THE IAWS outlook for the years ahead looks promising.

IAWS Group plc has announced the appointment of Tom O’Mahony as chief operations officer. Mr O’Mahony is currently group general manager of finance and has held financial and operational management positions across the group since joining IAWS in 1985.

FULL-YEAR profits at IAWS, the last under managing director Phil Lynch, rose by 17% to €82.2 million.