20 June 2007

Bank of Ireland New Non-Executive Directors

20 June 2007

Bank of Ireland New Non-Executive Directors

Bank of Ireland today announced the proposal to elect three new non-executive directors to the Court of Directors at the Annual General Court on 17th July.

Rose Hynes is a director of Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank, Bord Gais Eireann, Shannon Airport Authority, Northern Ireland Water Ltd and a number of other companies. She is also a director of Total Produce plc, where she chairs its Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. She was a member of Guinness Peat Aviation senior management for many years and is also a former director of Fyffes plc and Aer Lingus. Rose is a law graduate of University College Dublin and a solicitor. She is also an associate of the Irish Institute of Taxation and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Jerome Kennedy is a director of Bank of Ireland Life Holdings plc, New Ireland Assurance Company plc and Total Produce plc, where he chairs the Audit Committees. He is Chairman of Caulfield McCarthy Group Retail and a member of the Irish Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School. A Chartered Accountant by profession, he was Managing Partner with KPMG Ireland for three terms between 1995 and 2004. He currently acts as a strategic business adviser to a number of Irish businesses and is a member of the Audit Committee Institute.

Heather Ann McSharry is General Manager of Reckitt Benckiser in Ireland, a leading global household, health and personal care company, having previously been Managing Director of Boots Healthcare Limited in Ireland. A business graduate of University College Dublin (UCD), she is also a director of Enterprise Ireland, of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and is a member of the Governing Authority of UCD.

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