Ifac, Ireland’s farming, food and agribusiness specialist professional services firm, has announced the appointment of David Leydon to the newly created role of Group Head of Growth and Agrifood Consulting.
Effective immediately, David will collaborate with his colleagues to drive ifac’s growth strategy across the evolving farming, food, agribusiness, and SME sectors. He will also lead ifac’s agrifood consultancy offering, leveraging his extensive commercial expertise to provide strategic guidance and support to clients.
David joined ifac in 2018 as the Firm’s Head of Food & Agribusiness. He has since been instrumental in developing ifac’s agrifood consultancy offering, and the Firm now provides a wide range of expert led consultancy services including strategic planning, market research, food business and retail advisory, strategic marketing and communications, sustainability and ESG, and funding and management accounting.
Commenting on his new role David Leydon, ifac Group Head of Growth and Agrifood Consulting said:
“I am delighted to take on this important new role and look forward to working with the team to further develop ifac’s growth strategy and enhance our support for clients across all the sectors we serve. I believe as a leader in the market, ifac is well-positioned to help businesses achieve their objectives and navigate the challenges and opportunities ahead.”
Welcoming this new appointment, John Donoghue, ifac Chief Executive said:
“We are delighted to appoint David to this key role at ifac. He understands our clients, and their needs and ambitions It’s a fast-changing world, our clients are growing quickly and they need more strategic support all the time. David’s insight and leadership skills will be invaluable to our agrifood clients and to ifac in achieving our own growth objectives. I wish him every success in his new role.”
David is a passionate advocate for digital transformation, AgTech, farming, food, and agriculture. He is a regular media contributor and a judge for the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena and is also a founding director of AgTech Ireland. He holds an MSc in Business and IT from DCU as well as an MBA from Henley Business School in London.
A growing top ten accountancy firm with a 30-office footprint and a dedicated team of 560 professionals, ifac has been committed to serving its farming, food, agri-business and SME clients across the country for the past 50 years. The wider firm offers a full suite of professional services, including accounting, tax, audit, corporate finance, corporate recovery, payroll, financial planning, company secretarial, and business valuations.