Smurfit Kappa, Ireland, was named Company of the Year at the Business and Finance Awards 2013 that took place in Dublin, Ireland, last month. The Company of the Year Award recognizes the company that best demonstrates outstanding business leadership, sustainable growth, innovative strategy, strong financial returns, and employee development.
For more than 30 years, the Business & Finance Awards have been recognizing excellence in Irish business and is the longest running and most coveted business awards program in Ireland. Past recipients of the award include Google, Ryanair, and Microsoft.
The award reflects the views of business leaders and entrepreneurs throughout Ireland’s leading companies. The CEO’s of Ireland’s top 500 companies are approached for their nominations for the Company of the Year Award and a jury of their peers selects the winner.
Smurfit Kappa faced strong competition for the award from the other shortlisted companies, which included Paddy Power, Glanbia, Aer Lingus, Eircom, Sky, Greencore, and Intel. The Business Person of the Year was John Moloney, the retiring CEO of Glanbia, who has recently joined the SKG plc Board as a non executive director.
Gary McGann, CEO of Smurfit Kappa (see People Section below), said that "being nominated by industry peers is very gratifying and we are delighted to be recognized as Company of the Year. We also congratulate our new board colleague, John Moloney, on his prestigious award."
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