#57: Barry Leahey MBE. MD and Advisor

At the age of 7 Barry watched Seb Coe break the 800m World Record at that point he knew he wanted to be the best at what he did, the journey of building resilience and courage to become a great Business leader had started.  Barry is MD of Playdale Playgrounds, the UK’s leading Manufacturer of Outdoor Children’s Playground Equipment, he has led them into 49 countries covering 57% of the global population. Playdale and Barry have won multiple national awards in Export, Manufacturing and Leadership, personally receiving an MBE for services to International Trade and Exports.  In 2018 he was named IoD North West ‘Global Director of the Year’ as well as ‘Cumbria Businessperson of the Year’. He was recently made an Honorary Professor at Lancaster University Management School as well as featuring in The Telegraph’s Top 50 Most Ambitious UK Business Leaders and inducted into The Manufacturer Top 100 people in the UK Manufacturing Hall of Fame. He lives his Leadership top tip of ‘make every day count!”#InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #teamcoach #Boards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.