Bank of Ireland has appointed Tadhg Clandillon as Managing Director of New Ireland, a role he will take up in early October.
New Ireland Assurance Company has about 600,000 customers through a full range of insurance, investment, and pension products, and has assets under management of €24 billion at the end of June.
Mr Clandillon joins New Ireland from Athora Ireland where he was CEO for the last six years. Prior to Athora Ireland, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Aegon Ireland, which he joined from Irish Life in 2008.
Richard Jones, Interim Managing Director of New Ireland, will be taking up the position of Director in Group Strategy and Transformation, with responsibility for Wealth & Insurance, in early October.
Gavin Kelly, CEO Designate, Davy & Wealth, said that Mr Clandillon has an extremely strong track record of commercial delivery, business transformation and people leadership, and commands a deep knowledge of the life and pensions industry.
“He will play an important role as we establish the new Wealth and Insurance division which includes New Ireland and Davy,” he added.