ON THE RECORD

More on the managing director of the Premier Group.

Name:Pat Fitzgerald

Age:45

Title:Managing director, Premier Group

Family:Married with three children

Lives:Blackrock, Cork

Hobbies:Skiing, golf (he has an 18 handicap) and cooking, though, in spite of living in Cork, Fitzgerald says he hasn't been for cookery lessons at Ballymaloe

Has he a signature dish?"Not today thank you," he says with a broad smile. "Can you imagine the slagging I'd get forever more from fellas"

Why in the news?Premier last week acquired UK-listed recruiter Imprint, doubling the size of its business. Fitzgerald would like to more than double the size of the business again by 2012