John Dunsmore (1959) became the Chief Executive Officer of the Group on 10 November 2008. He is the former Group Chief Executive of Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), a position he held until the joint acquisition of the business by Heineken and Carlsberg in April 2008. From 1996 he held a variety of senior management roles at S&N both in the UK and in Western Europe. John was appointed to the Board of S&N in October 2002 and became Group Chief Executive of S&N in 2007.

Stephen Glancey (1960) became Chief Operating Officer of the Group on 10 November 2008. He is a chartered accountant with experience in finance, sales and operations. He has worked with Ernst & Young, Whitbread and since 1992, S&N. In 2004, Stephen was appointed Group Operations Director of S&N and had responsibility for manufacturing, distribution, R&D and procurement.

John Burgess (1950) became a non-executive Director of the Group in January 1999 following the leveraged buy-out of the Group by funds advised by BC Partners, and was re-appointed a non-executive director on flotation in April 2004.  He joined BC Partners in 1986 as one of the founding partners and was a partner there until his retirement in 2006.  Previously, he worked at Candover Investments, F&C Ventures and the Boston Consulting Group.

Liam FitzGerald (1965) was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Group in April 2004.  He has been a director of United Drug plc since 1996 and has served as its chief executive since 2000.  Prior to this, he held senior marketing positions with Dimension Marketing Limited and Jefferson Smurfit Group plc.

John Hogan (1940) was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Group in April 2004.  He was formerly managing partner of Ernst & Young in Ireland between 1994 and 2000 and was a member of its global board.  He is currently a non-executive director of Abbey plc, Butterfield. Umbrella Funds plc, Prudential International Assurance plc, Sachsen LB Europe plc.  and other private companies.

Richard Holroyd (1946) was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Group in April 2004.  He is currently a non-executive director of Otto Weibel AG, Defence Support Group and is a member of the UK Competition Commission.  He was previously the managing director of Colmans of Norwich and head of the global marketing futures department of Shell International.

Philip Lynch (1946) was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Group in April 2004.  He is Chief Executive and an executive director of One51 plc.   He is also Chief Executive and an executive director of The Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society Limited, a non-executive director of Coillte Teoranta and FBD Holdings plc and is Chairman of the Educate Through Sport Foundation and Chairman of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board.

Breege O’Donoghue (1944) was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Group in April 2004.  She is an executive director of Penneys/Primark.  She is a member of the Labour Relations Commission; a member of the Outside Appointments Board of the Code of Standards and Behaviour for the Civil Service; a member of the foundation of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth; and was previously a director of An Post and Aer Rianta.