IoD Council

Helen is currently a Non-Executive Director of US listed fresh produce company Dole plc and of Companjon Insurance DAC, where she chairs the Audit Committee.  

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.

John is a highly experienced Independent Non-Executive Director, with Independent Non-Executive Director roles including: Senior Independent Director of Coras Iompair Éireann where he is also Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit and Risk Committee; Director of Iarnród Eireann; Director and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of Collen Construction Group and of the Gate Theatre; Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; and advisor to the Risk and Audit Committee of Bord na Mona.

John is a retired PwC partner and an audit, accounting, risk, regulatory and corporate governance expert. He was the lead audit partner on PwC Ireland’s largest and most complex global audits across both financial services and non financial services. He also provided the full range of consulting services to these clients. His PwC leadership roles included Chairperson of the Irish Firm, FS Risk and Regulatory Leader, Global Accounting Consultancy Services Leader for Ireland and Chairperson of the Global Banking Industry Group.

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), CEO (Denmark) and Adjoint Operationnel (Paris) Servier Laboratories Ltd.

He is a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission, Chair of Pieta and Board member of the Health Research Board. He is a former Board member of Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services and 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.

Brian is Chairperson of The Friends of Saint Luke’s.

He has 30 years executive experience with Cadbury Ireland, Mondelez International, Fulfil Nutrition and Keelings.  He is currently an Investor, Non-executive Director, and Strategic advisor to several startups/early-stage companies in the food and retail sectors both in Ireland and Europe.

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.

John is Chairman of Cairn Homes plc. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Computershare Investor Services ( Ireland ) Ltd and a Senior Advisor in Alantra Credit Portfolio Advisors, Ireland . He is also a Patron of Chapter Zero Ireland, the Irish chapter of the Climate Governance Initiative.

John has served on the Boards of the National Concert Hall and Business in the Community Ireland. 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.

Margaret serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Bank of Ireland Group plc Board, and the Court of The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland. She is also an Independent Director on the Board of New Ireland Assurance Company plc and Senior Advisor with Consello. She is a Trustee of Chester Beatty Library and Chairs the Industry Advisory Board and serves as an Adjunct Professor at Dublin City University Business School, and is a Board member of The Dublin Neurological Institute.

With over 30 years of experience working across Irish and international companies, Margaret brings extensive executive and board-level expertise in many sectors including real estate, financial services, investment funds, aviation, hotels and education, alongside a proven record of strategic engagement with the public sector. She has strong corporate governance and organisational experience and has chaired and served on numerous Boards and Board Committees, including Audit, Risk, Capital and Investment, Sustainability, Remuneration, Nominations and Governance.

Margaret is the former Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc (I-RES), one of Ireland’s leading real estate investment trusts. She also served as Chief Executive Officer of Postbank Ireland and CEO of Dublin Airport Authority (daa).

Margaret has also served as Senior Independent Director of Dalata Hotel Group plc and on several other boards including HSBC Institutional Trust Services, Postbank Ireland, and Aer Rianta International. She was also a member of the Governing Body of Dublin City University and Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority). Earlier in her career, Margaret was a Director at KPMG in audit, advisory, and transaction services.

Fiona is an experienced cross-sectoral non-executive director, having served as a board member in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

She is a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Wells Fargo Bank International UC, (the EU banking licence holder for Well Fargo) where she is a member of the Risk 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. She has served as a member of the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) since 2019, a standing interview board which recommends candidates to Ministers and to Government for appointment at the most senior levels of the Irish civil service. 

Previously, Fiona was a member of the  ‘Better Balance for Better Business’ review group, a business-led working group examining gender representation in leadership of Irish business. 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.