Business Movers

New roles: (top row, left to right) Chris Ellison; Aoibhinn Twomey; Brian D'Arcy; (bottom row) Louise Carley; Niall Matthews; Deirdre Courtney.

Here is a selection of people starting new roles with Circle Voluntary Housing Association, Fuzion Communications, John Deere Ltd, ByrneWallace LLP, Lakeland Dairies and Augustus Cullen Law.

Chris Ellison has been appointed as chair of the board of Circle Voluntary Housing Association, which now operates in 16 Irish local authority areas, including Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare. He succeeds Aoife Watters, who stood down as chair at the end of 2020, following a successful four years leading the board, and seven years as a board member of Circle VHA. Mr Ellison, the executive director of operations at B3 Living Ltd in the UK, brings 25 years’ experience in the housing sector. He is a long-serving member of the board of Circle VHA, serving since 2010, and has chaired its strategic purpose group. He was previously a consultant to housing associations in the UK and served on a number of boards and sub-committees as a non-executive director. He has extensive experience of managing and developing both general needs and supported housing schemes.