Aer Lingus appoints new Chairman designate

The Board of Aer Lingus today announced that it was appointing Colm Barrington as Chairman Designate of the airline. Mr. Barrington will be appointed to the Board of Aer Lingus in September when the current Chairman John Sharman steps down at the end of his tenure.Colm Barrington is currently CEO of Babcock and Brown Air, the Irish based aircraft leasing company. He is also a non executive director of the Dublin Airport Authority, a position he will be resigning before joining Aer Lingus. Prior to joinging Babcock and Brown he worked for GPA and was appointed President of GECAS following their acquisition of the GPA group.