Business

Appointments

*The Publicity Association of Northern Ireland has appointed Nuala Meenehan of Exterion Media as its new chair

* Gareth Morrison has been appointed managing director of Belfast biometric technology solutions firm The Lava Group. He graduated from Dundee University with an honours degree in accountancy.

*First Trust Bank has appointed Kieran Mailey as specialist agri-adviser. He previously worked as a livestock specialist with the Irish Farmers Journal and as a farm development adviser at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

*Malachy McLernon has joined Newrybased PKF-FPM as equity director. With 16 years experience working with private businesses across Britain and Ireland, he joins from PwC and will be located in the firm's Dungannon and Belfast offices