Movers and shakers

Cormac Barry steps down as CarTrawler chief executive to ‘recharge the batteries’

Peter O’Donovan will take over as chief executive after spending six years at the car hire software firm

Cormac Barry said he was leaving his role as chief executive for personal reasons

Cormac Barry is stepping down as chief executive of CarTrawler, the car-hire software firm, for “personal reasons”, the company announced this morning.

Peter O’Donovan, the firm’s chief operating officer, will take over the leadership of the business, which sells software to airlines and travel agencies, it was confirmed.

O’Donovan, who joined CarTrawler in 2016 and is a member of its leadership team, previously spent 14 years at Flutter-owned Paddy Power, including as managing director of ...