The former general manager of Intel Ireland has been appointed as a non-executive director of fruit distributor Fyffes.
Mr Jim O'Hara (61) was also formerly vice president of Intel Corporation.
He is currently a board member of Allied Irish Bank, EBS and Enterprise Ireland and is also chairman of a number of start-up firms.
Commenting on the appointment, Fyffes chairman David McCann said he was very pleased that Mr O'Hara had agreed to join the board.
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"He has broad commercial experience both as an executive and more recently as a non-executive director in a number of different businesses and is highly regarded by the business community in Ireland. We look forward to his contribution to the future development of the group,” said Mr McCann.