Factfile - Finbarr Flood

Name: Finbarr Flood.

Name: Finbarr Flood.

Born: 1938.

Education: Brunswick Street NS.

Career: Started work with Guinness at 14 as a messenger and rose to become managing director from 1989 to 1994. In 1994 he became deputy chairman of the Labour Court.

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Family: Married in 1963; now a widower, he lives with his partner Anne Lewis, who is manager of the Guinness Hop Store. He has a son Barry, who is a Doctor of Islamic Archaeology and a daughter, Susie, who has completed her masters in Agricultural Development.

Why in the news: Has just taken over as chairman of the Labour Court.