Finbarr Flood joined Guinness as a boy messenger at the age of 14 and was appointed Managing Director in 1989.  He was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Labour Court on leaving Guinness and subsequently became Chairman in 1998, a post he held until his retirement in December 2003. 

He is a former Vice-President of the Employers’ Federation, an Adjunct Professor of the National College of Ireland and a Companion of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in Ireland).  Currently, he is Chairman of the Government’s Decentralisation Implementation Group, the Fatima Regeneration Board and the St. Michael’s Regeneration Board and Chairman of the Members’ Advisory
Council of the VHI. 
 
He has also chaired the pay discussions negotiated on behalf of the Coroners of Ireland and is Chairman of the current review of the DTSS between the IDA and the relevant Government Departments.

In 2006, he published his memoirs entitled “IN FULL FLOOD” covering his 50 years in business and sport.