Name: David Went.

Age: 40.Background: Chief executive of NatWest's Coutts Group in London since 1994 and former chief executive of Ulster Bank as well as Ulster Investment Bank.

Education: High School Rathgar, Trinity College, BA (Mod) Legal Science LLB, Kings' Inns, Brooke Scholar 1970.

Why is he in the news? Appointed as managing director designate to Irish Life earlier this week.