Sullivan to step down as Eircom chairman

Ned Sullivan is to step down as chairman of Eircom at the end of the year.

Ned Sullivan is to step down as chairman of Eircom at the end of the year.

The company said in a statement yesterday that Mr Sullivan (64) was stepping down due to personal reasons.

“The role of chairman requires an ongoing time commitment which I am no longer in a position to make,” he said.

Eircom was taken over by its lenders earlier this year following an examinership process. Herb Hribar was appointed as chief executive in August.

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A former chief executive of Baileys Irish Cream and Glanbia, Mr Sullivan is currently chairman of Greencore. He also served as a director of Anglo Irish Bank.

Suzanne Lynch

Suzanne Lynch

Suzanne Lynch, a former Irish Times journalist, was Washington correspondent and, before that, Europe correspondent