Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 2, 2002

Liam Fitzgerald – United Drug Plc (udg:l)

LIAM FITZGERALD is Chief Executive of United Drug plc. He has worked with United Drug for the past nine years and was responsible for the Contract Distribution Outsourcing division prior to becoming Chief Executive in September 2000. He was instrumental in setting up UniDrug Distribution Group, United Drug's Contract Distribution Outsourcing venture in the United Kingdom in 1996. Mr. Fitzgerald is a graduate of University College Dublin and the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business (UCD). He previously worked with the Jefferson Smurfit Group and Dimension Marketing. Mr. Fitzgerald is a former Chairman of the Marketing Society. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with history and overview of the company?

Mr. Fitzgerald: United Drug has been listed on the Irish stock exchange

since 1986. The company has been trading for just over