DUBLIN: Insulation specialist Kingspan announced that Geoff Doherty will join the group as chief financial officer designate and executive director in January 2011.

Mr Doherty will succeed Dermot Mulvihill following his retirement. Doherty (39) is chief financial officer of Greencore. He has held positions with IWP International, PricewaterhouseCoopers and BDO Simpson in Dublin.