#NEWchairperson – Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company has a new chairperson, Eithne Scott Lennon, CEO of the Fitzpatrick's Killiney Castle Hotel, who becomes the first female to take this board position.

As Business & Leadership reports, Scott Lennon has been an active member of the board since 1994 and played a significant role in the development of the Masterplan, which aims to realise the harbour's potential as a major marine, leisure, cultural and tourism destination.

Official confirmation of her appointment by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar TD came after Scott Lennon as previously reported on Afloat.ie, presented her vision and plans for the Harbour Company to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications.