Mary Ann O’Brien, the founder of chocolate company Lily O’Brien’s, has ended her involvement with the business, two years after jts €40m takeover by a Polish group.
Eoin Donnelly, chief executive of Lily O’Brien’s, has also left the business. The company confirmed the recent departures of O’Brien and Donnelly, who had stayed on with the business after its buyout by Warsaw-listed Colian Holdings.
In a statement, Lily O’Brien’s said: “The company is now two years post-acquisition and both directors have moved on to pursue other opportunities.”
The firm’s finance director Michelle Vance has been appointed chief executive on an interim basis. Vance has worked at Lily O’Brien’s for 11 years and been a director for five.
Lily O’Brien’s was set up by former senator O’Brien
