‘Feedback is invaluable in continuing to learn and grow’

Lidl Ireland's Maeve McCleane traces her career to date and explores the lessons she has learned along the way

Maeve McCleane, director of human resources, Lidl Ireland Picture: Fergal Phillips

Maeve McCleane is director of human resources with Lidl in Ireland. The German-owned supermarket group employs 4,000 people in 146 stores and three distribution centres in the Irish market. McCleane joined the company in 2005 as a sales operations manager and, after a stint working at Lidl’s headquarters in Neckarsulm, Germany, returned to Ireland at the start of the year to take up her current role.

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