Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> August 28, 2000

Paul Dermody – De Vere Group Plc (dvr.l)

PAUL DERMODY, ACMA, FHICMA, is the Chief Executive of De Vere Group Plc (formerly The Greenalls Group Plc). He was appointed Chief Executive of De Vere Group Plc at the AGM on 18 February 2000. He was appointed a Director in June 1997. Mr Dermody joined the Company in 1963, and was Finance Director of De Vere Hotels from 1984 to 1989, when he was appointed Deputy Chairman of De Vere Hotels. He became Chief Executive of Premier House and Village Leisure in 1995, and was appointed Managing Director of Greenalls Hotels & Leisure in June 1997. He is a fellow of the Hotel & Catering International Management Association (HCIMA). Profile
TWST: Let's start with an introduction to De Vere Group, can you profile

briefly the company and provide some history?

Mr. Dermody: De Vere Group is now a highly focused hotels and health