To chair Belgian bank

The chairman of Irish Intercontinental Bank (IIB), Mr Paddy McEvoy, will become chairman of the Belgian bank, Kereskedelmi es…

The chairman of Irish Intercontinental Bank (IIB), Mr Paddy McEvoy, will become chairman of the Belgian bank, Kereskedelmi es Hitelbank (K&H Bank), after IIB's shareholders won a tender to purchase a 56 per cent stake of K&H.

Mr McEvoy will take up the appointment following the completion of the purchase by the IIB shareholders, Kredietbank NV and Irish Life Assurance plc who are acting as a consortium. Mr McEvoy is also chairman of Irish Life Homeloans, Irish Life Finance, KB Financial Services (Ireland) and Kredietfinance Corporation (UK) Ltd, companies within the IIB group.