Joe Collins - Managing Director Commercial & Ingredients Division, Irish Dairy Board
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The division is responsible for dairy purchases, product quality and sales into the food ingredient sector including Irish Dairy Board ingredient subsidiaries sales in the UK and USA.
Joe grew up on a mixed farm in Swords, North County Dublin. He developed a keen interest in agriculture from the family farm and attended Warrenstown Agricultural College. After Warrenstown College, he worked for two years as a Farm Manager on dairy and beef enterprises in Meath before entering UCD in 1983. On completing a B. Comm. degree in UCD, He joined the Irish Dairy Board in early 1986 where he gained experience in a broad range of disciplines, including purchases, supply chain management, sales, marketing and general management before been appointed Irish Dairy Board Cheese Director in 2004.
In 2006 he was appointed Commercial Director and his current role of Managing Director of Commercial & Ingredients Division in 2008. He maintains a keen interest in farming and in his spare time helps out on the family suckler /sheep farm in Swords, North County Dublin.
