As I rolled up through the ESB, I started to believe I could run it
Since retiring as head of the ESB, Padraig McManus has joined a number of boards and invested in emerging companies
CV: Padraig McManus
Role: chairman of Eir and the Curragh Racecourse, former ESB chief executive
Age:65
Family: married with two children and three grandchildren.
Hobbies: golf and walking
Favourite book: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Favourite movie: Groundhog Day
It’s 7.30am and Kildare’s business moguls are queueing for sausages and hash browns at Killashee Hotel.
It is an early start, but soon seats are filled and eyes are turned towards the ...