We are so happy to announce that Eva Pau is the winner of the IMAGE Media PwC Overall Businesswoman of the Year Award. Heartiest congratulations to her and the entire team at Asia Market Ltd.
Eva Pau quite literally grew up in the Asia Market store on Dublin’s Drury Street, which is owned by her parents, Helen and Howard Pau, and which last year celebrated its 40th anniversary.
When she was a child, her mother worked on the shop floor as a cashier and in her formative years, the store became Eva’s playground. Exploring the boxes and cartons at her mother’s feet, she’d pop out every now and again to say hello to the customers.
Today, as Commercial Director, Eva has played a pivotal role in establishing the Asia Market brand, modernising the shopping experience for customers in the Drury Street store and expanding the business out to their second location in Ballymount, Dublin 12.
Embarking on a new fresh look for both retail stores in Drury Street and Ballymount, she reorganised the store layouts to make them more appealing and easier to navigate for customers. She also established an e-commerce platform that brings Asian groceries to a far wider market and now turns over €1m annually, and opened Duck, an authentic Hong Kong-style BBQ meats restaurant on Fade Street.
Asia Market is now Ireland’s largest Asian food importer, distributor and retailer, employing over 160 multinational employees.
Speaking on the evening, she said: “I really am in shock – there are so many amazing women who have been nominated in this category, and it really means so much to me. From day one, when my parents started from a really small store on Drury Street, I saw how hard-working and dedicated they are. Their work ethic has really inspired me to be like them and to carry on the business.”
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