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| Nexus Phase Public Hearing Witnesses | ||
| Name | Relevant Role(s) | Relevant Period (approx.) |
| Ahearne, Alan | Special Advisor to former Minister for Finance, the late Brian Lenihan TD | 2009 - 2011 |
| Ahern, Bertie | Taoiseach | 1997 - 2008 |
| Aynsley, Mike | Group Chief Executive, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation | 2009 - 2013 |
| Beausang, William | Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance - Banking, Finance and International Division | 2005 - 2011 |
| Begg, David | General Secretary, ICTU
Non-Executive Director Central Bank and CBFSAI |
2001 – 2015
1995 - 2010 |
| Beggs, John | Chief Economist, AIB Global Treasury
Chief Economist, Allied Irish Banks Plc |
1992 - 2011
2011 - 2012 |
| Boucher, Richie | Group Chief Executive, Bank of Ireland | 2009 - present |
| Browne, Tom | Managing Director of Lending Ireland, Anglo Irish Bank | 2005 - 2007 |
| Bruton, Richard | Fine Gael, Opposition Finance Spokesperson | 2002 - 2007 |
| Buckley, Michael | Group Chief Executive, Allied Irish Banks plc | 2000 - 2005 |
| Burke, Mary | Head of Banking Supervision
Head of Banking Supervision (International Banks) Head of Prudential Policy |
May 2006 to October 2008 October 2008 to June 2010 June 2010 to present |
| Burrows, Richard | Governor, Bank of Ireland Group | 2005 - 2009 |
| Burton, Joan | Labour Party, Finance Spokesperson | 2002 - 2007 |
| Buti, Marco | Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission | 2008 - present |
| Cardiff, Kevin | Secretary General, Department of Finance
Second Secretary Department of Finance |
2010 - 2012
2006 - 2010 |
| Chopra, Ajai | Deputy Director, International Monetary Fund, responsible for the design and monitoring of Ireland’s financial rescue program | 2010-2013 |
| Clarke, Fidelma | Chief Risk Officer, EBS | 2009 - 2012 |
| Considine, Tom | Secretary General, Department of Finance | 2002 - 2006 |
| Corrigan, John | CEO, National Treasury Management Agency
Director of Funding and Debt Management |
2009 - 2015
1991 - 2009 |
| Cowen, Brian | Minister for Finance
Taoiseach |
2004 – 2008
2008 - 2011 |
| Crowley, Laurence | Governor, Bank of Ireland Group | 2000 - 2005 |
| Cullen, Pat | Partner, Deloitte & Touche Ireland
Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche Ireland |
1986 – present
2007-2011 |
| Daly, Frank | Chairman, National Asset Management Agency | 2009 - present |
| Davitt, Patrick | Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers | 2013 - present |
| Dobey, Paul | Partner, KPMG Ireland | 1998 - present |
| Doyle, David | Secretary General, Department of Finance | 2006 - 2010 |
| Duffy, David | Chief Executive Officer, Allied Irish Banks plc | 2011 - 2015 |
| Dukes, Alan | Director, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
Chairman, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation |
from 2008
2010 - 2013 |
| Dunne, John | Director General of IBEC
Non-Executive Director of CBFSAI |
1993 - 2000
2003 - 2010 |
| Drury, Fintan | Non-Executive Director, Anglo Irish Bank | 2002 – 2008 |
| Farrell, Pat | Chief Executive Officer, Irish Banking Federation | 2004 - 2013 |
| Fingleton, Michael | Chief Executive, Irish Nationwide Building Society | 1971 – 2009 |
| Fitzgerald, Dargan | Audit Partner, Ernst & Young Ireland | 2000 - present |
| Fitzgerald, Peter | Director of Corporate & Retail Treasury, Anglo Irish Bank | 2006 – 2008 |
| Fitzpatrick, Gerry | Audit Partner, Deloitte & Touche Ireland | 2001 - present |
| Forde, Donal | Managing Director, AIB Bank ROI | 2002 - 2009 |
| Gallagher, Paul | Attorney General | 2007 – 2011 |
| Gallagher, Robert | Chief Executive, Corporate Markets Division, Ulster Bank | 2005 – 2011 |
| Gantly, David | Group Treasurer, Irish Life & Permanent | 2000 – 2009 |
| Gleeson, Dermot | Chairman, Allied Irish Banks plc | 2003 – 2009 |
| Goggin, Brian | Group Chief Executive, Bank of Ireland Group | 2004 - 2009 |
| Gormley, John | Leader of the Green Party & Minister for Environment | 2007 - 2011 |
| Gray, Alan | Economist, former Non-Executive Director, Central Bank and Managing Partner of Indecon Economic Consultants | 2007 – 2008 |
| Grimes, Tony | Director General, Central Bank of Ireland | 2007 - 2011 |
| Harney, Mary | An Tánaiste
Leader of the Progressive Democrats |
1997 – 2006
1993 - 2006 & 2007 - 2008 |
| Herbert, Cathy | Special Advisor to former Minister for Finance, the late Brian Lenihan TD | 2006 - 2011 |
| Honohan, Patrick | Governor, Central Bank of Ireland | 2009 – 2015 |
| Horan, Con | Head of Banking Supervision, Prudential Director & other senior roles, Central Bank of Ireland/IFSRA | 2003 - 2011 |
| Hurley, John | Governor, Central Bank of Ireland | 2002 - 2009 |
| Kelleher, Liam | Director General, Construction Industry Federation | 1993 - 2007 |
| Kenny, Enda | Leader of the Fine Gael Party | 2002 - 2007 |
| McArdle, Pat | Group Chief Economist, Ulster Bank | 2002 - 2009 |
| McCague, Eugene | Managing Partner
Chairman, Arthur Cox - Legal Advisor to the Department of Finance |
1999 - 2003
2006 – 2013 |
| McCarthy, Cormac | Group Chief Executive, Ulster Bank | 2004 - 2011 |
| McCarthy, Dermot | Secretary General to the Government & at the Department of Taoiseach | 2000 - 2011 |
| McCarthy, John | Chief Economist, Department of Finance
other senior roles [seconded from Central Bank] |
2013 – present
2001 - 2013 |
| McCreevy, Charlie | Minister for Finance | 1997 - 2004 |
| McDonagh, Brendan | Chief Executive Officer, NAMA
Director of Finance, Technology & Risk, NTMA |
2009 – present
2002 - 2009 |
| McDonnell, John | Audit Partner, PWC | 2010 - 2014 |
| McGann, Gary | Independent Non-Executive Director, Anglo Irish Bank | 2004 - 2009 |
| McLaughlin, Dan | Chief Economist, Bank of Ireland | 2001 - 2009 |
| McNally, Donal | Second Secretary, Department of Finance | 2000 - 2012 |
| Merriman, Alan | Finance Director, EBS | 2005 - 2009 |
| Moran, Derek | Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance
Secretary General, Department of Finance |
2003 – 2014
2014 - present |
| Moran, John | Second Secretary, Department of Finance
Secretary General, Department of Finance |
2011 – 2012
2012 - 2014 |
| Moran, Matt | Chief Financial Officer Anglo Irish Bank
Finance Director, Anglo Irish Bank |
2004 - 2008
2009 - 2009 |
| Mulryan, Sean | Founder, Chairman & Group Chief Executive of the Ballymore Group | 1982 - present |
| Murphy, Fergus | Group Chief Executive, EBS | 2008 – 2012 |
| Murphy, Ronan | Senior Partner, PWC
Managing Partner, PWC |
1992 - Present
2007 - 2015 |
| Neary, Patrick | Chief Executive, Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority
Prudential Director |
2006 – 2009
2002 - 2006 |
| Nolan, Ann | Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance
Second Secretary, Department of Finance |
2006 - 2010
2010 - present |
| Noonan, Michael | Minister for Finance | 2011 - present |
| O’Connell, Tom | Assistant Director General (Economics)/Chief Economist, Central Bank | 2005 - 2010 |
| O’Connor, Denis | Partner, PWC | 1995 - present |
| O’Dea, Mary | Acting Chief Executive, Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority
Consumer Director |
2009 – 2010
2002-2010 |
| O’Flynn, Michael | Founder & Managing Director of O’Flynn Group | 1978 - present |
| O’Reilly, Joe | Executive Chairman of Chartered Land and Castlethorn Construction | 1991 - present |
| O’Reilly, Liam | Chief Executive Officer, Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority | 2002 - 2006 |
| Ó’Ríordáin, Pádraig | Managing Partner, Arthur Cox - Legal Advisor to the Department of Finance | 2003 - 2011 |
| O’Rourke, Terence | Managing Partner, KPMG | 2006 - 2013 |
| Parlon, Tom | Director General, Construction Industry Federation | 2007 - present |
| Patterson, Brian | Chairman, Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority & Non-executive member of the Central Bank Board | 2003 - 2008 |
| Purcell, John Stanley | Director & Secretary, Irish Nationwide Building Society | 1986 - 2010 |
| Quinlan, Derek | Executive Chairman & Founder of Quinlan Private | 1989 - 2009 |
| Rabbitte, Pat | Leader of the Labour Party | 2002 - 2007 |
| Roux, Cyril | Deputy Governor (Financial Regulation) Central Bank | 2013 - present |
| Sheehy, Eugene | Group Chief Executive, Allied Irish Banks plc | 2005 - 2009 |
| Smith, Paul | Managing Partner, Ernst & Young | 2000 - 2009 |
| Somers, Michael | Chief Executive, National Treasury Management Agency | 1990 - 2009 |
| Tinney, Ethna | Independent Non-Executive Director, EBS | 2000 - 2007 & 2008 - 2011 |
| Torpey, Michael | Group Finance Director, Ulster Bank | 2004 - 2007 |
| Walsh, Aidan | Partner, PWC | 1987 - present |
| Walsh, Michael | Chairman, Irish Nationwide Building Society | 2001 – 2009 |
| Went, David | Group Chief Executive, Irish Life & Permanent | 2000 - 2007 |
| Nexus Phase Non-appearing Witnesses | ||
| Name | Relevant Role(s) | Tenure |
| Ahern, Michael | Chairman, Oireachtas Joint Committee of Finance and the Public Service | 2008 - 2011 |
| Allen, Bernard | Chairman, Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts . | 2007 - 2011 |
| Barron, Liam | Director General, Central Bank of Ireland
Director, CBFSAI |
2000 – 2007
2003 - 2007 |
| Barrett, Gerard | Group Chairman and Managing Director, Edward Holdings | Company established in late 1980s |
| Bennett, Kieran | Group Chief Credit Officer, Allied Irish Bank | 2007 – 2010 |
| Brennan, Niamh | Non-Executive Director, Ulster Bank | 2001 – 2009 |
| Broderick, Larry | General Secretary, Irish Bank Officials Association | 2001 – present |
| Browne, Frank | Head of Monetary Policy & Financial Stability, Central Bank of Ireland | 2003 – 2010 |
| Buckley, John | Comptroller & Auditor General | 2008 - 2012 |
| Byrne, Adrian | Head of Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Ireland
Personal Advisor to Liam O’Reilly, Assistant Director General, IFSRA |
1995 – 2003
2003 - 2005 |
| Cosgrave, Peter | Partner, Cosgrave Property Group | Company established 1979 |
| Coughlan, Mary | An Tánaiste | 2008 - 2011 |
| Danaher, Gerard | Member of the Board, Central Bank of Ireland
IFSRA |
1998 – 2010
2003 – 2010 |
| Dilger, David | Non-Executive Director, Bank of Ireland | 2003 - 2009 |
| Doherty, Colm | Managing Director, AIB Capital Markets | 1999 - 2009 |
| Donovan, Denis | Head of Capital Markets, Bank of Ireland | 2006 - 2011 |
| Elderfield, Matthew* | Deputy Governor (Financial Regulation), Central Bank of Ireland | 2010 - 2013 |
| Gannon, Gerard | Executive Director, Gannon Homes | Company established late 1970s |
| Farrell, Jim | Chairman of IFSRA
Board Member of IFSRA and Central Bank of Ireland |
2003 – 2010
2008 - 2010 |
| Fleming, Seán | Chairman, Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and Public Service | 2002 - 2007 |
| Hayes, Tom | Chief Executive, Corporate Banking, Bank of Ireland | 2006 - present |
| IMF* | International Monetary Fund | n/a |
| Kearns, Allan | Economist, Deputy Head Eurosystem Coordination and Deputy Head Risk Division, Central Bank of Ireland | 2002 - present |
| Lynch, Merrill* | Legal Department, Merrill Lynch International | n/a |
| McCarthy, Seamus | Comptroller and Auditor General | 2012 - present |
| McGrath, Michael J. | Assistant Secretary, Head of Economic and Fiscal Policy Unit, Department of Finance | 2007 - 2014 |
| McHale, John | Chairman, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council | 2012 - present |
| McNamara, Bernard | Managing Director, Michael McNamara Construction | Company incorporated 1964 |
| Moynihan, Michael | Chairman, Oireachtas Joint Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs | 2007 - 2011 |
| Murphy, Ronan | Group Chief Risk Officer/Chief Governance Risk Officer, Bank of Ireland | 2004 - 2010 |
| Murray, David | Treasurer, Irish Nationwide Building Society | 1994 - 2011 |
| Nolan, Helen | Group Chief Internal Auditor, Bank of Ireland
Group Secretary, Bank of Ireland |
2003 - 2009
2009 - present |
| O’Brien, Nicholas | Head of International Relations Unit
Assistant Secretary, International and EU Division, Department of Finance |
2011 – 2014
2014 - present |
| O’Donovan, John | Group Chief Financial Officer, Bank of Ireland | 2001 - 2011 |
| O’Donnell, John | Finance Director, Allied Irish Bank | 2005 - 2009 |
| O’Leary, Jim | Independent Non-Executive Director, AIB Group | 2002 - 2008 |
| Purcell, Deirdre | Non-Executive Board Member, Central Bank of Ireland/IFSRA | 2003 - 2010 |
| Pye, Robert | Assistant Principal (Economist), Strategic Management Unit, Department of Finance | 1997 - 2010 |
| Ronan, John | Director, Ronan Group Real Estate | Company established 1970s |
| Ryan, Michael | Chief Executive Officer, Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited | 2002 - 2009 |
| Slattery, William | Chairman, Financial Services Ireland
IFSC Ireland |
2002
2010 - 2012 |
| Woods, Maria | Economist & Senior Economist (Financial Stability), Central Bank of Ireland | 2005 - present |
| * Voluntary | ||
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