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By Shane Nolan |
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July 16, 2010 - The Irish Aviation Authority has announced the appointment by the Minister for Transport of Anne Nolan as Chairman of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA). Anne Nolan was first appointed to the Board of the Irish Aviation Authority in 2006 and was re-appointed by the Minister for Transport for a second term in recent weeks.
Anne Nolan
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Nolan is currently a member of the
Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Board of the Association
of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP), Executive Committee of
the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries (EFPIA) and the
Board of the Smurfit Graduate School of Business.Nolan was formerly a
member of the Irish Medicines Board and the Council of the
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. Anne is also a part-time lecturer
(subject: management science) in the School of Pharmacy, Trinity College
Dublin. Nolan is currently Chief Executive of the Irish Pharmaceutical
Healthcare Association Ltd. Anne qualified as a pharmacist in 1982 and
became a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland in 1983. Commenting on the announcement and in welcoming the appointment of Anne Nolan as Chairman of the Irish Aviation Authority, Eamonn Brennan, CEO of the Irish Aviation Authority, said that "the Authority and Irish aviation will benefit greatly from this appointment. Anne Nolan has an unrivalled mix of business, aviation and regulatory experience at the highest level which will be invaluable to the Authority in meeting the growing challenges in aviation safety regulation and air navigation service provision." The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) is a state owned company in the Republic of Ireland responsible for the regulation of safety aspects of air travel. It is also responsible for providing Air Traffic Control (ATC) services to Ireland's three main airports, namely Dublin, Shannon and Cork. The authority regulates the safety standards of Irish civil aviation and provides air traffic management and aeronautical communications services in Irish controlled airspace. The authority was established under the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993. It is not to be confused with the Commission for Aviation Regulation which is responsible for regulation of the economic aspects of air travel in the State. |
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