Anne Heraty, Co-founder and CEO, CPL Resources plc

Anne Heraty graduated from University College Dublin with a BA degree in Mathematics and Economics.

Anne is currently CEO of CPL Resources Ltd, which she co-founded in 1989. CPL Resources, Ireland's leading employment services company, provides recruitment and outsourcing services across a range of disciplines and sectors offering specialist labour market knowledge and expertise in each sector.

 
Anne Heraty with UCD business students Enda Gallery and James Daly

CPL Resources, which has a network of 24 offices in 7 countries, has circa 3,800 temporary staff and 500 contractors working on client sites and is listed on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges.

Anne began her career as a telesales worker at Xerox and then moved to Grafton Recruitment before setting up CPL.

Anne was the overall winner of the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.