Managing Director of Ireland's leading Chemicals , Technical Polymer and Food Ingredients Distributor. Led management buyout in 1989, formation of PlusChem Specialty Chemical Distribution Alliance in 2000 & Innovative Polymer Compounds (IPC) in 2008, Acquisition of Norman Lauder Ltd. in 2010, led NCC to Deloitte Best Managed Company Awards for 5 yeras running from 2014 to 2018

NCC Group is comprised of Innovative Polymer Compounds (www.ipcpolymers.ie), Natchemco UK and the National Chemical Company (www.ncc.ie). Est. 47 years ago NCC is Ireland’s premier independent distributor of chemicals, plastics and allied product. Natchemco UK is a subsidiary of NCC. Raw materials from leading producers are distributed from warehouses in Rugby and Dublin to Pharmaceutical, Medical, Plastics and other manufacturing sectors. IPC is a joint venture manufacturing enterprise established to serve the European Medical Devices industry with polymer compounds. ISO accredited we operate to best practice. Members of the CDI and CBA we are committed to third party verified Responsible Care Programs and to the implementation of Good Trade and Distribution Practice. Through partnerships we ensure our customers of security, traceability and quality of supply. Founder members of Pluschem (www.pluschem.com), an alliance of independent European distributors.

President and founder member of PlusChem the European Speciality Chemical Distribution Alliance. PlusChem is a European network of independent distributors of speciality chemicals.It was founded in February 2000, as a European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) - a corporate entity, representing the interests of its 6 stakeholders. Each of the 6 independent shareholding companies are private family owned chemical distributors, offering an established gateway into the European markets. Ours is a cross-cultural group based on European rather than the individual member state legislation and business ethics; and we provide access and market coverage in over 20 countries to our European and overseas producers. At our core is synergistic business development and cooperation among our members, and we pride ourselves on the excellent team work that exists within our group.We additionally have 'associate' member companies in the USA, India, South Africa, Brazil and Japan, as well as a wholly owned office in Chengdu, China.Pluschem offers an unparalleled access to the European specialty chemicals market for our supplier principals; as well as a unique and proven product sourcing network.

IACI The Irish Association of Chemicals & Ingredients is the representative Association of the Chemical Distribution Industry in Ireland supplying chemicals, polymers and food and feed ingredients to Irish Manufacturing Industry

President of FECC the Represenative Association of Chemical Distributors in Europe , representing both large multinational distributors and National Chemical Distribution Assosiations across Europe.

Support for Operations Manager and Analyst for Managing Director