McGinn has greater than 25 years of management expertise within the medtech and pharma sectors and is at present the CEO of Mergon Group.
The Ibec group representing the medtech sector – Irish Medtech – has appointed Pádhraic McGinn as chair of the board.
McGinn was elected on the affiliation’s annual normal assembly in Cork, which additionally noticed Alcon normal supervisor Jackie Murphy appointed as vice-chair. McGinn was appointed CEO of Mergon Group final 12 months, changing founder Pat Beirne who retired after 42 years.
McGinn acquired each the CEO position and the brand new chair appointment because of his many years of management expertise in medical machine, pharma, diagnostics and automotive manufacturing. Previous to his position at Mergon, he was with Jabil for greater than 12 years and spent most of that interval as the corporate’s regional senior operations director in Europe.
He additionally labored with Pfizer for greater than a decade and was head of division throughout the engineering college at South East Technological College between 2009 and 2011.
“Because the voice of the medtech business with greater than 250 members all through the island of Eire, the affiliation has an vital position to play in selling the sustainable improvement of this life-changing business,” McGinn stated.
“Not solely does medtech save and rework lives, it additionally provides unbelievable alternatives for significant profession paths. Having this chance to guide the board and guarantee Eire continues to be recognised as one of many world’s main medtech hubs is an honour.”
The director of the Irish Medtech affiliation, Dr Eoghan Ó Faoláin, stated the organisation’s imaginative and prescient is for Eire to be “strongly positioned as a worldwide chief” in patient-centred medical expertise options.
“With over 25 years govt management expertise in medtech pharma, together with small and enormous molecule processes and precision mechanical/digital units, Pádhraic has unbelievable perception to supply,” Ó Faoláin stated. “We’re fortunate to have somebody together with his distinctive observe file in delivering multisite enterprise transformation utilizing Shingo, individuals engagement, course of enchancment and digital manufacturing unit techniques be part of the checklist of unbelievable affiliation chairs.”
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