9th Jun 2005 14:09
Glanbia PLC09 June 2005 New Chairman and Board appointments at Glanbia plc At the Board meeting of Glanbia plc today (9 June), Mr Michael Walsh was electedChairman, succeeding Mr Tom Corcoran who has retired as Chairman and Director ofthe Company. Mr Walsh has been Vice Chairman of the Board since 1996. He has also beenappointed Chairman of Glanbia Co-operative Society Limited and is a Director ofthe Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Limited and the Irish Dairy Board Co-operative Limited. He farms at Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny. The Board also elected Mr Victor Quinlan B.Agr.Sc. as Vice-Chairman of the Boardin succession to Mr Walsh. He has also been appointed Vice-Chairman of GlanbiaCo-operative Society Limited and is a Director of a number of Irish companies including Irish Sugar Limited and Malting Company of Ireland Limited. Mr Liam Herlihy continues in his capacity as a Vice-Chairman of the Board. The Board of Glanbia plc also announces the appointment of three new non-executive Directors, Mr Paul Haran B.Sc., M.Sc., Mr Matthew Merrick and MrMichael Keane and the retirement of Mr Thomas Heffernan as a Director. Mr Paul Haran retired last year as Secretary General of the Department ofEnterprise, Trade and Employment at the end of his 7-year term of office. Healso serves on the Court of Directors of Bank of Ireland and on the Boards ofthe Irish Management Institute, the Mater Hospital Private and the MichaelSmurfit Graduate School of Business. He was also recently appointed by theMinister for Justice and Law Reform to chair the Working Group on Legal Costs. Mr Keane and Mr Merrick are both farmers and Directors of Glanbia Co-operativeSociety Limited. Mr Haran has advised the Company that, other than his recent appointments to theCourt of Bank of Ireland and Glanbia plc, he has not held at any time in theprevious five years and does not currently hold, any other directorships in any publicly-quoted company, and has no further details to be disclosed underParagraph 16.4, Chapter 16 of the Listing Rules. Messrs Keane and Merrick have notified the Company that they have no details tobe disclosed as required under Paragraph 16.4, Chapter 16 of the Listing Rules. ENDS 9 June 2005 Issued by: Corporate Communications, Glanbia plc.Contact: Geraldine Kearney, Director of Communications, Tel: 056-7772357 / 087-2319 430 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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