By Business & Finance 
The Business & Finance 100 – The 100 Most Outstanding Irish companies of 2018 to be celebrated at the annual Business & Finance Awards
Business & Finance is pleased to announce the inaugural Business & Finance 100 – The 100 Most Outstanding Irish companies of 2018. This list recognises the 100 best performing, most innovative, and fast growing companies, which will be celebrated as part of the 2018 Business & Finance Awards on Thursday, December 13th at the Convention Centre, Dublin.
Additionally, Business & Finance will publish a very special edition of the Business & Finance Quarterly Review profiling the 100 companies in December.
Some of the companies included in the inaugural list include well-known Irish companies such as Smurfit Kappa, Adapt Pharma, Dunnes Stores, Transfermate, and Magnet Networks. The list will be released over the coming weeks.
The Business & Finance Awards 2018 honourees
The Business & Finance Awards in association with KPMG have a long history of recognising, honouring and hosting some of the most outstanding leaders in business, politics and society, including former US President Bill Clinton, Sir John Major, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, Kofi Annan, Senator George Mitchell, Brian Moynihan and Sir Bob Geldof.
This year the honourees include former President Mary McAleese who will receive the TK Whitaker Award, former President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, who will receive the inaugural Sutherland Leadership Award, and Head Coach of the Irish Rugby Team, Joe Schmidt who will receive the 2018 Outstanding Contribution to Brand Ireland Award.
