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WITH THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE CEF APPOINT A NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT... BANDOF ‘BROTHERS’ C ovid-19 isn’t much of a respecter of tradition. It’s not particularly bothered that you’ve been meeting in person JOHN TRACEY John Tracey’s career could have headed in a completely different
John Tracey of Tracey Bros Ltd, newly-appointed President of the Construction Employers Federation.
direction, literally, had it not been for a conversation with his father 25-years ago. Starting his working life as an engineer at Murphy International, a subsidiary of the Murphy Group in London, he was soon promoted to Site Agent and gained experience across a diverse range of sectors, including piling, construction and term contracts. Looking for a new challenge and the chance of making his fortune in the oil pipe sector, he was destined for the United Arab Emirates - until dad intervened. That father-son talk persuaded John to return to his native Fermanagh and join the family firm. It was an offer he couldn’t refuse. Starting out as a Site Engineer, then Site Manager
for donkey’s years. Faced with a new reality where conventional gatherings were no longer permitted, a first ever virtual Construction Employers Federation AGM met online to appoint John Tracey of Tracey Bros Ltd as CEF President and Martin O’Kane from Heron Bros Ltd as Vice-President. That John and Martin work for sibling- run businesses is not the only thing they have in common. Both men have given more than a quarter of a century’s service to their respective companies and have risen through the ranks to sit at the top table.
Martin O’Kane of Heron Bros, newly-appointed Vice- President of the Construction Employers Federation.
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