Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

New appointees with Teagasc, Four Star Pizza, Global Fresh Exotics, Murray Group, Taxback.com and ECS Group

New roles: (top row, left to right) Dr Joe Patton, Ciara Kellett, Richard Moore; (bottom row) Paul O'Kane, William Maher, Adrien Thominet.

Here is a selection of people starting new roles with Teagasc, Four Star Pizza, Global Fresh Exotics, Murray Group Taxback.com and ECS Group.

Dr Joe Patton has been appointed as the head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer in Teagasc following the move by Dr Tom O’Dwyer to head up the Teagasc Signpost programme. Dr Patton will lead the team of dairy specialists in the organisation. He started his career in Teagasc in 2006 with a contract research post in the area of dairy herd nutrition. In 2009, he took up a role as dairy specialist for winter milk production in Teagasc, based at Teagasc Grange. He led the Teagasc winter milk systems project at Johnstown Castle. In 2020, he moved to the position of ruminant nutrition specialist. He holds a degree in Agri Science from UCD and a PhD on dairy nutrition from Teagasc and UCD.