The second coming

Just what is Philip Lynch up to? A full two decades after he took the helm of the stagnant Irish Agricultural and Wholesale Society (IAWS) and helped it become a thriving €1.5 billion group, is he about to have yet another crack at working the oracle?

As the chief executive of IAWS Co-op, Lynch was the driving force behind its recent €100 million investment in NTR Group, the public utilities and environmental infrastructure ...