of Cork, Barry holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Limerick with further studies in Cranfield University and the IMD in Switzerland.
On the other hand Dublin Port Company (DPC) celebrated 21 years of its Scholarship Programme. In this anniversary year, 24 new recipients from the port’s local communities have been awarded scholarships for 2022.
The Dublin Port Scholarship Programme is the longest running education bursary of its kind in the city’s Docklands area. It was set up by Dublin Port Company (DPC) in 2001 to contribute to the community by providing financial support for people to fulfil their potential through education.
