Feargal Quinn
Retail Entrepreneur & Politician

Feargal Quinn is President of Superquinn, an independent Irish supermarket company which he founded in 1960. Superquinn, a private company, operates 21 Supermarkets and 9 Shopping Centres.

Apart from his involvement with Superquinn, Feargal Quinn has made many other contributions to Irish life. For a decade he was chairman of An Post, the Irish postal system. He chaired a steering committee on the reform of a key element in Ireland's education system which oversaw the introduction of the Leaving Certificate Applied. He was chairman of the St. Patrick’s Festival until 2003. Since 1993 he has been an independent member of the Irish Senate. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Dublin and by the National Council for Educational Awards. He received a Papal knighthood in 1994.

On the international scene, Feargal Quinn is President of EuroCommerce, the organisation representing commerce and trade in the EU. He is a former chairman of CIES – the Food Business Forum. He is also a board member of the Food Marketing Institute (USA), and a Fellow of the Institute of Grocery Distribution (U.K.)

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