WHEN I joined the company approaching 10 years ago it was as finance director and company secretary and my role involved everything you would envisage in that regard from finance and contractual matters, HR, IT and capital investment management, risk and change management, liaison with commercial partners and industry stakeholders as required.

I was also very lucky to befriend and be mentored by the late George Mernagh.George passionately instilled in all of us what it meant to represent Tattersalls Ireland and to always strive to provide professional and personal service to breeders and vendors of all sizes with an emphasis always on integrity, loyalty and high quality standard of service.