Here is a selection of people starting new roles with businesses in Ireland, including the Irish Banking Culture Board, Bord Bia, Causeway: Ireland Scotland Business Exchange, the Irish Hotels Federation and Sodexo.

Diversity and inclusion are playing an increasingly important role in talent retention for companies based in Ireland, said Micheline Corr, director of hospitality recruitment specialist The Firm.

Services company Sodexo has named Margot Slattery, current country president for Sodexo in Ireland, as its global chief diversity officer.

Gender quotas are needed to “move the needle” and increase the number of women sitting on the boards of Irish companies, according to the head of PayPal in Ireland.

BORD BIA has launched its Food and Drink Industry Awards 2011. The awards, in association with Rabobank, will recognise excellence in export development, branding, innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurship and success on the domestic market.