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CHAMBER | Network News
Potential to grow
employment in
shared services
in Cork
OVER FIFTY MULTI-NATIONAL and indigenous
Munster-based companies attended a seminar
titled “Initiating, Building and Expanding Shared
Services Activities” at the end of November which
was jointly hosted by Cork Chamber and IDA
Ireland. Speakers were Evan Norton, Pepsico,
Gavin Maxwell, Accenture and Rory Mullen, IDA
Ireland who shared their expertise on the benefits
of establishing shared services functions within
organisations and expanding the scope of
existing shared services activities in Munster
based companies.
ESB BREAKFAST BRIEFING FOR
A number of themes were discussed during the
forum including how Ireland should position itself
WATERFORD CHAMBER MEMBERS
to capture emerging activities in shared services,
how supply chain management is being Pictured at the ESB Breakfast Briefing were: (l-r) Orm Kenny, Kenny Shipping; Tom Murran, Deputy
structured in a shared services environment, and President, Waterford Chamber; Tom Flanagan, Smart Metering Project Manager, ESB Network;
support available for companies initiating or Seamus Berry, Area Manager, Waterford Branch, ESB Networks; Eugene Crehan, SEEPP; Michael
expanding activities in shared services. Garland, CEO, Waterford Chamber.
“Shared Services is a clear area of opportunity
to grow employment in the Cork area into the
future, focused on value added activities where
Ireland continues to deliver competitive
advantages in emerging areas of Shared Services
best practice,” said Barrie O’Connell, Chairperson
of the Chamber Financial Services Group.
“IDA Ireland is particularly interested in assisting
companies identify and successfully establish
additional shared services activities in Ireland. IDA
Ireland can provide information and assistance to
multinational companies considering
implementing shared service activities in Ireland,”
added Rory Mullen, Manager of Business Services
at IDA Ireland.
According to Gavin Maxwell, Finance and
Corporate Strategy Expert Accenture, “In the
current environment, where a focus on cost is
crucial, the experience of shared services in
Ireland, and in particular Cork, is a solid platform
for companies to optimise their current operations
and expand into new functions to drive costs out
rapidly and restructure for long term change.”
CORK CHAMBER ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Evan Norton, Pepsi Co Strategic Projects Pictured at the Cork Chamber Annual Conference titled “Re-Booting Our Economy – Back to the
Director who also addressed the seminar said that, Future” are Denis Collins, IBM; Patrick Coveney, Greencore Plc and guest speaker, with Conor Healy,
“By leveraging the competencies of our talented Chief Executive, Cork Chamber.
people locally in Cork, we have an opportunity to
move shared services up the value chain into
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