Digital services company Viatel Technology Group has announced KPMG audit director Niamh Mangan as its new group financial controller.

Mangan is a graduate of UL and a qualified chartered accountant, and she takes on the role with immediate effect.

Her appointment follows on from Viatel's acquisition of Dublin-based IT firm supportIT, the seventh purchase made by the company in the past two years. Viatel said its annual revenues will swell to nearly €70m with the acquisitions.

Commenting on her appointment, Mangan said: "I am excited to join a dynamic company like Viatel with an impressive track record and such an appetite to evolve and grow.”

Gina Laverty, chief financial officer at Viatel, said Mangan “brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge from her career to date. Her understanding of how companies operate at their best will be a key enabler as Viatel continues to accelerate along our our growth path.” 

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Paul Rellis, CEO of Viatel, added “We are delighted to welcome Niamh to the Viatel team. We are rapidly scaling our business and we see more and more growth opportunities nationally and internationally.

"It is hugely important that we have the right people in place to give us a firm foundation to support our expansion and to continue to take the best care of our customers on this journey.”

Viatel provides connectivity, cloud, security, managed services and software solutions ad now employs 275 people between its locations in Dublin, Dundalk and Limerick.    

Photo: Niamh Mangan (left) and Gina Laverty. (Pic: 1IMAGE/Bryan Brophy)