The Irish Times Appoints New Managaing Director
19th March 2010
The Irish Times has announced the appointment of Liam Kavanagh, FCCA as managing director with immediate effect. Mr Kavanagh succeeds Maeve Donovan, who recently retired.
Mr Kavanagh joined the newspaper in 2000 as chief financial officer. He was appointed to the Board of The Irish Times Limited in 2001 as finance director and company secretary. He has held the position of deputy managing director since 2006.
Prior to joining the newspaper Mr Kavanagh worked with KPMG and the Jefferson Smurfit Group where he was finance director for Smurfit Ireland.
Commenting on the appointment, David Went, chairman of The Irish Times Limited, said: “Liam Kavanagh brings exceptional experience and skills to his new role as managing director. The Board and I are delighted with his appointment and look forward with confidence to his leadership of the company in the current challenging economic climate.”
The Irish Times is Ireland’s leading chronicler of daily news and its only independent newspaper. The newspaper, which is owned by a trust, is published from Monday to Saturday inclusive and currently has a daily, audited circulation of 106,926 (ABC July – December 2009) and a readership of 315,000 (JNRS 2009).
In May 2005 the newspaper successfully launched an international edition which is now available in over 6,000 retail outlets throughout Britain.
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