THE FOLLOWING are the members of the board of DCC:
Executive Chairman
Jim Flavin founded DCC in 1976 and is executive chairman. Prior to founding DCC, he was head of AIB Bank's venture capital unit. From 1999 to 2001, Mr Flavin was deputy chairman and senior independent director of Eircom plc.
Group managing director
Tommy Breen was appointed group managing director of DCC in July 2007, having been chief operating officer since 2006 and a member of the board since 2000. He joined DCC in 1985, having previously worked with KPMG. .
Non-executive director
Michael Buckley is a non-executive director of publicly quoted companies in the UK and in the USA, a senior adviser to a number of privately owned Irish and international companies and an adjunct professor at the department of economics in UCC. He was group chief executive of Allied Irish Banks plc from 2001 to 2005 having served as managing director of AIB Capital Markets and AIB Poland.
Non-executive director
Maurice Keane, who joined DCC's board in 2002, was a member of the court of directors of Bank of Ireland up to February 2005, having been chief executive until February 2002. He is a director of Axis Capital Holdings Limited and is a member of the National Pension Reserve Fund Commission.
Non-executive director
Bernard Somers is a non-executive director of Allied Irish Banks plc, Independent News and Media plc and Irish Continental Group plc. He is a former director of the Central Bank of Ireland. Mr Somers is the founder of Somers Associates, which has built a substantial practice in corporate restructuring.
Non-executive Director
Chartered engineer Tony Barry was chairman of CRH plc from 1994 to May 2000, having previously been chief executive. He is a former deputy governor of Bank of Ireland and was a member of its court of directors.
Non-executive director
Róisín Brennan is chief executive of IBI Corporate Finance, where she has advised public companies in Ireland, principally in relation to strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Ms Brennan also served as a non-executive director of the Irish Takeover Panel during 2000/2001.
Non-executive director
Paddy Gallagher, who joined DCC's board in 1976, retired as head of legal and pensions administration at Guinness Ireland Group in 2000.
Chief financial officer
Fergal O'Dwyer has been the chief financial officer with DCC since 1994. He joined the company in 1989 having previously worked with KPMG in Johannesburg and Price Waterhouse in Dublin.
