Mr Tom O'Higgins has been elected chairman of Concern Worldwide. A senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr O'Higgins has worked on overseas appointments for Concern. He is a past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and is currently chairman of the institute's Benevolent Association.

Mr Mark Russell has been appointed manager, Republic of Ireland, of British Airways, having joined the group 10 years ago. Most recently, he was responsible for the management of sales promotions and developing sales strategy for travel agent and corporate clients.

Mr Donal McAlister has been appointed retail and marketing manager at Dublin's Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. He previously worked for Clayton Love Distribution. Temple Bar Properties has appointed Ms Fionnuala Doris financial controller. Ms Doris previously worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Allied Foods, an associate of DCC, has appointed Mr John Casey to the board as logistics development officer. Mr Casey formerly worked with Fyffes in Britain.

Mr Alan Glynn has been appointed non-executive director to the Lee Travel Group in Cork. Mr Glynn, a management and marketing consultant, is the principal of the Dublin-based consultancy, Alan Glynn Associates. The Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone retailer, has appointed Mr Stephen Mackarel managing director of its Irish division. Mr Mackarel was previously head of retail sales at Eircell's retail business unit.

Irish Life International (ILI), the IFSC subsidiary of Irish Life & Permanent, has appointed Mr Ronnie Culliton business development manager. He joins ILI from Irish Life Investment Managers. The Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has elected Mr Dessie Boylan president to succeed Mr Michael O'Dwyer. Mr Boylan, chairman of Lakeland Dairies, is a dairy and livestock farmer from Co Cavan.

Mr Mervyn Fogarty has been appointed senior account executive with Eireann International, the investment property company. Keane Mahoney Smith, the auctioneers, has appointed Ms Suzanne Angley as associate director with responsibility for marketing of new home sales, general residential sales in Dublin, and residential lettings.