Name Ronan Gallagher

A full Curriculum Vitae is available on request.

Education & Qualifications

1991 BA in Modern Studies 2nd

Class Honours, Distinction

2001 Masters in Humanities 1st Class Honours

2007 Diploma in Management Studies

Career History

10/91 – 08/93 Guildhall Press Development Officer

09/93 – 12/93 Self-employed Freelance PR & Marketing

01/94 – 01/98 Four Courts Press Marketing & Publicity Assistant

02/98 – 09/05 Four Courts Press Marketing & Publicity Manager

09/05 – 01/06 Blackrock Publishing Business Development Consultant

02/06 – 12/06 New Island Books Business & Marketing Manager

03/07 – 01/10 Greyhound Recycling & Recovery Marketing & Communications Manager

01/10 – 02/14 Escher Group plc Marketing & Communications Manager

03-14 – present Wee Greenway Initiative Co-Founder

01-15 – present Business Consultant Newspread Ltd

01-16 – present Business Development Manager (NI) Newspread Ltd

Candidate Business Profile

At Four Courts Press, I created and delivered marketing and communications strategies, building the company brand

internationally. It grew from being a small book publisher to Ireland’s largest academic publishing house with turnover of

€1.4 million. I developed the first e-commerce platform for any Irish publisher or bookshop and was featured in the Irish

Independent in December 2004 as a case study for online business success. In September 20015, the website was

short listed for a Golden Spider Award.

In 2006, after completing a project with a start-up publishing firm to create their sales, distribution and marketing plan, I

was contracted by New Island Books to manage their brand, marketing and promotion activities. I created and delivered

a Communications and PR campaign which saw five titles listed in the top 100 Irish bestsellers.

From 2007-2010, I coordinated marketing for Greyhound Recycling, including company re-branding. In 2009, I was

central to delivering the multi-million Euro Dublin ‘Green Bin’ recycling contract. I created and managed www.greenbin.ie

that handled over 5000 daily visitors. I liaised with government departments including Environment, Heritage & Local

Government, and coordinated Greyhound’s bid responses to public and private tenders, acquiring contracts with

companies such as the Dublin Airport Authority, CRH Group plc and Allied Irish Banks plc.

From 2010 to February 2014, I worked for Escher Group, the world’s largest supplier of digital point-of-service software

to the postal industry. In conjunction with the Executive Vice President for Marketing, I delivered the company’s global

marketing and communication strategy. In 2011, the company delivered its IPO and in October 2012, Escher Group won

‘Best newcomer’ at the annual AIM Awards ceremony, London Stock Exchange.

In July 2013, I relocated to Moville, Donegal, as my wife was appointed Methodist Minister for Inishowen. In a voluntary

capacity, I co-founded the Wee Greenway Initiative to deliver segregated cycling infrastructure for Derry and Inishowen.

In September 2016, INTERREG announced funding of 14€m for the project. As an avid cyclist and walker, I have been

an advocate of a more balanced pro-environmental transport strategy. I am also the Public Relations Officer for Foyle

Cycling Club, the second largest club in Ulster, coordinating all the club’s marketing and social media campaigns to

promote events.

Since January 2015, I have worked for Newspread, a subsidiary of INM plc. After a successful year as a consultant, I

was appointed full-time in January 2016. Since then I have developed a profitable business for b2b distribution.