Senior Management

Managing Director - Patrick Wadding - A business graduate with over thirty years experience in PCO. During this time, he has worked in most parts of the business, particularly sales and procurement. Developing relationships with major customers and key suppliers across the EU. Patrick is a Board Member of Affordable Medicines Europe which is a Brussels based EU Parallel Trade Association and Chairperson of the Association of Irish Pharmaceutical Parallel Distributors.

Operations Director - Maurice Cahill - A graduate of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Maurice has over twenty years’ experience in PCO as Financial Controller. As part of the senior management team, Maurice manages and develops the finance department and business operations in PCO and has built and maintains relationships with key PCO stakeholders. He also manages the human resources and information technology departments in PCO.

Quality & Regulatory Director - Niamh Clarke - Niamh is a pharmacist who joined PCO in April 1999, having begun her career in community pharmacy. With extensive experience in Pharmaceutical Quality and Regulatory Affairs, she leads PCO’s Quality and Regulatory functions, driving a culture of continuous improvement and ensuring excellent standards of compliance across the business, particularly within the Good Manufacturing and Distribution Practice (GMDP) environment. Niamh is an active member of the Quality and Regulatory Affairs Working Group (QRWG) of Affordable Medicines Europe (AME), the Regulatory Working Group of the British Association of European Pharmaceutical Distributors (BAEPD) and has established strong working relationships with Irish, UK and EU pharmaceutical regulators.

Commercial Director - John Lanigan - John joined PCO in 2019, he manages the sales and product procurement across PCO’s network of EU suppliers. In addition, John identifies new product opportunities for PCO. John has over thirty years experience in sales and operations with a strong track record in driving sales growth and delivering profitability within the Pharmacy sector. John is a member of the Pharmaceutical Managers Institute of Ireland and was previously head of sales and operations for Lloyds Pharmacy and the commercial director for Hickeys Pharmacy.

Finance Director - Jason Ogle - is a graduate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has more than 18 years of experience with PCO. Having led and managed PCO’s UK operations for several years, Jason is now responsible for Finance, Human Resources and IT.