The Board of Directors
Sir Anthony O'Reilly
Sir Anthony O'Reilly became chairman of the board of directors of Valentia Telecommunications on 27 May 2001, was chairman of the board of directors of eircom Group plc since its formation and chairman of the board of directors of eircom since 16 November 2001. He is executive chairman and the largest shareholder of Independent News & Media plc, the international media and communications group. In addition, he is chairman of Waterford Wedgwood plc.
Con Scanlon
Con Scanlon was appointed to the board of directors of Valentia Telecommunications on 9 November 2001, the board of directors of eircom Group plc on its formation and vice chairman of the board of directors of eircom on 16 November 2001. He is a non-executive director and chairman of the ESOT. Con has served as a director of a number of our group entities since 1998. He is Secretary General of the Communications Workers Union.
Dr. Philip Nolan
Dr.
Philip Nolan was appointed to the board of directors of Valentia Telecommunications
on 26 February 2002, to the board of directors of eircom Group plc on
its formation and as chief executive officer and director of eircom Limited
on 30 January 2002. Phil is a non-executive director of Irish Telecommunications
Investments Limited, De La Rue plc, the Irish Management Institute and
Providence Resources plc. He was previously chief executive officer of
Lattice Group plc from October 2000, chief executive officer of Transco
plc from December 1999 and was a director of BG Group plc.
Peter E. Lynch
Peter
E. Lynch has been chief financial officer of eircom since January 2001
and on the board of directors of eircom Group plc since 18 March 2004.
He is a director of the ESOT and a trustee of eircom's main pension fund,
the Telecom Eireann Superannuation Fund. Prior to joining eircom, Peter
was group finance director of Adare Printing Group plc from 1995 to 2000.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and
a member of the Securities Institute.
Cathal Magee
Cathal
Magee has been managing director of eircom retail since January 2002 and
on the board of directors of eircom Group plc since 18 March 2004. Previously,
Cathal was managing director, eircom Ireland, and managing director, business
transformation. He joined eircom in March 1995 as group human resources
director. He is a director of the ESOT. Prior to joining eircom, Cathal
worked for the Yorkshire Bank plc as head of human resources. Prior to
that, he was director of human resources and business restructuring with
Bord na Móna.
David McRedmond
David
McRedmond eircom's commercial director with responsibility for strategy,
regulation and corporate communications since June 2002, was appointed
to the board in March 2004. David joined eircom in December 1999 as managing
director of enterprises, including responsibility for Golden Pages and
eircom Phonewatch Limited. Previously, he was CEO of WH Smith USA, an
airport development business, and has held a number of retail executive
posts in the United Kingdom.
John Conroy
John
Conroy was appointed to the board of directors of Valentia Telecommunications
on 7 December 2001, the board of directors of eircom on 11 December 2001
and has been on the board of directors of eircom Group plc since its formation.
He is the chief executive officer of Merrion Capital Group, a Dublin-based
stockbroking and corporate finance company. He serves as a director on
several Merrion entities, as well as Iona Technologies plc. Prior to joining
Merrion, John served as head of NCB's overall equity division.
Didier Delepine
Didier
Delepine was appointed to the board of directors of eircom Group plc on
18 March 2004. Didier was president and chief executive officer of Equant
N.V., a leader in data, global networking and managed communications solutions
for multinational organisations from 1998 to 2003. Didier is a member
of the board of directors of Intelsat Limited and of the board of advisors
of Adventis, a Boston consulting firm.
Irial Finan
Irial
Finan was appointed to the board of directors of eircom Group plc on 18
March 2004. He was chief executive officer of Coca-Cola HBC S.A. (a company
with primary stock exchange listings in Athens and New York and 38,000
employees) from 2000 to 2003 and was employed with that group for in excess
of 20 years. Recently, he was appointed as President of Bottler Investments
for the Coca-Cola Co., a position he will take up on 1 August 2004. He
is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants.
Kevin Melia
Kevin
Melia was appointed to the board in March 2004. Kevin is the non-executive
chairman of Iona Technologies PLC, and of Lightbridge Inc. He was the
co-founder, chairman and CEO of Manufacturers Services Ltd (MSL), an electronics
manufacturing services company. Prior to that, Kevin held a number of
senior executive positions at Sun Microsystems Corporation and with Digital
Equipment Corporation.
Padraic O'Connor
Padraic
O'Connor was appointed to the board of directors of eircom Group plc on
18 March 2004. Padraic was non-executive chairman of ACC Bank from 1999
to 2002 during which he oversaw the reorientation of the strategy of the
ACC Bank and its sale to the Rabobank Group. He was managing director
of NCB group ltd. from 1991 to 1999. He was Chief Economist with NCB,
and worked as an economist with the Central Bank of Ireland and at the
Irish Department of Finance before that.
Maurice Pratt
Maurice
Pratt was appointed to the board of directors of eircom Group plc on 18
March 2004. He is chief executive of C&C Group plc, the beverage and snack
foods group. Previously he was managing director of Tesco Ireland. He
is currently president of IBEC, a council member of Dublin Chamber and
the Irish Management Institute, a non-executive director of Repak Ltd
and Uniphar plc and a fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland.
Donal Roche
Donal
Roche was appointed to the board of directors of eircom Group plc on 18
March 2004. He is the chairman of Appian Wealth Management Limited. Previously,
Donal was Managing Partner of Matheson Ormsby Prentice and prior to that,
headed up the commercial and corporate finance group at that firm. He
qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 1980.
Board Committees
1. Audit Committee
Role: Assist the board on financial reporting, external and internal audits and controls
Members:
- Mr. Irial Finan (Chairman)
- Mr. Kevin Melia
- Mr. Padraic O’Connor
- Mr. Maurice Pratt
2. Nominations Committee
Role: Assist the board on the board composition: Structure, suitable candidates, succession as required
Members:
- Sir Anthony O’Reilly (Chairman)
- Mr. John Conroy
- Mr. Didier Delepine
- Mr. Padraic O’Connor
- Mr. Donal Roche
3. Remuneration Committee
Role: Assist the board on remuneration policy; determine remuneration of executive directors and senior management
Members:
- Mr. Kevin Melia (Chairman)
- Mr. Padraic O’Connor
- Mr. Maurice Pratt
- Mr. Donal Roche
4. Finance Committee
Role: Review all capital expenditure in excess of €1 million
Members:
- Mr. Padraic O’Connor (Chairman)
- Mr. Maurice Pratt
- Mr. Donal Roche
- Mr. Peter E Lynch