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non-executive director. Before joining Vodafone in 2010, Murphy was group marketing director at Independent Newspapers. Before that, her roles included commercial manager with Superquinn and marketing manager at Kerry Foods. She joined the MII in 1994, and was made a fellow in 2008. She is a graduate of the College of Marketing and Design and has a BSc in management from Trinity College, Dublin. The Marketing Institute has also appointed Gerard O’Neill, chairman of Amárach Research, and David Field, marketing director of Brown Thomas, as directors. Erik Slooten, chief information officer, Eircom Erik Slooten has been appointed chief information officer at Eircom. He joins from T-Mobile in the Czech Republic, where he was regional vice president for processes and systems. Before that he was CIO of GTS, also in the Czech Republic. He was previously CIO at Vivacom in Bulgaria.
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Alan Barrett, director, ESRI Prof Alan Barrett is to take over from Prof Frances Ruane as director of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) later this year. Currently head of the economic analysis division at the ESRI, Barrett is also an adjunct professor at the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, and is a member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. He has previously worked at Trinity College Dublin, as project director of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, and at the Department of Finance, where he worked on long-term policy issues. Frank Ryan, chairman, Athlone Institute of Technology Frank Ryan has been appointed chairman of the governing body of Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). Ryan retired as CEO of Enterprise Ireland in November 2013 following two five-year terms. Before
Howard Millar Enterprise Ireland he worked for 25 years with IDA Ireland. In December 2013, he was appointed chairperson of the board of IDA Ireland. In addition, he is chairman of the Early Learning Initiative, National College of Ireland; chairman of the judging panel, Deloitte Best Managed Company Awards; a council member of the Irish Tax Institute; and a member of the Committee of Industry and Commerce, RDS. He was conferred with an honorary doctorate by UCD and received the Innovation in Management Award 2013 from the Irish Management Institute. Tony Smurfit, group CEO, Smurfit Kappa
Frank Ryan and Ciarán Ó Catháin
Tony Smurfit is to take over as group CEO of Smurfit Kappa following the retirement of Gary McGann on 31 August 2015. Smurfit is currently president and chief operating officer of the group. He has been a director of the company since 1989 and was appointed group chief operations officer in November 2002. He has worked
in various parts of the Smurfit Kappa Group in Europe and the US. He was chief executive of Smurfit Europe from October 1999 to 2002. Previous roles include deputy chief executive of Smurfit Europe and CEO of Smurfit France. Kevin Toland, non-executive Produce
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Total Produce has appointed DAA CEO Kevin Toland to its board as a non-executive director with effect from 1 July 2015. Before taking on his current role in 2013, Toland held senior executive positions with a number of multinational companies, including most recently chief executive and president of Glanbia USA & Global Nutritionals, based in Chicago. Howard Millar, chairman, BDO Former Ryanair deputy CEO and chief financial officer Howard Millar, has been appointed independent non-executive
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