Anne Heraty is an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 business woman. She is co-founder, major stake-holder and also CEO of CPL Resources Plc.

CPL Resources Plc.

CPL Resources Plc. is a resourcing/placement company based in Dublin, Ireland and active on several markets in Europe but still mainly focussed on the home-market Ireland. The shares of CPL are traded on the Irish and UK stockmarkets...

CPL

In 1989 Heraty and Keith O'Melly founded Computer Placement Ltd. a company placing people at IT companies that were starting to set up businesses in Ireland. In 1992 she takes over all shares from other stake-holders (including O'Melly) and from then on she own's 100% of the shares in CPL.

In 1996 Heraties husband, Paul Carrol, joins the group and in 1999 they decide to bring CPL to the market: CPL Resources Plc. starts trading on the Irish Stock Exchange

Irish Stock Exchange

-History:The Irish Stock Exchange is Ireland's only stock exchange and has been in existence since 1793. It is an Irish private company limited by guarantee. It was first recognised by legislation in 1799 when the Irish Parliament passed the Stock Exchange Act...

 and the London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...

. With this Heraty becomes the first female CEO of an Irish company floated on the stock-exchange.

Business women of the year

Due to her position as first female CEO of a listed Irish company she gets known to the larger public. In 2006 she wins the Earnst & Young Businesswomen of the year award and according to the website 'Business and Leadership she ranks number 26 on the list of most powerful women in Ireland.

Over the years this status results in her being asked to become member of several boards of directors with other companies. The most important involvements are:

• non-executive director of Anglo Irish Bank
  Anglo Irish Bank
  Anglo Irish Bank was a bank based in Ireland with its headquarters in Dublin from 1964 to 2011. It went into wind-down mode after nationalisation in 2009....
  
  
• non-executive director of Irish Stock Exchange
  Irish Stock Exchange
  -History:The Irish Stock Exchange is Ireland's only stock exchange and has been in existence since 1793. It is an Irish private company limited by guarantee. It was first recognised by legislation in 1799 when the Irish Parliament passed the Stock Exchange Act...
  
  
• non-executive director of Forfas
• non-executive director of Bord na Mona

Anglo Irish Bank

The most well-known position outside CPL is her role at Anglo Irish Bank

Anglo Irish Bank

Anglo Irish Bank was a bank based in Ireland with its headquarters in Dublin from 1964 to 2011. It went into wind-down mode after nationalisation in 2009....

. Relatively early in the downfall of the bank, shortly after the state took over ownership, Heraty stepped down from the board.

Other board-memberships

Within a week of stepping down at Anglo she also quits her non-exec directorships at Forfas and Bord na Mona