Chanelle Group has appointed David Kelly (pictured) as general manager. Kelly joins the company from medical device company ArraVasc, where he served as CFO.

Kelly previously served as head of finance for Chanelle Group from 2006 to 2008 and has held senior financial management positions in Irish, multinational and publicly quoted companies, including Boston Scientific, Aryzta plc and Aer Rianta International.

Chanelle Group is Ireland’s largest indigenous manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals for human and animal health. The company employs over 375 people in Ireland, the UK and Jordan, and recently announced a €70m investment that will double existing manufacturing capacity at its Loughrea headquarters. Employment is expected to grow to over 550 people.

Kelly holds a first class honours degree in accounting and finance, a Master’s in business studies from Dublin City University and a postgraduate diploma in strategy and innovation from the Irish Management Institute. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

RDJ Appointment

In Association with

Elsewhere, Ronan Daly Jermyn appointed Rory Delahunty as chief information officer — the fourth C-level appointment the firm has made in the past 18 months.

Delahunty was previously global IT project manager for Vedanta Resources plc, a global metals and mining company, where he played a key role in the company’s strategic technology planning process.

According to Richard Martin, managing partner of Ronan Daly Jermyn: “Rory’s knowledge and extensive experience with technology, information, and business processes will be a valuable asset to our team and we are very happy to welcome him to the firm.”