• Investors

Directors and Secretary

D.V. McCann
Chairman, BCL

David McCann joined the Group in 1986, having previously practised as a partner in a leading Dublin law firm. He became Managing Director in 1989 with responsibility for the Group’s operations. He was appointed Chief Executive in 1995 and became Chairman on 30 December 2006. He is a member of the nomination committee.

D.V. McCann

C. Bos
Chief Operating Officer

Coen Bos was a merchant navy ship’s master and active at sea until 1983. He subsequently joined Velleman & Tas BV in Holland and was its Banana Marketing Director when it was acquired by Fyffes in 1994. He was appointed Managing Director of the Group’s Tropical Produce division in 2000. He was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2006 and to the position of Chief Operating Officer on 30 December 2006.

C. Bos

T.G. Murphy
Finance Director, B Comm, FCA

Tom Murphy joined the Group in 1990. He has held a number of senior accounting positions in Fyffes and was appointed to the position of deputy Managing Director and Finance Director of the Group’s Tropical Produce division in 2000. He was appointed to the Board as Finance Director on 2 January 2007.

T.G. Murphy

J.D. McCourt
Non-Executive, MA, MBA

Declan McCourt was appointed to the Board in 2003 and is a member of the audit, compensation and nomination committees. He is Chief Executive of automobile distributor, the OHM Group. He is a member of the Court of Bank of Ireland, a director of Blackrock International Land plc, Chairman of the Mater Hospital Foundation and a director of a number of other companies.

J.D. McCourt

Dr. P.F. deV. Clüver
Non-Executive, MBChB, ChM, MD, PhD

Dr Paul Clüver was appointed to the Board in 1999 and is a member of the audit committee. He is Chairman of Capespan Group Holdings Limited in South Africa. He is also Chairman of the Company of Wine People in South Africa. He is a trustee of the Worldwide Fund for Nature SA and Chairman of the Council of the University of Stellenbosch.

Dr. P.F. deV. Clüver

J.M. O’Dwyer
Non-Executive, LLB

James O’Dwyer was appointed to the Board in 2007 and is a member of the compensation committee. He is former Chairman of Arthur Cox, the leading Dublin based law firm. He is admitted to practice at the New York State Bar. He is a director of Goldman Sachs Bank (Europe) plc and Stafford Holdings Limited.

J M O’Dwyer

J.P. Tolan
Non-Executive, B Comm, FCA

Jimmy Tolan joined Fyffes in 1990. He managed the Group’s acquisitions team from 1993. He was appointed to the Board as Corporate Development Director in 1999 and became Chief Executive on 30 December 2006. He resigned as Chief Executive on 30 April 2008 to take up the position of Chief Executive of Vhi Healthcare but remains a non executive director of Fyffes plc.

J.P. Tolan

S.P. Keenan
Company Secretary, B Comm, FCA

Seamus Keenan joined Fyffes in 1995 from KPMG. He has held a number of senior financial positions in the Group including Group Financial Controller and Investor Relations Manager. He was appointed Company Secretary in 2006.

S.P. Keenan