Mr Ken Kilkenny has been elected president of An Oige, the youth hostel association of the Republic. Prior to his election, he was honorary treasury.

Mr Colm Reilly has been appointed chief executive at the Irish Internet Association. He joins from DMR Consulting, where he managed the Scandinavian operation from Dublin. Irish-owned software company Openet Telecom has expanded its international operations with the appointment of Mr Roger Davis as vice-president, worldwide marketing. Mr Davis was formerly chief operating officer of Tracewell Systems.

Lotus Development, part of IBM, has appointed Ms Elaine Stephen as director of international product development.

Due to the continuing expansion of the pharmaceutical industry in Cork, CPL recently appointed Ms Anna O'Dowd, an honours graduate of chemistry from UCC, as its technical consultant in this area.

Mr Gerry Murray will be joining First Active as treasurer this month. Mr Murray will join First Active from Friends First.

Electric Paper, the Dublin-based e-learning company, has named Mr Mike McMahon as business development manager for Ireland.

Mr Seamus Conlon, a systems management specialist, has been appointed managing director of EuroKom, the Dublin-based corporate e-mail company. Mr Brian Free has joined QMS Software as business development manager for Ireland.

Delphi Technologies has hired Mr Fin O'Driscoll as chief executive. Before joining Delphi, Mr O'Driscoll worked as chief operating officer for Internet security company Entropy.

The Irish Energy Centre has named Mr Tom Halpin as its new head of consumer awareness.

cjbrennan@irish-times.ie