Chief Operations Officer Succeeds Founding Director as Chief Executive.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Board of Web Reservations International today announced the appointment of Feargal Mooney as Chief Executive of the company with immediate effect. Feargal joined WRI WRI Wolfram Research, Inc. (makers of Mathematica) WRI World Resources Institute WRI War Resisters' International WRI Western Research Institute (Laramie, WY) WRI Water Research Institute as Chief Operations Officer in 2002. Feargal succeeds Ray Nolan, who founded WRI in 1999 and who will remain as a board director. Commenting, Ray Nolan said: "WRI has enjoyed phenomenal growth over a short period and Feargal has played a really important role in our success to date. The board and I believe that he is the person best equipped to sustain the growth as we enter our next phase of development and we look forward to WRI achieving even greater things under Feargal's stewardship in the months and years ahead." The board also announced the appointment of Fintan Drury as its new non-executive chairman. He succeeds Paddy Holahan who has been chairman of WRI since 2002 and who will remain on the board as a non-executive director A non-executive director (NED, also NXD) or outside director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team. He or she is not an employee of the company or affiliated with it in any other way. . Biographical notes on Feargal Mooney and Fintan Drury Feargal Mooney (38) joined WRI in 2002 as Chief Operations Officer. He previously held positions in operational finance with internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. company Baltimore Technologies and as a financial analyst with pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Fintan Drury (49) is Chairman of PLATINUM ONE, an international sports management International Sports Management Limited ("ISM") is a sports management agency based in the Cheshire, England that represents leading figures from the sports of golf and cricket. It was founded in 1989 by former European Tour golfer Andrew "Chubby" Chandler. and event consultancy. He founded Drury Communications in 1988, which he sold 10 years later. He is also a director of Anglo Irish Bank Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc (Irish: Banc Angla-Éireannach) ISEQ: ANGL, LSE: ANGL, FWB: CKL, is a bank based in Ireland, listed on both the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, and headquartered in Dublin. plc, chairman of Paddy Power plc, and a former chairman of the RTE (1) See runtime engine. (2) (Real-Time Executive) The operating system used in the HP 1000 series. See HP 1000. Authority. About Web Reservations International Web Reservations International (WRI) provides technology, distribution and marketing solutions to accommodation and other travel suppliers worldwide through a network of owned sites and affiliate partners. Privately held and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, WRI was founded in 1999 and has representative offices in Shanghai, Sydney and New York. WRI has developed award winning websites including hostelworld.com, hostels.com, boo.com and trav.com, and has successful affiliate relationships with many of the world's leading brands. |
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