Outgoing Kerry Group boss to join Ryanair board

Outgoing Kerry Group boss Stan McCarthy is set to join the board of Ryanair later this month.

It will be Mr McCarthy’s first directorship appointment since announcing, in February, his decision to retire from Kerry later this year. He is due to step down as chief executive of the Tralee-based international taste and nutrition/consumer foods giant in September, after nearly 10 years in the top job — after which he will be replaced by Kerry’s Asia-Pacific boss Edmond Scanlon.

Mr McCarthy will join the Ryanair board, in a non-executive director capacity, at the end of this month. His position on the board will be formally voted on by the airline’s shareholders at Ryanair’s AGM in September.