Data Electronics has appointed Noel Byrne chief financial officer, responsible for all financial operations within the group. He joins the company after 23 years with Mitsubishi Electric, where he was the financial controller. In this role he was responsible for the finance and IT functions in Ireland. He has particular expertise in the area of outsourcing IT as a managed service and in the rollout of enterprise enterprise resource planning systems across European corporate networks. Byrne has a BSc in Information Technology from DCU. He trained as an accountant with KPMG, has an MBA from the Open University and a Diploma in Corporate Governance.