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The New Director-General
Mr. James J. Ivers,
M.Econ.Sc., M.B.A., has been
appointed Director-General to the Society with effect
from 1 October 1973; he was born in Cork, and is 45
years of age.
Mr. Ivers has had a varied and interesting career. In
1944 he was a clerk with the Great Southern Railways
in Waterford, and was successively Clerical Officer and
Executive Officer in the Department of Industry and
Commerce, from 1945 to 1950; from 1950 to 1958 he
was an Administrative Officer in the Department of
Health. Mr. Ivers then left the Civil Service to take on
a very successful business career.
From 1958 to 1970, Mr. Ivers was General Secretary
of the Irish Dental Association, and in 1970 was
appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the North
Western Health Board in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim.
He had a very successful academic career in University
College, Dublin, securing the B.Gomm. Degree with
Honours in 1967, the
M.Econ.Sc. Degree with First
Class Honours in 1968, and the Master of Business
Administration Degree with First Class Honours in
1970.
Mr. Ivers holds various other posts. He is a founda-
tion member, as well as a Council member, of the Irish
Institute of Public Administration; he is Chairman of
the General Medical Services (Payments) Board and of
the Health Staff Advisory Board in the Institute of
Public Administration; he is also a member of the
Local Government staff negotiating Committee, as well
as being Honorary Treasurer of Irish Credit Union,
nnd a member of the Credit Union Advisory Com-
mittee in the Department of Industry and Commerce.
The new post of Director General was created on the
retirement of Mr. Eric A. Plunkett, B.A. (N.U.I.), who
has been Secretary of the Society since 1942. Mr.
Plunkett will continue to act as part-time consultant to
the Council. He qualified in 1931 and practised in
Dublin until his appointment as Secretary.
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