CareerWise Recruitment Director attends a recent Little Island Business Association networking meeting

Little Island Business Association held their monthly networking meeting on the 17th April at the Schoolhouse Cafe.

Billy Newton (MD) Arnold Industries Cork Ltd. and Ken Murphy (Director) CareerWise Recruitment Cork. Picture, Tony O’Connell Photography.

Little Island Business Association (LIBA) is the new not for profit organisation formed in May 2012 to promote and market Little Island locally, nationally and internationally and to provide a platform for businesses in the area to network and do more business. Little Island Business Association will represent the interests of all business sectors who are its members.

The Little Island Business Association has up to 1,000 businesses in its area and members will be representative of all sections of the business community. The Founder of the Little Island Business Association is Michael Mulcahy and its offices are based in 2413 Euro Business Park.

There are close to 1,000 businesses operating in Little Island at present employing an estimated 15,000 people. The main aim of the Association is to promote business firms in the area be they large, medium or small. It is hoped in turn we will encourage even more businesses to invest in our area and thus provide more needed jobs.

Ken Murphy

(Director) BE (Hons), CPIM – Cork Office

Ken Murphy graduated from University College Cork in 1987 with an Electrical Engineering degree before moving to the US as a Network Design Engineer with BellSouth Corporation. His return to Ireland in 1989 heralded a career which concentrated on the multinational sector, and involved working with companies such as Apple Computer, Cabletron, FMC Automotive, Moog, General Semiconductor and Technicolor.

Ken is a specialist in quality management, purchasing, logistics and supply chain management. He has significant expertise and experience in managing the changing demands of the global media, electronics and automotive sectors at operational and project management levels.

Ken leads CareerWise Recruitment’s Cork operations. He has served on local and national committees of IPICS (The Supply Chain Management Institute), CIPD, the Cork Electronics Industry Association (CEIA), and has completed a three-year term as Chair of the UCC Alumni Board.

Ken has recently been elected as a Director of the Cork Chamber for a four year term to help promote business and drive policy objectives for the Cork Region

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