IoD Council

John is Chairman of Cairn Homes plc.. He is also a Non Executive Director of Computershare Investor Services ( Ireland ) Ltd ,  the National Concert Hall , a Senior Advisor in Alantra Credit Portfolio Advisors, Ireland and a Director/co-Owner of McGrory's Hotel, Donegal. He is a Patron of Chapter Zero Ireland,the Irish chapter of the Climate Governance Initiative.

He was previously Chief Executive of KBC Bank Ireland plc, and was also President of the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland and a member of the board of the European Banking Federation. A native of Culdaff, Co Donegal, he is an economics graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from UCD.

Terry is the former CEO of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He previously held the positions of Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Valitacell Ltd which is now part of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Deputy CEO in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, CEO Exceptis Technologies, Principle in the Boston Consulting Group (London) and CEO (Denmark) and Adjoint Operationnel (Paris) Servier Laboratories Ltd.

He is a Board member of Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services. He is a former Chair of the European Vaccine Initiative and Deputy Chair of the Dublin University Dental Hospital. He is a former Board member of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the Institute of Bankers.

Terry qualified in medicine from Trinity College Dublin and holds an MBA (INSEAD), MSc Healthcare Ethics and Law, Diploma in Child Health and Diploma in Corporate Governance (UCD). He is a Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors.

Helen is currently a Non-Executive Director of Dole plc, of Aviva Life and Pensions Ireland, where she Chairs the Audit & Remuneration Committees, and of Companjon Insurance, where she chairs the Audit Committee.

Helen is also a Non-Executive Director of Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services, and is Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee. She chaired the Audit Committee of the Department of Agriculture for six years.

Helen has held senior executive positions in banking and life assurance businesses and has extensive audit and accounting experience.  She was Secretary to the Board of Bank of Ireland Group between 2009 and 2019 and Group Chief Internal Auditor from 2003 to 2009. She is a Chartered Accountant, having trained with KPMG.

Brian has over 30 years’ experience transforming organisations (e.g. brand positioning, product portfolios, routes to market, supply chains, organisational structures, management systems, financing, etc) to build iconic brands from the global giant Mondelez International to scaling the disruptive snacking start-up brand Fulfil acquired by Ferrero in 2022.

He now supports entrepreneurs who are creating disruptive consumer brands to help them grow past the early start-up stage and advises ambitious boards on developing growth strategies that will scale their business nationally and internationally. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Henley Business School. 

Imelda is a Chartered Director, and a practising solicitor with over thirty years’ experience. Imelda is Chairperson of Beauchamps, a top Irish commercial law firm where she previously served as Managing Partner.

Imelda is Chair of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board, a Trustee of the Iveagh Trust and a Board member of St Vincent's Hospital Group. She is also an elected Council Member of the Law Society of Ireland and Chair of the Society’s Regulation of Practice Committee, and a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland's Professional Service Board.

Martin is a Partner at Grant Thornton, leading the firm’s Industry and FDI activities. He is also a former CEO and Board Member of IDA Ireland. Martin is an Adjunct Full Professor at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business since September 2019.

Previously, Martin was Chief Executive and Board Member of Forfás, Ireland’s policy advisory board for enterprise, trade, science, technology, and innovation. He also held executive roles in Fáilte Ireland, the tourism development authority. Martin is an advocate for equality, diversity, and inclusion, and has been recognised for his leadership on LGBTQ+ matters.

She is a professionally qualified non-executive director, with experience as a board member in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Fiona is currently serving as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Eircom Holdings (Ireland) Ltd, Ireland’s premier communications company and of Wells Fargo Bank International UC, (the EU banking licence holder for Well Fargo) where she is a member of the Audit Committee and of the NomRem Committee. She is also a Member of the Board of the National Advanced Manufacturing Centre in Limerick, an IDA-funded initiative which showcases and supports the transition to digital manufacturing in Ireland.

Fiona was appointed by the Taoiseach in 2019 as a member of the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC), a standing interview board which recommends candidates to Ministers and to Government for appointment at the most senior levels of the Irish civil service. She was also appointed by Government in 2018 to ‘Better Balance for Better Business’, a business-led working group examining gender representation in leadership of Irish business.

Previously, Fiona was Chair of the Audit Committee in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (2019-2022); a Trustee of the Irish Management Institute (2013 – 2021); and a Trustee of Pieta (2018-2022), a charity in Ireland focussed on the prevention of suicide and self-harm. As CEO of Ireland’s Public Appointments Service (PAS) from 2012 to 2018, Fiona was an ex-officio member of the Board of PAS and was a member of the Civil Service Management Board from 2013 - 2018.

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA (Mod) in Economics and Political Science) and at University College Dublin (Masters in Public Administration), Fiona is a Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors (2017) and a Certified Bank Director of the Institute of Banking (2021).