This article is from page 4 of the 2013-03-12 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 4 JPG
THE chairman and management of Shannon Airport Authority have welcomed the appointment of four new members to the board of the newly independent Shannon Airport Authority. The new appointees are US-based public policy consultant and transport expert Kathryn O’Leary Higgins, Managing Director of Clare FM and Tipp FM radio stations Liam O’Shea and Shannon Airport worker-directors Joe Buckley (Cargo & Technical Traffic Development Manager) and Kevin McCarthy (Airport Police Fire Officer).
The four new directors join existing board members, Chairman Rose Hynes, Airport Director Mary Considine and Pat Dalton, Chief Financial Officer of One51.
“I welcome these board appointments. The new directors provide us with the type of expertise and experience that is required to deliver the strategic vision for the airport, which is around achieving significant passenger growth and the development of the International Aviation Services Centre at Shannon over the next five years,” said Rose Hynes, the chairman of NewCo, the new company established to oversee the new independent Shannon Airport.
“I look forward to working with the new board members at this exciting and challenging time for Shannon Airport,” Ms Hynes added.
Shannon Chamber president Kevin Thompstone has described the new board appointments at Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) as a step nearer the completion of the change process at the airport.
“With a governance strategy now in place at SAA, plans underway to merge SAA and Shannon Development into a new entity, and the selection of a new CEO for the merged entity pending, the elements to drive the transformational change required at Shannon Airport are progressively being put in place,” he said.
“The SAA board’s complementary set of skills in public policy, transport, aviation, communications, change management, investment and planning, contributes the collective capability to chart a new future for Shannon,” the former chief executive of Shannon Development said.