LAURA MAGAHY, APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN AT THE CRAFTS COUNCIL OF IRELAND (CCoI)
23rd September 2009
 Laura Magahy, Chairman of the Crafts
Council of Ireland Laura Magahy, who is managing director of MCO Projects Ltd, will serve as chairman of CCoI for the next three years following her appointment by Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment.
As chairman of CCoI, she will be responsible for strategically overseeing the growth and commercial strength of the crafts industry in Ireland.
Laura’s experience at board level includes positions as Chairperson, Non-Executive Director and Executive Director across a series of public and private companies. She is immediate past-president of the Institute of Directors, sits on the boards of the Irish Architecture Foundation and DCU Commercial Ltd. and has served on the boards of: The Arts Council of Ireland; Junior Dublin Film Festival; Graffiti Theatre-in-Education Company; CIE; Dublin Bus; Gresham Hotels Group plc; Dublin Chamber of Commerce; and The Ilex Urban Regeneration Board, Derry.
Laura’s significant cross-sectoral experience includes arts and culture, architecture, project management, transport, hospitality, facilities management, medical, property and urban renewal, and she has particular expertise in charting and implementing strategic organisational change. Laura is a Level A Certified Project Director (Institute of Project Management) as well as a Chartered Director. Laura’s award-winning company, MCO Projects Ltd., provides turn-key building services (architecture, project management, environmental engineering, etc) and specialises in sustainable development and 4D urban planning. She was formerly managing director of Temple Bar Properties Limited.
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