Ireland:New Chairman for Food Safety Authority of Ireland

摘要

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) welcomed 11 June the appointment of Martin Hig-gins as its new Chairman. Mr Higgins became the first Chief Executive of safefood, the all-island Food Safety Promotion Board, and led the organisation from itsinception in 1998 until his retirement in 2014. Prior to that, he was the first Director of Corporate Services in the FSAI, having previously held the post of Principal Officer at the Department of Health, specialising in finance and health agency regulation. He has professional qualifications in accountancy, international regulation and governance; and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.