Boardroom Briefing

AIB names new chief

✽ Bernard Byrne has been named as the new chief executive of AIB, with immediate effect.

Byrne will succeed David Duffy, who is leaving for Britain’s Clydesdale Bank.

Byrne joined AIB in May 2010 as chief financial officer and has since held a number of roles, most recently as director of retail and business banking. The chartered accountant previously worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, ESB International, IWP International and ESB, where he was group finance ...