New head of business banking

BANK OF IRELAND has announced the appointment of Denis McArdle as head of business banking.

His most recent role was as director of business banking where he headed up business banking at Ulster Bank over the past five years. He spent a total of 34 years in various roles in Ulster Bank.

Chief executive of Retail Financial Services Ireland at Bank of Ireland Richie Boucher said: “We are delighted to welcome Denis as head of business banking in Dublin. We have been aggressively growing our business banking market share over the past two years. We have moved from a one-size fits all approach to a more sectoral-based focus in 2005.