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Annual Report 2010 

Board of Directors and Corporate Information

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An Post Board of Directors

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  • 1. John Fitzgerald

    F.C.C.A.
    Chairman – 2,3
    Appointed 1 March, 2008
    Mr. Fitzgerald has spent most of his career working in local government, serving in several senior positions, including that of Dublin City Manager from 1996 until 2006. Currently, he is Chairman of the Grangegorman Development Agency and of the two Regeneration Agencies set up in Limerick following his report to Government on problems of social exclusion in that city. He is also Chairman of the National Transport Authority, Vice Chairman of InterTradeIreland and a member of the board of the Health Service Executive.

  • 3. Jerry Condon

    Employee Director – 2
    Appointed 1 November, 2008; fourth term
    Mr. Condon commenced work in 1971 with the Department of Posts and Telegraphs and has worked as a Post Office Clerk for his entire career. He has been an active member of the Communications Workers’ Union throughout his career and he served on the National Executive of that union for 13 years.

  • 5. Anne Connolly

    B.A., M.B.A.
    Director – 2
    Appointed 23 November, 2007
    Ms. Connolly is the Director of the Ageing Well Network, an independent leadership network of heads of organisations across the private, public and voluntary sectors. She had previously founded and run Anne Connolly Consulting Limited, a strategic Management consultancy company. Prior to forming this company, she worked as Strategy Manager with Kingspan plc and, before that, at senior management level in the public and not-forprofit sectors. She has previously been on the boards of ICC Bank plc and APSO and she was Chairperson of the Federation of Simon Communities in Ireland.

  • 7. Thomas Devlin

    Employee Director.
    Appointed 26 Mar, 2010;second term
    Mr. Devlin began his career in the Post Office in 1976 when he joined the Department of Posts and Telegraphs as a Junior Postman working as a messenger in the Minister’s Office. He is currently employed as a Delivery Service Manager in Malahide Delivery Service Unit, Co. Dublin. An active member of the Communications Workers’ Union, he served on the National Executive for two years and was Chairman of the SDS Drivers’ Branch from 1996 to 2004.

  • 9. James Hyland,

    B.Comm-F.C.A., F.C.I.S., M.C.I.Arb., M.E.W.I.
    Director – 1
    Appointed 11 December, 2008; second term
    Mr. Hyland, a chartered accountant, is former Deputy Chief Executive of Golden Vale Group and was former Group Chief Executive of Youghal Carpets plc. He was Managing Director of James Hyland & Company, Forensic Accountants, and a partner in Hyland Johnson Murray, Chartered Accountants. He is Chairman or Director of a number of other companies including An Post National Lottery Company. He is also a mentor on the Marketing Development Programme in the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

  • 11. Peter Ormond

    B.A. (Bus. Mgt.)
    Director
    Appointed 8 Mar, 2011
    Mr. Ormond is the Marketing Manager with Mid Ireland Tourism since March 2010 prior to which he was the Community Services Programme Manager for Kilcormac Development Association. His other work experiences are in auctioneering, in sales and marketing, and in logistics. He is a member of Offaly County Council and was its Chairman in 2005/2006. He is also a member of the Education Finance Board.

  • 13. John Quinlivan

    B.Sc. (Mgt. & Law), M.Sc. (Spatial Planning),Dip. in Public Admin
    Director – 3
    Appointed 24 Jun, 2008;second term
    Mr. Quinlivan has had a lengthy career in local government, serving in senior positions in nine counties, including 15 years as Louth County Manager. He served for five years as a member of the National Roads Authority and he also served as a member of the Local Government Management Services Board, the Local Government Computer Services Board and An Comhairle.

  • 15. Catherine Woods

    B.A.(Econ)Director – 1, 3
    Appointed 4 Feb, 2008
    Ms Woods has spent most of her career in London with JP Morgan. She has extensive experience of mergers and acquisitions and stockbroking in the financial sector. Her mandates included the recapitalisation of Lloyds’ of London Insurance market and the re-privatisation of Scandinavian banks. Since her return to Ireland, she has served on the Electronic Communications Appeals Panel from 2004 to 2007, opining on appeals against ComReg decisions. She is a Director of Allied Irish Banks plc and is on the Adjudication Panel for appeals regarding the National Broadband Scheme.

Secretary

Jack Dempsey

Registered Office

General Post Office
O’Connell Street
Dublin 1

Auditor

KPMG, Chartered Accountants

Bankers

Bank of Ireland

Solicitors

Matheson Ormsby Prentice

Key to Board Committees

1. Audit and Security
2. Personnel
3. Remuneration

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  • 2. Patrick Compton

    Employee Director
    Appointed 1 November, 2008; fifth term
    Mr. Compton has worked in the postal service for the past 38 years and his current position is that of Partnership Co-ordinator, based in Roscommon. He was a member of the National Executive of the Communications Workers Union for 22 years and its President in 1986. He was also a director of The Prize Bond Company Limited for many years. He is active in community development in his local area and he is the County Roscommon GAA Coaching & Games Development Officer.

  • 4. Donal Connell

    C.Eng., F.I.E.I., B.E.
    Director – 2, 3
    Appointed 14 August, 2006
    Mr. Connell was appointed as Chief Executive on 14 August, 2006. He began his career in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs and has held senior management positions in Unitrode Ireland, 3Com Ireland and Maxtor Ireland where he was General Manager prior to joining An Post. He is a non-executive Director of Xilinx Corporation’s European Board and he is Chairman of An Post National Lottery Company.

  • 6. Paddy Costello

    Employee Director
    Appointed 1 November, 2008
    Mr. Costello joined the Post Office as a Junior Postperson in 1964. He became a Postperson in 1966 and he has been employed in the Finglas Delivery Service Unit (DSU), Dublin 11 for the last 43 years. Throughout his employment, he has represented members of the Communications Workers’ Union at DSUs in Dublin. He has held various branch officer positions and he is currently serving as the Treasurer of the Dublin Postal Delivery Branch.

  • 8. Ciara Hurley

    B.B.S., M.B.S. (Banking & Finance), M.S.I.
    Director
    Appointed 3 April, 2006
    Ms. Hurley is a Vice President at Quilter, which is part of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. She has over 20 years’ experience as an Investment Manager working with high net worth individuals and families. She previously worked with Goodbody Stockbrokers as aSenior Portfolio Manager and with Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited as Investment Director. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

  • 10. Brian McConnell

    B.B.S.
    Director – 1
    Appointed 3 April, 2006
    A career banker by profession, Mr. McConnell has comprehensive experience in the Financial Services Sector. He has served as Chief Executive of Permanent tsb and Ulster Investment Bank (Corporate Banking/Finance). He has held directorships in several financial institutions including Irish Life and Permanent Plc and Ulster Bank Limited. Now retired, he is a Director of a number of AXA Group companies and of Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank.

  • 12. Gerry O’Toole

    Employee Director – 2
    Appointed 1 Nov, 2008
    Mr. O’Toole started work in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs in 1980 as a Junior Postman and the following year he was appointed as a Postperson. In 1989, he was promoted to the position of Clerical Officer and worked in the Financial Services area until 1998 when he moved to the IT Unit where he is currently a Technical Support Specialist in IT Network Support. He has served on a number of branch committees for different unions over the years.

  • 14. Alan Sloane

    Postmaster Director.
    Appointed 1 Jan, 2010; fourth term.
    Mr. Sloane has worked in the family grocery and post office business since 1976. He was appointed postmaster of Loch Gowna Post Office, Co. Cavan in 1979. He is also Managing Director of J.A.S. Limited, a security counter and furniture manufacturing business, which he established in 1985.