‘Hire the best and give them support without interfering’

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 James Casey, operations director at LotusWorks

James Casey, operations director at Lotusworks Picture: Erica Ferrone

James Casey is operations director at technical and engineering company LotusWorks and one of the four executives who completed the man- agement buy-out of the firm last month.LotusWorks was established in Sligo in 1989 by founder and chief executive Fergal Broder. The company employs 520 people in Ireland and at its two US offices in Massachusetts and Washington.

Tell us about your career to date.

I have been operations director at LotusWorks for ...