Softco, the e-business and solutions company, has made four appointments. Mr Alan Kilduff has been appointed operations director, Mr Niall Carty has been appointed chief technology officer, Mr Barry McMahon has been appointed vice-president e-business and Mr John Cullen has been appointed chief financial controller.

Mr Douglas McLuckie has been appointed manager of C&A at Liffey Valley shopping centre in Dublin. A graduate of Queen's University, Mr McLuckie joined C&A in 1986 and has worked in key locations around Britain.

Oce Ireland has appointed Mr David Lowe as sales director. He will be responsible for wide format printing systems. Mr Lowe joined Oce Ireland in 1997, before that he worked with IT companies in the US and Australia. He holds a BSc from TCD.

i-Commerce has made two new appointments. Mr Ian Hyland has been promoted to the position of chief executive officer and Mr Seamus O'Farrell has been appointed chief operations officer.

Mr John Armistead has been appointed managing consultant for Peregrine Systems limited at its UK office. Mr Armistead has 27 years experience in the credit card payments industry.

Coyle Hamilton has made two new appointments. Mr Hugh Governey has been appointed group chief executive and Mr Jim O'Mahoney has been appointed managing director - corporate broking division.

Ms Lavina Maloney has been appointed brand manager for RHM Foods Ireland. She will be responsible for its consumer brands, Sharwoods, Saxa, Ocean Spray, Bisto, Capri-Sun and Paxo. Ms Maloney previously worked for the marketing agency Strategem. She is a graduate of UCD.

Zenith Recruitment Specialists has appointed Mr Eddie O'Connor to the position of chairman of the recruitment group. Mr O'Connor is founder of Eirtricity and a former managing director of Bord na Mona.