THE IMI: members of the board and council

The board of the IMI comprises:

Chairman Dr Chris Horn of Iona Technologies; Dr Philip Nolan of Eircom; Mr Padraig McManus of ESB; Ms Maeve Donovan of The Irish Times; Mr Paul Cran of Maxol; Mr Richard Crowe of Siemens Ireland; Dr Don Thornhill of the Higher Education Authority; Mr Pat McGrath of Project Management; Mr Paul Haran of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Mr Tony Dromgoole of the IMI; Mr Michael Daly of IBM Ireland.

The institute's council comprises all the board members. In addition, it features: Mr Ray Bates of the National Lottery; Mr Roderick Bond of Know-th Technologies; Mr Paul Breen of Elan; Mr William Burgess, a company director; Mr Ian Cahill of Ericsson; Mr Bernard Collins of Boston Scientific; Mr Barry Dempsey of Peter Mark; Mr Roy Douglas of Irish Life & Permanent; Mr Hugh Friel of Kerry Group; Ms Bernadette Kiely of Motorola; Mr Harry Lorton, a company director; Mr Philip Lynch of IAWS; Mr Pat Molloy of Bank of Ireland; Mr John Moloney of Glanbia; Mr Tadhg O'Donoghue of ESB; Mr Ken O'Hara, an IMI fellow; Mr Liam O'Mahony of CRH; Mr Mel O'Rourke of Sylvan Ireland; Mr Brian Patterson, chairman of IFSRA and chairman of The Irish Times Ltd; and Mr David Went of Irish Life, who is a member of the Irish Times Trust.

It also includes a number of co-opted members. They are: IBEC president Mr Maurice Pratt of C&C; Mr Des Egan of Eircom; Mr Paddy Harte of the International Fund for Ireland; Mr Ronan Nolan of Deloitte; Mr Denis O'Leary of AIB; Mr Michael O'Mahony of Examiner Publications (Cork) Ltd; Mr Tony Ruane of Hasbro Ireland; and Mr Billy Sweetman of PricewaterhouseCoopers.