Industry appoints Brendan McCabe as Chair of ABC Irish (ROI) Council

ABC announces that Brendan McCabe has been appointed Chair of the ABC Irish (ROI) Council, replacing John Mayhead.

McCabe has recently retired from an extensive and successful forty-year career in the newspaper industry, where he held positions in every division of newspaper production, sales and general management.

In the role of Sales Director, McCabe was involved in the development of advertising at the Irish Independent, Evening Herald and Sunday Independent, before moving on to Independent Newspapers (Ireland), and the role of Deputy Chief Executive. More recently McCabe has held the position of Managing Director of Independent Newspapers’ regional titles in the North East.

McCabe is also a Fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland and sits on both the Board of the Advertising Standards Authority and on the Joint National Readership Survey.

Jerry Wright, Chief Executive, ABC comments:

“I am delighted that Brendan is to Chair the Irish (ROI) Council, and welcome his unrivalled understanding of the publishing sector along with his wealth of experience in both newspaper advertising and general management.”

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