merrion street

Location

EmployAbility, St. Patrick's Street, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon.

Date

11th November 2014

Time

8.30am

Of Interest to:

Business Owners

Information

The keynote speaker at this EmployAbility Breakfast Briefing event is Maurice Knightly.

Maurice Knightly is an entrepreneurial specialist at The UCD Innovation Academy and a director of several companies ranging from food and catering to new media. From 1992 to 2009 he was deputy managing director of the O’Brien’s Irish Sandwich Bars franchise, responsible for operations, training, marketing and purchasing. He worked to grow the chain to 282 outlets in 10 countries and developed the brand’s initial presence in each new market. O’Brien’s peaked with an employee count of 2,500 people and annual group revenues of €60 million. Maurice experienced the chain going in and out of receivership in late 2009, losing a significant shareholding.

Maurice has served on many boards and panels including Retail Excellence Ireland and Food Safety Authority of Ireland and he has mentored both privately and with Enterprise Ireland. He has always been active in the charity sector; credits include raising €1.25m for the 2003 Special Olympics World Games and €.5m for the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation through O’Brien’s. He currently gives his time freely as the training coordinator of both a confidential national helpline and the aid organisation Action Lesotho and is a tourist street ambassador in his home in Dublin’s historic Liberties.

More Information

For more information on this event hosted by Roscommon LEO Office please click here.