Roche starts new executive search company

Michael Roche, a former senior executive in Independent News & Media, has founded a new business called 6 Degrees Executive Search.

Roche has assembled a team of veteran business people to work with his new company including Pat O’Mahony, former head of retail banking with AIB; Jim Canavan, former chief executive of Uniphar; and Geraldine Stewart, formerly of Fidelity Investments.

“We are an executive search firm not a recruitment firm,” Roche said. “Unlike ...