AIB snubbed four foreign CEO candidates

Updated: 22:06, Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Documents released to RTÉ News show that out of a shortlist of five candidates, AIB chose one of its own executives, Colm Doherty, to head the bank.

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Nine News: Sandra Hurley reports that documents show that the bank snubbed four external candidates for the job of CEO
Nine News: Sandra Hurley reports that documents show that the bank snubbed four external candidates for the job of CEO

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The documents were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

The other four contenders last August for the post of chief executive were from outside the country.

The documents also show the level of close contact between the bank and the Department of Finance at the time.

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