Mall Road Design is a unique Irish Design company creating exclusive bespoke designs. MRD has developed into a successful design and wholesale clothing company selling fashion forward ranges on both Mens and Ladies. Our mens brand is Kenrow. Our Ladies brand sell under the name Rant and Rave. This was intended to build on the core competencies and experienced garnered in trading with all of large store Groups in UK and continental Europe over the previous 10 years. Denim is our natural heritage and it shines through all our collections. We have also successfully launched at Ath leisure brand called Relax and Renew

My role within the company was to continue to expand on an already successful contract manufacture business and to manage the change from a manufacturing business to an offshore sourcing business.key points.-Successfully developed and maintained a key portfolio of international renowned clients including, H&M, Lee Cooper, Next, Riverisland, C&A, Tesco, Primark, John Rocha, Country Casuals, Ted Baker and Jane Norman. -Managed over 120 employees. JLC and union negotiations and controlled the full personnel function.- Major Capital Expenditure Planning & Management - raised over 1 million euro in funding for specific capital projects.-Developed a strong and lasting relationship with Government agencies – Forbairt and Enterprise Ireland.-Managed the change from manufacturing to sourcing over a two year period with minimum disruption to the business.-Strong focus on cost reduction and introduced all of the key performance evaluating procedures within Montex Holdings.-Set up and negotiated by-lateral agreements with companies in Poland and later in Romania. -Instrumental in introducing strong quality control procedures meeting the individual quality standards of our customers and successfully gained ISO9001 accreditation. - Budgeting (Operating/Capital) & Pricing Strategies Costing, Margin/Profit Improvement & ROI.-successfully brought a landmark case to the European Court of Justice establishing the right to transit goods to Ireland through an EU country where you did not hold a trademark further enhancing the principle of free trade within the EU

Bad and Mad was set up to develop sportswear. This was launched in 2002 and we now have over 150 active accounts in Ireland.