The role of the Management Advisory Board of the Global Finance Academy Ireland is to ensure that the results of research undertaken within the GFA are directed back into industry, and to assist in the development of both the GFA's research vision and the structure of its education programmes.
The membership of the GFA's Management Advisory Board is as follows:
Mr David Went (Chairman), Chairman, Irish Times and former Chief Executive, Irish Life & Permanent
Professor Tom Begley, Dean, UCD Business Schools
Mr Aidan Brady, Chief Executive, Citi Ireland
Ms Christine Brennan, Head of Group HR, Bank of Ireland
Mr Tom Considine, Former Secretary General, Department of Finance
Mr Willie Cotter, ex-CEO, Bank of Ireland Asset Management
Mr Pat Farrell, Chief Executive, Irish Banking Federation
Ms Eileen Fitzpatrick, Director, Alternative Assets, National Treasury Management Agency
Mr Bill Hannan, Group Head of Compliance and Risk Policy, Irish Life & Permanent plc
Mr Paul Haran, Principal, UCD College of Business & Law, Director, Bank of Ireland
Mr Cormac McCarthy, Group Chief Executive, Ulster Bank Ltd.
Professor Kjell Nyborg, Academic Director, Global Finance Academy
Ms Mary O'Dea, Consumer Director, Financial Regulator
Mr Robert Richardson, Chief Executive Officer, Pioneer Investment Management Ltd.
Professor Frank Roche, Director, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Mr Michael Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Bank
Mr Mark Ryan, Country Managing Director, Accenture
Mr Roderick Ryan, Glen Dimplex
Mr William Slattery, Executive Vice President and Country Head, State Street International (Ireland) Ltd.
Mr John Travers, Executive Director, Global Finance Academy
Dr Anthony Walsh, Chief Executive, The Institute of Bankers in Ireland