Business movers

New roles with MSD, Mental Health Commission, Corporate HR Ireland, Musgrave Group, Smart D8 and Contracting PLUS

New roles: (top row, left to right) Matt Maher, Gary Kiernan, Maureen Heffernan; (bottom row) Ian Allen, Orla Veale and Jimmy Sheehan.

Here is a selection of people starting new roles with MSD Brinny, the Mental Health Commission, Corporate HR Ireland, Musgrave Group, Smart D8 and Contracting PLUS.

Matt Maher has been appointed site lead at MSD Brinny, Co Cork. The healthcare company employs 900 people in Cork, part of the 2,700 staff across six sites in Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Meath and Tipperary. The Cork site develops biotech products, vaccines and tests immuno-oncology products. With 17 years’ experience with MSD, Matt has held a wide range of roles at MSD  Brinny including technical operations, validation, process and analytical development, manufacturing operations and end-to-end commercialisation activities. most recently, he led the technical operations department. He holds an MSc in Microbiology and a post-grad in Process and Chemical Engineering, both from UCC. He is also a certified Black Belt in lean Six Sigma.