Name:Deirdre Somers

Age:42

Title:Chief executive, Irish Stock Exchange

Background:From Bishopstown in Co Cork, she completed a BComm at UCC, trained as an accountant with KPMG and joined the stock exchange as listing and policy manager in 1995 after a brief secondment to the organisation

Why she is in the news:She is near the end of her first year as chief of the exchange

Family:Married with two children, Aisling and Ciaran

Hobbies:She likes travelling with her family and cooking for large groups of friends

Something you might expect:The Irish Stock Exchange has been open since 1793, but Somers is the first woman in charge of the business

Something you might not expect (if you're of a certain age):There was a stock exchange in Cork until 1973