Mr. Fred Barry has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Project Management Holdings (PM Group), the Irish headquartered international project delivery specialists.

Fred has over 30 years’ experience in senior leadership positions in the public and private sectors. He is the former Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority (NRA) in Ireland and a former Group Managing Director for the UK and Ireland with the international engineering firm, Jacobs.  Fred is also a former Chairman of the Conference of European Road Directors, and Director of the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA).

During his career, Fred has worked on major infrastructural and industrial projects in Africa, the Middle East, Canada and the USA. He has also published extensively on the topic.

Announcing the appointment, PM Group Chairman Dan Flinter said, “I am very pleased to welcome Fred to the PM Group board. Fred is another high calibre addition to our board bringing deep sectorial and international experience, which I am confident will be invaluable in supporting the Groups’ future development especially in international markets”.

Fred is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of Engineers Ireland and of the Irish Academy of Engineering. He is also a Member of the Institute of Arbitrators, has qualified as a Barrister and is an IPMA ‘A’ Project Director.