‘Businesses are built by people, not just a leader’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Peter McCarthy of E-net

Peter McCarthy, group chief executive, E-net Picture: Conor McCabe

Peter McCarthy is group chief executive at E-net, the telecoms network company that operates the government’s Metropolitan Area Networks. E-net employs 107 people at its Limerick headquarters and an office in Dublin. Established in 2000, E-net was recently acquired by the Irish Infrastructure Fund (IIF), which is managed by AMP Capital and Irish Life Investment Managers. The company subsequently appointed a new management team led by McCarthy ahead of plans to expand into ...