The Board consists of three executive and three non-executive Directors, and the roles of Chairman and Managing Director are separate. The Board has appointed John McGuckian as Chairman. Each director brings independent judgement to bear on issues of strategy, risk and performance. Each Director is subject to re-election every 3 years and annually where they have served 3 terms.
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Irish Continental Group plc is a public company ltd. by shares and registered in Ireland.
Registration No.: 41043. Registered Address: Ferryport, Alexandra Road, Dublin 1, Ireland.
John B. McGuckian, aged 70, has been a director since 1988. He has a wide range of interests, both in Ireland and internationally. He is Chairman of UTV Media plc and a director of Cooneen Textiles Limited and TVC Holdings plc. He has previously acted as the Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland, the Chairman of the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland and as Senior Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Senate of the Queen’s University of Belfast. 
Peter Crowley, aged 47, 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, the private equity firm. He is a former CEO of IBI Corporate Finance and is Chairman of the Dublin Theatre Festival. 
Bernard Somers, aged 60, was appointed to the Board in 2004. He is a non-executive director of DCC plc. He is the founder of Somers and Associates, a professional practice which specialises in corporate restructuring. 
Eamonn Rothwell, aged 54, joined the Board in 1987 as non-executive director and was appointed to the position of Managing Director in 1992. He is a past executive director of stockbrokers NCB Group. Prior to that, he worked with Allied Irish Banks plc and Bord Fáilte Eireann (The Irish Tourist Board).
Garry O’Dea, aged 54, 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 of financial positions until 1988.
Tony Kelly, aged 54, 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. 
Thomas Corcoran, aged 45, joined the Company in 1989 from the international professional services firm PwC, where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He was appointed Company Secretary in 2001.