Alan Cox is Chief Executive of Core Media, Ireland’s largest media communications group. He began his career in the advertising business in 1985. He has worked in a number of areas including production, full service account management and media.
Following four years as media director with Bell Advertising (part of Ogilvy & Mather), he was appointed managing director of Ogilvy’s new media company The Network in 1997 and appointed to the European board of the company the following year. In 1999 he joined Carat Ireland where he spent seven years until his move to Core Media in September 2006.
In addition to his work in advertising, he spent a number of years working as a radio presenter in the “pirate” days on stations including Radio Nova and Capitol Radio and retains a keen interest in the medium.
He is a graduate of the College of Commerce and has served on various industry committees, including the Joint National Listenership & Outdoor Research bodies. He has just completed a two-year term as Chairman of TAM Ireland, the company that manages the Television Viewing Research contract.
Core Media has been voted Agency Network of the Year for the last two years at the Media Awards. In 2014 the company was also voted the best medium sized workplace in Ireland by the Great Place to Work Institute.
