Skillnet Ireland Announces Appointment of New CEO – Mark Jordan

The Board of Skillnet Ireland, the national workforce development agency of the Irish Government, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Jordan to the role of CEO of Skillnet Ireland. Mark is currently Chief Strategy Officer of Skillnet Ireland and is a member of the organisation’s Executive Leadership team. He will take up his new role on 31st March 2025.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless TD welcomed the appointment of Mark Jordan as CEO of Skillnet Ireland, saying; “I congratulate Mark Jordan on his appointment and look forward to working with Skillnet Ireland under his leadership as CEO. We are committed to supporting Irish businesses to build their competitiveness through skills so that our talent value proposition continues to be amongst the best in the world. Skillnet Ireland is recognised as a leading workforce development agency, responsible for providing business supports to over 26,000 companies and 100,000 workers annually across all sectors and regions in the country. Through the work of Skillnet Ireland, Government continues to engage closely with enterprise on the vital skills needed for running a business in 2025, including digital transformation, achieving our net-zero carbon commitments, and finding new solutions to key sector skills challenges, through the development of modern methods of construction and developing skills for our offshore wind industry.”

Commenting on the appointment, Skillnet Ireland Chairperson Brendan McGinty said; “Following a competitive process, in making this appointment, the Board has every confidence that Mark has the required experience to lead Skillnet Ireland to deliver our strategy and the future development of the organisation, as we enter our next exciting phase of development. Under Mark’s leadership, working with the Board, our stakeholders and in close co-operation with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Skillnet Ireland will continue to drive the workforce development agenda in the critical areas of digitalisation and sustainability, whilst increasing SME engagement. On behalf of the Board, I would like to congratulate Mark on his appointment to succeed Paul Healy, and to wish Mark every success.”