Date of birth: 1942
Education: Presentation School, Limerick (1954-19); Bachelor of Business Studies (marketing), National Institute of Higher Education (now UL) 1986; Master of Business Studies (entrepreneurship), UL, 1992; PhD Entrepreneurship, University of Durham, 1999 (Thesis: "Developing graduate entrepreneurs: an analysis of entrepreneurship education programmes in Ireland").
Previous employment: sales/reservation assistant at Shannon Travel Ltd, Limerick, British European Airways, Shannon Airport; administrative assistant, Medi-Kleen Ltd.
Currently: director and company secretary of Fleming Medical Ltd., manufacturers and distributors of a wide range of hospital and pharmacy products. The company employs 25 people and has a turnover in the region of £3million.
Research interests: entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. This summer (July 2001, Florida, internationalising entrepreneurship education and training conference) was awarded "best academic paper" for a paper, co-authored with Wilberforce Owusu-Ansah), entitled: "The impact of entrepreneurship education on business venturing: a longitudinal survey of Irish graduates."
Memberships: include director, Limerick Enterprise Board; director, the Marketing Centre for Small Business; board member, The Innovation Board, UL; board member, Limerick City Development Board; chief examiner, Marketing Institute of Ireland; member, Small Business Institute Directors' Association; member, Network Women in Business Organisation.
