Ms Lisa Dillon has been appointed general manager of Esat Net. Ms Dillon will be responsible for managing and developing Esat Net's core ISP acitivities. Prior to joining Esat, Ms Dillon, worked in MetaCreations as director of Worldwide Operations & Support.

Pinnacle Computing has appointed Dr Angus Beck to head a new e-solutions business team in the area of electronic trading.

Mr John Finan has been appointed chairman of AllfinanzInc.com, the Internet fulfilment provider to the international financial services industry. Mr Finan is chairman and chief executive of pensions and life assurance company, Winterthur Life UK.

The electric retailer, electricworld, has made two new appointments. Mr Stuart Armstrong has been appointed managing director designate and Mr Glenn Wilson has been appointed regional manager Ireland.

Mr Richard Bryce has been appointed chief executive of the Iris Group. Mr Bryce joins Iris from Dunnes Stores, where he was IT manager.

Norkom Technologies has made two new appointments. Mr Iain Kerr has been appointed as chief operating officer and Mr Ian MacDonald as European marketing director.

Dimension has appointed Ms Emer McLeavey as head of sales promotion and Mr Brendan McElroy has been appointed account director.

Mr Declan Kelly has been appointed account manager with Adshel. A graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology, Mr Kelly, will be responsible for customer sales and service. Ryan Hotels has appointed Mr Robert Bastow as finance director of the group. Mr Bastow joined the company in 1994 having trained with Horwarth Bastow Charleton in Dublin.

Mr Howard Roberts has been appointed to the board of directors of Xnet Information Systems. As technical director, Mr Howard, will lead the pre-sales technical team and will be involved in customer support.

Canada Life has appointed Mr Peter Mitchell as associate director - business development.

Mr Brian Moore has been appointed business development director, at Nortel Networks. Mr Moore has more than 10 years experience in management consultancy.

Mr David Simpson has been elected president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr Simpson is a founding partner of BDO Simpson Xavier.

Hellermann Tyton Ireland has made two new appointments, both of whom are well known sportsmen. GAA inter-county referee, Mr Brian Tyrell, and Bray Wanderers star, Mr Barry O'Connor, have been appointed sales representatives.

Mr Jonathan Cummins has been appointed creative director at Buyandsell.net. Mr Cummins has worked in the production ranks of the Irish film industry and with Prime Sports in Hong Kong.

Prospectus Strategy Consultants has appointed Ms Julie Browne as a senior consultant. A graduate of Trinity College, Ms Browne joins Prospectus from David Prior Associates.

Ms Carmel Murray has been appointed head of agency services at ICAN, an online advertising company.