Padraig O’Ceidigh, CEO of Aer Arann, will be making a presentation on the highs and lows of his entrepreneurial experiences. Ireland’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002, as chosen by Ernst & Young, Padraig has developed the airline from a small island-hopper serving the Aran islands off the Irish west coast to one of Europe’s fastest-growing regional airlines. Today Aer Arann operates over 600 flights per week, across 40 routes in Ireland to the UK and Northern France. Passenger numbers have grown from 12,000 in its first year to 1.1m in 2006

Our first inaugural meeting is set to take place on Tuesday 13th November 2007 at Baristas in Spalding PE11 1BT where a buffet will be available along with a glass of wineat a cost of £10.00 per head. Guest Speaker, Anne Hawkins, of Inspirational Speakers, which incidentally started as a hobby, currently provides a Peer Group Development Forum for CEO’s and MDs of substantial organisations and for entrepreneur owners of growing businesses. Ann also writes inspirational and motivational articles for the e.zine Inspired! and is developing a series of Insight seminars with Canadian entreprenuer millionaire George Raynault. Everyone who attends this event will get a copy of Ann’s e.book “How to Create a Fantastic First Impresssion (or Why We All Fall For Tall Dark and Handsome Men!)”