‘Have a clear vision and be able to communicate it across the team’

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 Stephen Teeling

Stephen Teeling, co-owner, Teeling Whiskey Company Picture: Fergal Phillips

Stephen Teeling is co-owner of Teeling Whiskey Company, the Dublin-based drinks firm established in 2012 by his brother Jack. He oversees sales and marketing at the company, which exports to 60 countries and expects to sell 900,000 bottles this year. Teeling employs 95 people in Ireland and overseas. Last month, the company released the first commercial bottling from its own distillery, which opened on Merchant’s Quay in 2015.

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