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Liam FitzGerald
Liam FitzGerald is Chief Executive of United Drug plc.
Liam started his career in the Jefferson Smurfit Group plc graduate programme. After a number of years in various Divisions of the Smurfit Group, he spent a brief time in the advertising industry.
He joined United Drug in 1993 and had responsibility for the Contract Distribution Outsourcing (CDO) business before being appointed to the Board in 1996. In that year, Liam also took responsibility for expansion of the Company’s CDO business into the UK market. Furthermore, he was instrumental in the strategic decisions to move into the Contract Sales Outsourcing (CSO) business, both in Ireland and the UK, and to develop the Medical & Scientific (M&S) business division internationally.
In addition to his responsibilities in United Drug, Liam is a former chairman of The Marketing Society in Ireland. He is currently chairing a government initiated Forum to promote the development of trading and investment in developing countries.
Liam is a non-executive director of C&C plc and has been CEO of United Drug plc since 2000.
Liam graduated from University College Dublin with an MBS degree in 1987 having graduated with a BComm a year earlier.
