Martina McGrath Chief Executive Officer
Areas of expertise
- Business Planning & Development
- Growth and Scaling Models
- Training & Education
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Funding Applications
- Procurement
Martina McGrath, CEO has a strong development background centred round start-ups, business expansion and enhancing skills. A previous Enterprise Development Centre Manager, Martina managed The National Franchise Centre project from inception.
Over the last 10 years, she has procured EU funding, facilitated over one million euro of SME grants, won International awards, managed government funded projects, sat on Chamber’s Ireland export technical group and managed Irelands’ largest certificate of origin client, amongst other achievements
She has a proven track record with public, private and not-for-profit bodies. Practiced at developing strategic alliances, Martina also holds extensive knowledge on funding structures, processes, procurement and tendering. Internationally, Martina has been successful in securing EU monies and is recognized for her experience in managing export documentation services for Irelands largest Certificate of Origin client. Martina has worked steadily with start-ups in assessing and advising on concept viability, market opportunity, commercial feasibility and strategy development. She has also supported growing businesses in the pursuit of scaled growth in the form of licensing, franchise opportunities and skills acquisition.