#Fisheries - Niall Greene has been appointed to the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland by the new Minister for Natural Resources Alex White.

Greene has worked at senior management and board level with a number of prestigious private companies in the aviation industry and public agencies over his extensive career.

He currently holds positions on a number of boards in the data management, security, aircraft and airport management industries, recently holding positions on disciplinary, audit, nomination and corporate governance sub-committee.

He also serves on the board of the Hunt Museum in Limerick, which he currently chairs.

Specific to the remit of IFI, Greene chairs the board of Salmon Watch Ireland Limited and is a member of both the Shannon Mulkear and District Anglers Association and the Tralee and District Anglers Association. He is a former member of the executive of the Federation of Irish Salmon and Sea Trout Anglers.

Green was instrumental in bringing together the three national game angling federations to form Stop Salmon Drifts Nets Now in 2004 and chaired the board during the successful 2004-7 campaign.

In 2012 he was elected co-chair of the NGO Group at the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) and has held a position on IFI's National Inland Fisheries Forum since 2011.

Greene, who holds LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Limerick, brings with him a vast wealth of experience and passion for conservation to the board of IFI, said the State body in a statement.