The Scale Ireland chief executive who advocates for start-ups says we need to focus just as much on indigenous firms as we do on FDI
Journalist-turned-CEO Martina Fitzgerald of Scale Ireland pictured at its offices on Pearse Street in Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath
Journalist to chief executive is not a typical career path, but it’s the one taken by Martina Fitzgerald, formerly a political correspondent with RTÉ, now the boss of Scale Ireland, a not-for-profit that represents tech start-ups.
From the village of Kilskyre in Co Meath, Fitzgerald does not have a business background, she happily admits. Her father was a farmer, while her mother ran a shop, which helped to pay the bills and “put four of us through college”. A degree in politics and history from UCD in Martina’s case.
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