b'FEATUREIrish Post In Business 2022 Rosita Westropp-Bennett Profile TheIrishPost-InBusinessrecentlyapositiveimpactonsocietyandthelocalGreatestAchievementsto publishedaneditorialfeaturingourVicecommunities Kelly Group serve.Chair and Group Finance Director - RositaDate?Westropp - Bennett. Please read below: Shehasspearheadedinnovationinvestment opportunitiesinsmarttechnology,fromIntermsofbusinesshavingbeenhonouredby Rosita WestroppBennett electronic planning and reporting tools to theTim Kelly and the Kelly Group with the promotion companys ultra-low emission and EV fleet, toto Vice Chair in 2020. On a personal level my Vice Chair & Group Financevideo conferencing technology and assisting togreatest achievement is my familymy husband Director, Kelly Group mitigate the impact on the environment. As aTim Lane R.I.P and our children James and Tara.woman in business, she has always encouraged gender equality and diversity within the group,JamesispursuingacareerinInvestment Rosita WestroppBennett was born in Limerickincluding support of the recent 2021 Women inManagement in London and Tara is studying Math andstudiedaccountancyatTheSchoolofEngineering Day. and Economics in Trinity College DublinIm so Professional studies in Limerick City. She movedproud of themto London in 1989 to pursue her career.Rositabelieveshersuccessisachievedby developing a very dedicated, hard-working, and As a qualified accountant, Rosita joined Kellyloyal team, who in turn deliver a quality service. A Good Year in 2021Group in 1995 as its management Accountant. ShewasappointedtothemainboardofWhenworkandfamilycommitmentspermit,2021hasbeenanexcitingtimefor Directors as the Groups Director in 2002 andsheenjoyswalking,thetheatre,readingandtelecommunicationscontractor,KellyGroup. waspromotedtoKellyGroupViceChairingoing to the gym. The UK is undergoing a rapid build-out of its 2020. Fibrenetworklookingtogofromtwoin10 What Do You Look For When itpremiseshavingaccesstoFullFibretothe Previous posts include various accounting rolesComes to Future Talent? Home, to nine in ten homes by the end of the with house of Fraser and Harrods in London anddecade.EDS. Talent is our key challenge at Kelly Group. Good people are key to what we provide to our clientsThisisfuelledbyover30billioninvestment As Vice Chair and Group Finance Director, sheandatpresenttheUKlabourmarketishighlyfrom the private and public sector.is responsible for all aspects of Kelly Groupscompetitive.WehavehadalongtraditionofKelly Group is at the centre of this Fibre gold finances,includingmanagingthegroups16promoting within the group and are proud of therush working, as it has done for many years, for subsidiary and associate companies. fact that over 80 per cent of our Board have overkey players such as BT Openreach and Virgin 20 years experience in the company often startingMedia O2.As a trusted support to Kelly Groups Chairmanon the tools. This is a real asset, but we recognise Tim Kelly, she has been instrumental in Kellywe need to blend that experience with training, newIn 2021 and recent years the group also won Groups success. ideas, innovation and encouraging young talentedbusiness for some of the innovative alternative recruits to the group. In order to do what we will bechallengernetworkssuchasCityFibreand Demonstratingexceptionalleadershipandincreasingly looking to bring a wider range of skillsCommunity Fibre.support she has implemented strategic growthand competencies from a diverse set of new hires. withinthebusinessacrossmanysectorsWe have engaged new digital-led recruitment andWithotheropportunitiesemergingin2021 including Telecommunications, Utility, Rail andtraining platforms to reach this more diverse poolfrom new sectors such as EV charging market, it Energy. of potential hires looks to be a great future for the group.WithWestroppBennettsdirectionKellyShare something people might not know aboutTheKellyGroupisalsocommittedtogiving Group currently employs more than 3,500 staffyou. . .back and supports a number of Irish, London and operates a fleet of over 2,500 vehicles fromIrish and UK charities including the London Irish its 40+ national operation centres including theMy mother bred Davy Lad the 1977 CheltenhamWard Appeal at the Royal National Orthopaedic group headquarters, based in Wembley, LondonGold Cup winner. My family still resides in Ireland.Hospital. and their 4.5acre depot in Enfield, whichMy grandfather Thomas WestroppBennett was also houses the. Groups new state-of-the-artChairman of the Irish senate from 1922 to 1936, national training centre. which include other well known Irish people such as Sheisanadvocate.ForcorporatesocialW.B Yeats, and my cousin is renowned Irish artist responsibility and is passionate about providingRobert Ballagh, credited with the introduction of Pop Art to Ireland54 .The Networker Spring 2022'