Name: Anne Heraty.
Age: 39.
Family: Married to Paul Carroll; they have one daughter.
Education: Attended secondary school in Newtownforbes, Co Longford, and graduated with a BA degree in mathematics and economics from UCD.
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Interests: Family and reading.
Career: Worked in sales with Xerox after college and moved to Grafton Recruitment in 1987. Set up the CPL recruitment group in 1989.
Why in the news: CPL will be floated on the Dublin and London stock markets later this month valuing the stake held by Ms Heraty and her husband at £13 million; Ms Heraty will be the first woman chief executive of an Irish publicly quoted company.
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