Nearly half of the chief executives of Irish listed companies are under the age of 45. That’s almost double the average for the 27 other nations in which the head-hunters, Heidrick & Struggles carried out their survey. So does this mean that we start earlier, or are we Quick learners or is it just because the market is so small here?

To discuss that, and the secretive world of headhunting Joe was joined by Stafford Bagot the Chief Executive of Heidrick & Struggles Ireland.