Lisney announces appointment of new Managing Director
Lisney, Ireland’s largest independently-owned property advisory company, has announced the appointment of David Byrne as its new Managing Director. Mr Byrne has 20 years’ experience in the domestic and international property sector. He joined Lisney in 2001 and has specialised in the sale and acquisition of residential property in Dublin. He is taking over the role as Managing Director from Duncan Lyster who is joining Irish Life Investment Managers in a senior role in the property team in April.
New CEO for Design Partners
Design Partners, the Bray based Design and Development consultancy, has appointed Trevor O’Reilly as its new CEO to lead the firm through the next stages of the firm’s development and growth. Mr O’Reilly has substantial experience across Marketing Services, Manufacturing, BPO, and most recently Retail. Mr O’Reilly previously served as CEO at Sirio Retail Operations Ireland and as CEO at Bezier in London. He is a former Managing Director of RR Donnelly.
Bank of Ireland appoints new Head of Food & Drinks sector
Róisín O’Shea has been appointed as Bank of Ireland’s head of food and drink sector, a newly created role. Prior to joining Bank of Ireland, she held a number of senior commercial positions in both indigenous and multinational consumer goods companies including PepsiCo, Valeo Foods, Carbery, Boyne Valley and Robert Roberts Ltd. Her most recent role was in the sports nutrition industry.
Heineken Ireland appoints new Cider Marketing Manager
Paula Conlon has been appointed as marketing manager for cider with Heineken Ireland, responsible for the Orchard Thieves and Appleman’s cider brands, both designed for the Irish market. She spent the past five years as Heineken’s customer marketing controller, involved in campaigns such as the launch of non-alcoholic beer Heineken 0.0. She previously worked for three years at Britvic Ireland as head of commercial operations. A graduate of DCU and the Smurfit School of Business, Ms Conlon has also worked in the consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser.
New M&A Partner appointed at Matheson
Matheson has announced the appointment of David Fitzgibbon as a partner in the firm’s corporate M&A team. Mr Fitzgibbon is an experienced M&A and capital markets lawyer, having advised on many of Ireland’s largest and most notable transactions. He specialises in corporate and securities laws and mergers and acquisitions, advising on public and private transactions as well as equity capital markets transactions and private equity. Mr Fitzgibbon joins from William Fry where he served as Partner.