Devenish Nutrition's Irish Road Show Information

2nd December 2011


Devenish Nutrition are pleased to announce the details of their 3 Pig Sector road shows throughout the island of Ireland. The theme of the talks are ‘Securing The Future’ and will include presentations on a number of our key products, as well as an insight into the current and future market situation. Guest speaker, Mr Jim power, Chief Economist, will discuss the financial outlook for the Pig Industry.

The dates and venues are:

Thursday 8th December at the Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown

Tuesday 13th December at the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Co. Tipperary

Wednesday 14th December at the Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar

Our Guest Speaker, Jim Power joined Friends First Group in 2000 as Chief Economist, having previously worked as Chief Economist at Bank of Ireland and Treasury Economist at AIB Group. He lectures part-time on the Executive MBA programme at Dublin City University, and is a member of the Waterford Institute of Technology Foundation Board. He is a board member of Agriaware, the food awareness body. In 2006 he was a member of the Failte Ireland taskforce on a strategy for tourism. He is a frequent contributor to media on economic, financial and housing market issues, and writes extensively on these issues for various publications.

Jim is chairman of Love Irish Food and has just published a book ‘Picking up the Pieces’, which plots the demise of the Irish economy and the measures that now need to be taken to get the economy growing again.

He is a native of Waterford and comes from a farming background.

If you would like to attend these road shows, please contact Simon Caughey on +44 (0)2890 755566.

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