INM to get new CEO by autumn

Independent News & Media (INM) should be in a position to name its new chief executive before the end of the summer.

Speaking to reporters after the group’s AGM, yesterday, chairman Leslie Buckley said that very good progress had been made in the search for a successor to the recently departed Vincent Crowley and that the process was at a fairly advanced stage.

Mr Buckley said that candidates from a variety of sectors had been looked at and management was “fairly close” to making its decision. When pressed on a timeframe, he said he was hopeful that the board would, at least, be in a position to make an announcement in time for INM’s half-year results presentation in August.