Pharmaceutical company, Elan Corporation, has appointed Dr Ivan Lieberburg to the post of executive vice-president and chief scientific and medical officer. He will report to chairman and CEO, Mr Donal Geaney.
Dr Lieberburg, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, joined Elan in 1987 and has held a number of research posts with the company, most recently as senior vice-president of research.
Following the retirement of Mr Tom Mullaney as division director animal health, the Irish operation of Pfizer Animal Health will be managed jointly by Mr Philip Howlin, Mr Brian More O'Ferrall and Mr Damian O'Donohue.
Mr Howlin, as sales manager, will be responsible for all sales related activities; Mr More O'Ferrall, marketing and customer services manager, will be charged with delivering all marketing activities; and Mr O'Donohue, as technical service manager, will be responsible for technical and regulatory affairs.
Cable & Wireless has appointed Mr Kevin Relihan to its business development team for Ireland where he takes up the position of pricing analyst. He was previously employed as a product analyst with Gateway.
Mr Roger Acton has been appointed head of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Ireland. He joins the ACCA from the Disability Federation of Ireland where he was chief executive for 10 years.
Beamish & Crawford has appointed Mr John O'Callaghan to the position of marketing controller where he will take overall responsibility for the development of the brewer's brand portfolio.
Stena Line has appointed Ms Mary Gallagher as route director southern corridor. She was previously business co-ordinator Ireland and in her new role, will be based at Rosslare port where she will have responsibility for the Rosslare-Fishguard route.
Ms Jennifer Keane has been appointed operations manager of Prestige Investment Property, an overseas investment property consultancy. She previously worked with Dublin radio station, FM104.
US food manufacturer Campbell's Grocery Products has appointed Mr Tony Costigan general sales manager which will see him managing the company's business in Ireland. Campbell's is synonymous with soup manufacture and also produces the Homepride range of cook-in-sauce.
Ms Mary Mangan has been appointed managing director of Buyandsell.Net Ltd, the first Internet marketplace provider in the Republic. She was formerly managing director of PostGEM and Ireland On-Line and before that held management positions with AT&T, ICL, HewlettPackard and IBM.
Oce Ireland has appointed Mr Damien Palmer field service manager. He will be responsible for customer liaison and service engineer management.
