After working in the business for over 42-years of which he has served 12 as chief executive, Jim Woulfe, CEO, Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited has announced his upcoming retirement.
Dairygold will now begin the process to recruit a successor and Jim will step down from the CEO role at year end when a successor has been appointed.
A native of Ardagh, Co Limerick, Mr Woulfe (60) graduated in Dairy Science from University College Cork and joined Ballyclough Co-op in Mallow in 1979, serving in diverse management roles before the neighbouring Mitchelstown and Ballyclough Co-ops merged in 1990 to establish Dairygold. He held a number of senior management roles in Dairygold, including Milk Supplies, Head of Human Resources and Head of Agri-Business, prior to being appointed Dairygold’s CEO in July 2009.