Chip off the old block

A new era slipped quietly into gear in one corner of the Irish corporate landscape earlier this year, when Gene Murtagh took over as chief executive officer of Kingspan.

A new era slipped quietly into gear in one corner of the Irish corporate landscape earlier this year, when Gene Murtagh took over as chief executive officer of Kingspan.

Last week, Murtagh met the media for the first time in his new role, from the reassuring position of being able to announce a 28 per cent rise in operating profit to €102.2 million on sales approaching €1 billion.

Murtagh is one of the ...