Ex-PwC chief Feargal O'Rourke named as new IDA chair

Feargal O'Rourke has been named as the new chair of the IDA to succeed Frank Ryan.

Former PwC chief Feargal O'Rourke has been named as the new chair of the IDA to succeed Frank Ryan, completing the new leadership line-up of the Government's inward investment agency at a time of rapidly shifting priorities for US tech and pharma giants on which Ireland has long based its industrial strategy.      

The appointment, which was confirmed by Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney, comes after the naming as chief executive last year of IDA veteran Michael Lohan to succeed Martin Shanahan who had led the agency over the past decade.