Agency Members

Willie Walsh Profile

Willie Walsh | Chairperson

(appointed for a five-year term from 22 December 2014)

Member of the Remuneration Committee

Willie Walsh is Chief Executive of International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. Previously, he was Chief Executive at British Airways and Aer Lingus. He is president of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Maeve Carton Profile

Maeve Carton | Agency member

(reappointed for a five-year term from 22 December 2017)

Member of the Audit and Risk Committee | Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee

Maeve Carton is a former Director of CRH where she held a number of senior roles including Group Transformation Director and Finance Director. Prior to joining CRH, she worked for a number of years as a chartered accountant in an international accountancy practice.

Gerardine Jones Profile

Gerardine Jones | Agency member

(appointed for a five-year term from 8 March 2017)

Member of the Investment Committee

Gerardine Jones is a chartered accountant with over 30 years' business and senior leadership experience. She is currently a Director of Sharpsburg Consultants Limited and also has a number of non-executive director roles, including with BNY Mellon Fund Services (Ireland) DAC, and ITG Limited. She was previously Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Risk at Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland, and Director of Listing at the Irish Stock Exchange.

Derek Moran Profile

Derek Moran | Agency member

(ex officio)

Member of the State Claims Agency Strategy Committee

Derek Moran is Secretary General of the Department of Finance and is responsible for economic, budgetary and fiscal, banking and financial services policy matters and oversight of Ireland’s investments in and support for covered banks. He is a member of the Central Bank Commission and the Civil Service Management Board and is a council member of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies.

Martin Murphy Profile

Martin Murphy | Agency member

(appointed for a four-year term from 22 December 2014)

Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee | Member of the Remuneration Committee

Martin Murphy is a former Managing Director and Chairman of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Ireland. He serves as a board member of Ulster Bank and the UCD Smurfit Business School. He is also chair of the Labour Market Council, an expert group that advises the Government on labour market policy and provides input on wider employment issues. He is a past President of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

Conor O'Kelly Profile

Conor O’Kelly | Agency member

(ex officio)

Conor O’Kelly is Chief Executive of the NTMA. He is the former Deputy Chairman of Investec Holdings (Ireland) Ltd. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive of NCB Group which was subsequently acquired by Investec plc. Before joining NCB as Head of Fixed Income, he spent 11 years with Barclays Capital, where he held a number of senior management positions.

Mary Walsh Profile

Mary Walsh | Agency member

(appointed for a five-year term from 22 December 2014)

Member of the Audit and Risk Committee | Chairperson of the State Claims Agency Strategy Committee

Mary Walsh is a chartered accountant and a former international tax partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dublin. She acts as an independent non-executive director on a number of private sector and not for profit boards. She has held a number of public sector positions in Ireland and the EU.

Robert Watt Profile

Robert Watt | Agency member

(ex officio)

Member of the Remuneration Committee

Robert Watt is Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with responsibility for public expenditure policy, capital spending and Public Private Partnerships and overall management and reform of the Irish public service. He is an economist and has experience in both the public and private sectors.

Susan Webb Profile

Susan Webb | Agency member

(ex officio)

Member of the Audit and Risk Committee | Chairperson of the Investment Committee

Susan Webb is a former Managing Director of Pfizer's international treasury centre based in Dublin. She is an independent non-executive director of Wells Fargo Bank International Unlimited Company and of Depfa Bank plc.