Company Secretary

Thomas Corcoran
BComm, FCA.

Eamonn Rothwell, aged 53, joined the Board in 1987 as non-executive director and was appointed to the position of Managing Director in 1992. He is a past director of stockbrokers NCB Group. Prior to that, he worked with Allied Irish Banks plc and Bord Failte Eireann (The Irish Tourist Board).

Gearoid O'Dea
BComm, FCA.
Finance Director.

Gearoid O’Dea, aged 53, joined the Group in 1988 and was appointed to the Board in the same year. He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG, the international professional services firm, following which in 1981 he joined the international building materials group CRH plc, where he worked in a number financial positions until 1988.

Tony Kelly, aged 53, joined the Group in 1973 and worked in a variety of operational and marketing roles within the Group. He was appointed to the Board in 2002. He is a former director of the all-Ireland tourism body Tourism Ireland and a council member and former chairman of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation.

John McGuckian, aged 69, has been a director since 1988. He has a wide range of interests, both in Ireland and internationally. He is Chairman of Ulster Media plc, a director of Cooneen Textiles Limited and TCV Holdings plc, and was, until recently, Chairman of Allied Irish Banks UK plc and a director of Allied Irish Banks plc. He has previously acted as the Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland, the Chairman of The Industrial Development Board (of Northern Ireland) and as a Senior Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Senate of the the Queen's University of Belfast.

Peter Crowley, aged 46, was appointed to the Board in 2003. Peter qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG following which he spent 6 years as Director of KPMG Corporate Finance.. He is a founder partner of FL Partners, a private equity firm. He is a former CEO of IBI Corporate Finance and is a former COO of Sigma Communications Group.

Bernard Somers, aged 59, was appointed to the Board in 2004. He is a non-executive director of a number of public companies including, Independent News & Media plc, DCC plc, and was a director of Allied Irish Banks plc between 2006 and 2008. He is the founder of Somers and Associates, a professional practice which specialises in corporate restructuring.

Thomas Corcoran, aged 44, joined the company in 1989 from the professional services firm PwC, where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He was appointed Company Secretary in 2001.