Business

Appointments

* Stephen Matchett has been appointed chief financial officer of Danske Bank. He was previously chief financial officer of Bank of Ireland UK and an executive director of Bank of Ireland (UK) plc. Earlier in his career he also worked for Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Deloitte.

* Danske Bank has appointed Garth Maxwell as head of private banking, responsible for a large private banking team based at offices in Belfast, Ballymena, Derry, Newry, Portadown, Coleraine and Omagh. He has held a number of senior positions in the bank in a career spanning 30 years.

* Andrew Brammer, head of Allen & Overy's support services centre in Belfast, has been promoted to the new position of global IT and shared services director. He has a broad experience in both service delivery and programme management within IT, coupled with a deep understanding of the business, acquired during his 12 years at the firm.

* Global accountancy body the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has elected Belfast-based Anthony Harbinson, director of safer communities for the Northern Ireland Department of Justice, as its global president for 2014-15