Hodgkinson appointed to BOI court of directors
Bank of Ireland has announced the appointment of Sir Michael Hodgkinson, Chairman, Post Office Ltd to its Court of Directors.
Hodgkinson had also recently been asked by the Minister for Transport, Seamus Brennan, to join the board of the soon to be created Dublin Airport Authority.
Mike Soden, Group Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland, will also join the Board of Post Office Ltd.
Both appointments are with immediate effect.
These appointments are a further strengthening of the joint venture agreement between Bank of Ireland and the Post Office Ltd to provide financial services through the UK Post Office network of 17,000 branches.
Sir Michael Hodgkinson spent 18 years in the British Motor Industry, firstly at Ford and then with the Rover Group.
His last five years were spent as Managing Director, Land Rover and Range Rover Limited.
In 1983 Sir Michael joined Grand Metropolitan plc and was appointed Chief Executive of Grand Metropolitan's European food division in 1986.
In January 1992, he joined BAA plc as Group Airports Director and in October 1999 was appointed Chief Executive.
He was appointed Chairman of Post Office Ltd in May of this year.
