CORRECT: Bank Of Ireland Adds BUPA CEO, Former Barclays Exec To Board

(Correcting that Evelyn Bourke is the current, and not former, CEO of BUPA.)

LONDON (Alliance News) - Bank of Ireland Group PLC said Tuesday it will appoint two non-executive directors, Evelyn Bourke and Ian Buchanan, to its board this Friday.

Bourke, chief executive officer of BUPA Group, will be appointed to the audit committee, as well as to the nomination and governance committee. Bourke previously was with Friends Life Group Ltd, where she served as chief executive officer of its Heritage division.

"Evelyn has exemplary experience in global executive management and in financial services, and will bring this experience to her role on the Board, Court, and Nomination and Governance Committee," said Bank of Ireland Chairman Archie Kane.

Buchanan is a non-executive director at Openwork Ltd and will be appointed to the group's risk committee. He was group chief information officer for Barclays PLC and chief operating officer for its Barclaycard business.

"Ian has held a number of very senior roles in international financial services, and will bring considerable experience of technology-based transformational change to his role on the Board, Court, and Risk Committee. This experience will be very beneficial to the group during this period of strategic transformation," said Kane.

Shares in Bank of Ireland closed at EUR7.46 each on Tuesday.