Siobhán Talbot

Irish businesswoman

Siobhan Talbot

Born| 1964 (age 57-58)

County Kilkenny, Ireland

Occupation| CEO of Glanbia

Siobhan Talbot (born c.1964) is an Irish businesswoman, and the CEO of Glanbia. As such, she is the second woman CEO to head an Irish listed company.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Awards
* 3 Personal life
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Biography[edit]

Siobhán Talbot was born in Kilmoganny, Kilkenny to a dairy farmer and a school teacher,.[1] She went to University College Dublin where she graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Commerce, and a diploma in accounting in 1985.[2][3]

Talbot worked in Ireland and Australia in PricewaterhouseCoopers before returning to Ireland to work in Waterford Foods. Then she began to rise through the Glanbia group finally becoming the groups Financial director before, in 2013, being appointed CEO of the group. She has worked for the company for over 20 years.[1][2][3][4]

In October 2018, Glanbia acquired the diet brand SlimFast,[5] and Talbot was nominated to join the board of the construction group CRH plc.[6]

In August 2019, Talbot was reappointed group managing director of Glanbia for 3 years with a 20% raise,[7] even though a portion of the group's investors were opposed to this raise.[8]

## Awards[edit]

* 2015: Award for Outstanding Achievement by the Ireland-US Council[9]
* 2018: Business Person of the Month by the magazine Business & Finance[5]

## Personal life[edit]

Talbot is married. She has a son (Thomas) and a daughter (Alice).[1] She has survived a cancer diagnosis in 2010.[2][3]

## See also[edit]

* Glanbia
* Gender representation on corporate boards of directors

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Siobhan Talbot: 'I don't believe in gender quotas – people should get jobs on merit alone' - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
2. ^ a b c "The 50 most influential and powerful women in business - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
3. ^ a b c "The figures add up for new boss at the helm of Glanbia". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
4. ^ "Glanbia's Siobhan Talbot has remedy for tired Americans - The Sunday Business Post". The Sunday Business Post. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
5. ^ a b "Business Person of the Month October 2018: Siobhan Talbot leads Glanbia's acquisition of Slimfast brand, and is set to join board of CRH". Businessandfinance.com. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
6. ^ Fiona Reddan (1 October 2018). "Glanbia chief Siobhan Talbot to join CRH board". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
7. ^ Gavin McLoughlin (11 March 2019). "Talbot gets 20pc pay rise in new Glanbia deal". Independent.ie. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
8. ^ Joe Brennan (18 April 2019). "Glanbia shareholders urged to reject 22% pay hike for boss". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
9. ^ "Glanbia's Siobhan Talbot Receives Award - Women Mean Business". Women Mean Business. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Profile on Bloomberg