Irish communications and public affairs consultancy Drury has appointed Cathal Barry as its new chief executive, effective from January 1 next year.
Mr Barry, who has been with Drury for more than ten years, succeeds Anne-Marie Curran, who has led the business since 2010.
Ms Curran now becomes Executive Chair of the company.
Cathal Barry has led Drury’s Financial Communications division as Managing Director since 2022 and earlier this year was appointed to the Drury Board, joining executive eirectors and co-owners, Anne-Marie Curran, Paddy Hughes and Sinead Birt.
Drury’s co-founder Billy Murphy continues in his role as Lead Advisor to many of Drury’s key clients.
The company’s clients include CRH, Cairn Homes, Doyle Collection, ESB Group, Flutter Entertainment, FBD Group, Fexco, Gowan Group, I-RES REIT, Irish Life, Meta, MML, Musgrave Group, the Road Safety Authority, Ryanair and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.
Mr Barry specialises in capital markets and transaction communications, helping clients to articulate their business strategy, growth ambitions and financial strength.
He works closely with a range of public companies listed on stock exchanges in Dublin, London and New York and under his leadership, Drury advised on more transactions in 2025 than any other Irish strategic communications consultancy, as verified by Mergermarket.
Anne-Marie Curran has led Drury for over 16 years, during which time she led the management buy-out of the business from Omnicom Group in 2020, returning Drury to independent ownership.
Under her leadership, Drury has grown and built its offering across corporate communications and reputation management, financial communications, and public affairs and regulatory affairs, refreshed its brand andestablished an associate partnership with FGS Global.
