BoI names two new directors

He is also a board member of Gemalto NV and sits on the audit committee and the strategy and M&A committee.

Until recently he was a board member, chair of the audit and compliance committee, and a member of the risk and the investment committees of Standard Life.

Patrick Haren, who is also appointed to the BoI board, is a former chief executive of the Viridian Group, having joined Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE), in 1992 as chief executive.