Transport Minister Martin Cullen has appointed four new directors to the board of Aer Lingus.
The finance director, Greg O'Sullivan, has been appointed an executive director. Mr O'Sullivan is a chartered accountant. He joined Aer Lingus as group financial controller in 1997 and was appointed finance director in March 2006.
Thomas J. Moran has also been appointed as non-executive director. Mr Moran has been president of Mutual of America since 1992 and was named chief executive in 1994.
Also appointed as a non-executive director is Danuta Gray, chief executive of O2 Ireland. The final appointee is Michael Johns, who represents the employee share ownership trust (ESOT) of the airline.
Mr Johns is a partner in Ashurst solicitors, a London practice that advises the Eircom ESOT.