The Management Board

Fergal Leamy is Group CEO at An Post

He spent more than two decades leading and transforming organisations across Ireland, the UK, Australia and the United States. He has served as CEO of Glen Dimplex Group, Coillte DAC and Consolidated Pastoral Company, and earlier established and led Greencore’s US business.

Originally from County Waterford, Fergal is a Business & Law graduate of University College Dublin and has completed advanced high performance leadership programmes at the IMD and Harvard Business Schools. 

Garrett Bridgeman joined An Post in 1997 as part of our graduate recruitment programme. He has held several senior managerial positions within our commercial and operational areas, most recently leading the transformation of the parcel business. In October 2017, Garrett was appointed Managing Director of our Mails and Parcels division. He is a graduate of the Marketing Institute of Ireland (MII), where he received both the MII Graduate of the Year and the MII Logistics awards.

Paula was appointed as Chief Administration Officer & Company Secretary in January 2020, having been appointed as Company Secretary in 2019.  She joined An Post as Head of Procurement in 2014, having held similar roles in the Central Bank, IBM and Aer Arann.   Paula has an MBS from Dublin City University, a Diploma from Kings Inns and a BA in Business Studies from the University of Liverpool.  Paula volunteers time for Dress for Success, an organisation that empowers women to achieve economic independence.

Debbie Byrne joined An Post in November 2017. She has extensive strategic, general management and marketing expertise having worked for more than 20 years in a range of top companies such as Grand Metropolitan Europe, L’Oreal (UK & Irl), Eircom and Life Style Sports in senior general management, marketing and strategic planning roles. A graduate of International Marketing & Languages at DCU and INSEAD’s General Management Programme, she is also a member of the Institute of Marketing (UK).

Des joined An Post from Strata3, where he had been leading a specialist team working on An Post’s digital strategy during 2018.   
 
As one of Dublin’s leading digital experts, Des worked previously in Eir, O2 Telefonica and American Express. In addition to his digital leadership, Des is also a Six Sigma practitioner and qualified in Marketing and Statistics from Trinity College, Digital Marketing Institute and the Marketing Institute of Ireland.
 

Eleanor Nash is An Post’s Chief People Officer and joined the company from Eason Limited where she was Group Head of HR.

She holds a Masters in HR Management from UCD Smurfit Business School, is a graduate of TCD and has deep IR experience and a strong track record in driving organisational change.

Peter Quinn joined An Post in August 2004. He is a Chartered Accountant and trained in practice with KPMG. Peter previously held senior financial and strategic positions in PJ Carroll and Company and Monaghan Mushrooms. He is a director of Premier Lotteries Ireland.