DUBLIN, Ireland, Feb. 13, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") (NYSE:AIB) (LSE:ALBK) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Colm Doherty and Mr. Aidan McKeon as Executive Directors of the Bank.
Mr. Doherty (44) is Managing Director of AIB Capital Markets plc and is responsible for the Bank's Corporate Banking, Global Treasury, and Investment Banking businesses, and for the operations of Allied Irish America, the Bank's U.S.-based Not-for-Profit business. He joined AIB in 1988 as an associate director of AIB IFS and became its managing director in 1991. He became Head of Investment Banking in Capital Markets in 1994 and was appointed to his present position in 1999. He is a native of Dublin and is a business graduate of University College Dublin.
Mr. McKeon (55) is Managing Director, AIB Group (U.K.) plc and is responsible for the Bank's operations in Northern Ireland and Britain. A native of Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, he joined AIB in 1965 and worked in Branches, Central Advance Control, Human Resources and Commercial Banking and was appointed General Manager, Commercial Banking in 1989. He moved to the UK in 1996 as General Manager, Britain and was appointed to his present position in 1999. He holds B. Comm, MBS, and M. Sc. (Mgt.) degrees.