Jerry Liston appointed chairman of Aviation Authority

Jerry Liston has been appointed as the new chairman of the Irish Aviation Authority.

He is currently executive chairman of The Michael Smurfit School of Business in UCD and the chairman of BWG Group, Kevin Broderick Ltd and Balcas Timber Ltd.

He was chiefexecutive of United Drug from 1974 to 2000 and is the past chairman and board member of The Marketing Society of Ireland and past president, chairman and board Member of the Irish Management Institute.