‘Make sure you’re around someone who is at the top of their game’

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 Darren Guy of Jurys Inn

Darren Guy, finance director at Jurys Inn Picture: Maura Hickey

Darren Guy is finance director at Jurys Inn and Leonardo Hotels, Britain and Ireland. Headquartered in Dublin, the four-star hotel group operates 52 hotels in Ireland, Britain and the Czech Republic. It employs 4,000 people, including 400 in Ireland at four Jurys Inn premises in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Belfast.

Jurys Inn and Leonardo Hotels are owned by the Israeli-headquartered Fattal Hotels Group. Plans are under way to open Ireland’s first Leonardo Hotel ...