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Executive Management /
Board of Directors

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Directors

The Board of IAWS Group, plc consists of four executive directors and nine non-executive directors.

Chairman

Denis Lucey

Denis Lucey (70) was appointed Chairman of the Group on 31 August 2005. Prior to that appointment he was Senior Independent Director. He is a former Chief Executive of Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited and is a director of a number of unlisted companies.

Executive Directors

Owen Killian

Owen Killian (54) was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2003. He has held senior executive positions with the Group since its flotation in 1988, having joined IAWS in 1977. He is also a non-executive director and Chairman of Origin Enterprises plc.

Patrick McEniff

Patrick McEniff FCMA MBA (39) is Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to the Board on 27 October 2004. He has been with the Group since 1989, in several senior positions, most recently Finance Director of the Lifestyle Foods business. He is also a non-executive director of Origin Enterprises plc.

Hugo Kane

Hugo Kane (48) is Chief Operations Officer. He was appointed to the Board on 1st September 2004. He joined Cuisine de France in 1993 as Operations Director and was appointed Managing Director in 2001. He became Head of Food in 2004 and has been at the forefront of the development of the Lifestyle Foods business. He was appointed Chief Operations Officer in September 2007.

Tom O'Mahony

Tom O’Mahony (45) is Chief Executive Officer of Origin Enterprises plc. He has held financial and operational management positions across the entire IAWS Group since 1985.

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Non-Executive Directors

Denis Buckley

Denis Buckley (61) is Chairman of Kerry Group plc, Kerry Co-operative Creameries Limited and a director of several unlisted companies.

Beatrice Dardis

Beatrice Dardis M.A. (62) has a background in agri-business. She is a director of several unlisted companies.

J. Brian Davy

J. Brian Davy (65) is Chairman of Davy Stockbrokers. He is a former director of the Irish Stock Exchange and of Arnotts plc. He is Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Maternity Hospital Holles Street and is a director of several unlisted companies.

Noreen Hynes

Noreen Hynes B.Comm. FCA (54) is Managing Director of Aquarius Properties Abroad and previously held senior management positions with Irish Distillers, Coal Distributors and ICL. She is a former member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Philip Lynch

Philip Lynch (61) is a former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Group. He is Chief Executive of One51 Limited and Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society Limited and is a director of C&C Group plc, Coillte Teo and FBD Holdings plc.

David Martin

David Martin FCMA (63) is a former executive director of the Group. He is a director of The Irish Auditing And Accounting Supervisory Authority, the Dormant Accounts Board and a number of unlisted companies.

William G. Murphy

William G. Murphy B.Comm. (62) is a director of Glanbia plc and a former Deputy Managing Director of Glanbia. He is a director of a number of unlisted companies.

Paul N. Wilkinson

Paul N. Wilkinson M.A. (Oxon) (62) is Senior Independent Director. He previously held senior management positions with Unilever plc, Grand Metropolitan plc and RHM plc. He is a director of Thorntons plc and a number of unlisted companies.

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