Niall Browne, CEO, Dawn Meats, won the Business Person of the Year award presented by Ciarán Hancock (right), Business Editor, The Irish Times and John Feeney (left), CEO, Corporate and Commercial at Bank of Ireland. Photograph: Julien BehalNiall Browne, the chief executive of Dawn Meats, has been chosen as The Irish Times Business Person of the Year for 2025 at the eighth annual Irish Times Business Awards in the Mansion House on Thursday night. Browne was chosen as the winner of The Irish Times Business Person of the Month for October when the news of the deal broke. Just weeks after the deal, Alliance Group’s chief executive Willie Wiese stepped down with Browne taking up the mantle on an interim basis in addition to his position as chief executive of Dawn. Rounding out the year, Dawn Meats won the award of the World’s Best Steak alongside Lidl for its grass fed Angus sirloin.

Source: The Irish Times February 20, 2026 08:58 UTC