About Karl Fitzpatrick

Karl also presents Business Matters, South East Radio’s flagship business programme. This media platform provides him with unrivalled access to leading business figures from across the country, in both the public and private sector. Education has always been a key ingredient in Karl’s success. He has been an active member of the American Association for Talent Development and travels to the US annually to attend their international conferences. This enables Karl to identify global emerging trends within the training and education sector, which is reflected in his portfolio of education based businesses. Furthermore, he has participated in Enterprise Ireland’s gold standard ‘International Selling Programme’, which is designed to assist high potential Irish companies strengthen their positions in international markets. Karl is currently in his final stage of completing a Law Degree in UCC.

Karl is also a director of Chambers Ireland, which is Ireland’s largest business organisation. As a member of Chambers Ireland policy council for Employment, Workplace and Skills, on three occasions Karl represented Ireland in Brussels at the European Parliament of Enterprises (EPE). As Ireland’s spokesperson on skills at this event, Karl had the opportunity to present to some of the most influential business and political figures in Europe. His core messages focused on the need to incorporate educational play methods in the teaching of STEM to primary school children across Europe which would assist in increasing engagement levels in these important subjects and that apprenticeships played a fundamental role in solving the youth unemployment epidemic across Europe.