Redmond O'Donoghue

REDMOND O’DONOGHUE is the Chief Executive Officer of Waterford Crystal.
He was educated at Waterpark College, Waterford, and University College,
Dublin. In 1988, he completed the Advanced Management Programme at the
Harvard Business School. After 17 years in various sales and marketing
roles with the Ford Motor Company in Ireland, the UK and Spain –
latterly as Marketing Director, Ford of Spain – in 1985 he joined
Waterford Wedgwood plc as a main board director and Sales and Marketing
Director of Waterford Crystal. During 1990, he served as Chief
Executive Officer of Waterford Wedgwood Inc. USA before returning to
Ireland at the end of 1990. In June 1995, he was appointed Chief
Operating Officer of Waterford Crystal and in January 1996, his
appointment as Waterford Crystal Chief Executive was announced. Mr
O’Donoghue is currently the President of Waterford Chamber of Commerce;
was the 1996/97 Chairman of the Marketing Institute of Ireland and is
also former Chairman of the Institute’s South East Region. He is a keen
tennis player and has won several Muster Championships; in recent years,
he has represented Munster and Ireland at Veteran level. Mr O’Donoghue
is married with two children.