{"id":451659,"date":"2026-05-16T08:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/451659\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:47:07","slug":"irishman-named-to-top-role-at-cvc-the-private-equity-backer-of-six-nations-rugby-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/451659\/","title":{"rendered":"Irishman named to top role at CVC, the private equity backer of Six Nations rugby \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Irishman John Hourican has been named chief financial officer at private equity giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cvc-capital\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cvc-capital\">CVC Capital<\/a>, one of the most powerful firms in its industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Hourican, a former RBS banker and chief executive of Bank of Cyprus, will join CVC in September from his current job as head of UK consumer credit firm NewDay. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cJohn is a first-class financial leader, with more than three decades of experience advising and leading international financial institutions through periods of growth,\u201d CVC chief Rob Lucas said in a statement this week. \u201cHe is an excellent cultural fit for CVC, with a combination of strategic insight and operational discipline, which will be invaluable as CFO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The move puts Hourican close to the top of one of the highest profile private equity firms in the industry. It has invested in a slew of companies around the world but has become best known in recent years for its investments in sport. As well as La Liga, CVC also has stakes in rugby\u2019s Six Nations, United Rugby Championship and England\u2019s Prem Rugby through its Global Sports Group. It also has invested in women\u2019s tennis tour WTA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cHe brings exceptional financial, strategic and operational expertise to the role of CFO, with a proven track record of managing complex global organisations,\u201d CVC chairman Rolly van Rappard said. \u201cHis experience and judgment will be invaluable as we continue to grow and evolve the firm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irishman John Hourican has been named chief financial officer at private equity giant CVC Capital, one of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,196056,61,60,15551,14881],"class_list":["post-451659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cvc-capital","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-six-nations","tag-united-rugby-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}