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Drury: Leadership Change
PR firm Drury has appointed Cathal Barry, current head of its financial communications unit, as chief executive, succeeding Anne-Marie Curran in January.
Source: Irish Times: Business
- Who
- Drury · Ireland
- What happened
- PR firm Drury has appointed Cathal Barry, current head of its financial communications unit, as chief executive, succeeding Anne-Marie Curran in January.
- When
- 2026-11-06
- Source
- Irish Times: Business
- So what
- A change at the top rarely stays at the top.
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Drury's move reshapes the layer beneath it in the sector as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
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