'It's all about the dealer'

After 16 years at Renault Ireland, Paddy Magee has seen enough triumphs and setbacks to take a philosophical view of it all

Paddy Magee Pic: Fergal Phillips

CV: Paddy Magee

Role: managing director, Renault Ireland

Age:40

Lives: Wicklow

Family: wife Claire and daughter Katy May

Favourite movie: The Usual Suspects

Just finished reading: My Journey by Jim Stynes

There can’t be too many senior executives in the Irish motor trade who look back on 2013 with anything approaching fondness. New car sales were down 7 per cent that year, on top of an 11.5 per cent fall in 2012. Dealerships ...