Brendan Butler

Brendan Butler is currently Chairman of Turas Nua  and Deputy Chair of the  Press Council of Ireland. Previously  he was Chairman of Startup Ireland. Over a 40 year career Brendan completed 25 years with the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC)  having previously worked in the public sector for 15 years. Brendan spent 14 years as a member of IBEC’s Senior Management Team and held a number of responsibilities including Director of the Small Firms Association (SFA), IBEC’s Director of Social Policy and Director of Enterprise and in his final role with IBEC as Director of Policy and International Affairs. Brendan was involved in the negotiations for the various social partnership programmes first introduced in Ireland in 1987. Brendan has been a member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the National Competitiveness Council (NCC).  He represented IBEC in Business Europe, the IOE, ILO and BIAC. Brendan holds a B.Comm from University College Dublin and an M.Sc. (Economics) from Trinity College Dublin. Brendan was appointed Treasurer of the IIEA in 2014.