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Changing places executive at Business to Arts. He had been project director at the organisation since 2007. Hetherington graduated with a master’s in cultural policy and arts management from University College Dublin in 2007, having spent seven years in corporate treasury with a division of Rabobank International. He is the chair of the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny, an international fellow of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at The Kennedy Center, and is a member of the Irish Government’s Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising.
Richard Pym Richard Pym, chairman designate, AIB Former group chief executive of Alliance & Leicester plc Richard Pym has joined the AIB board as a non-executive director. He will take over as chairman of the board when current chairman David Hodgkinson retires from the board in December 2014. A chartered accountant with extensive experience in financial services, Pym recently stepped down as chairman of The Co-operative Bank plc in the UK. He is also chairman of Nordax Finans AB and US Asset Resolution Limited. Previously, he chaired the BrightHouse Group plc and Halfords Group plc and was a non-executive director of The British Land Company plc, Old Mutual plc and Selfridges plc. Derek Moran, secretary general, Department of Finance Derek Moran has taken over as secretary general in the
Department of Finance. Moran was most recently assistant secretary general with responsibility for the fiscal policy division in the Department. He is chairman of the Tax Strategy Group and a council member of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies. He has served on the National Economic and Social Council, National Statistics Board and the EU’s Economic Policy and Tax Policy committees.
Larry Murrin, president, Ibec Larry Murrin has been announced as the new Ibec president. Murrin, who is CEO of Dawn Farm Foods, takes over from John Kennedy, president, Diageo Western Europe. Devin Toner, non-executive director, Enactus Ireland
Leinster Rugby and Ireland player Devin Toner has been appointed a non-executive director of not-for-profit Enactus Ireland. Toner, who was part of this year’s Six Nations winning team, will work with the chairperson of Enactus Terence O’Rourke and other board members, including former Leinster and Ireland team mate Leo Cullen, to develop the initiative in Ireland. Liam Daniel, non-executive director, Horizon Pharma Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) president Liam Daniel has been appointed to the board of Horizon Pharma plc. Daniel, a chartered director and chartered accountant, has been president of the IoD since May 2013, having been elected to its board in June 2010. He was executive vice-president and company secretary of Elan Corporation plc from December 2001 until the company’s merger with Perrigo in December 2013. He joined the organisation as
Andrew Hetherington, chief executive, Business to Arts
Andrew Hetherington Andrew Hetherington has been promoted to the position of chief
Liam Daniel
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