Agency Members

Rachael Ingle

Rachael Ingle

Agency Chairperson (appointed as member for a 5 year term from 22 December 2019 and appointed as Chairperson from 22 December 2023)
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee

Rachael Ingle is CEO of Aon in Ireland and Head of Nordics subregion. She is an actuary by profession and a member of Aon’s global Executive Leadership Team, EMEA Leadership team and the Global Inclusive Leadership Council. Rachael is also a former Chairperson of the Irish Association of Pension Funds.

Patricia Byron

Patricia Byron

Agency member (appointed for a 5 year term from 16 October 2024)

Patricia Byron is an experienced Chairperson and Independent Non-Executive Director with a background in both the public and private sectors. She is currently Chairperson of the Health & Safety Authority and the Health Insurance Authority, amongst other non-executive positions. She has also served on the Central Bank of Ireland Commission. In her earlier career she held a number of senior executive positions in the Insurance Industry, was Chairperson of the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland and the first CEO of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board.

John S. Daly

John S. Daly

Agency member (appointed for a 5 year term from 16 October 2024)
  • Chairperson of the Future Ireland Funds Investment Committee

John S. Daly is the former chairman of Global Equity Capital Markets (ECM) at Goldman Sachs (GS). Before becoming Head of the Americas ECM Group, John was co-head of the Asia ex Japan ECM Group and held various leadership positions in the Financing Group in Hong Kong and New York. John is also a co-founder of 25madison - a venture studio focused on incubating early-stage start-ups and venture capital investing. Prior to GS he spent four years as an engineer with GE. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from Trinity College Dublin. He serves as a Board Member for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the Irish Arts Centre (New York), and Trinity College Dublin's Provost’s Council.

Myra Garrett

Myra Garrett

Agency member (appointed for a 5 year term from 22 December 2023)
  • Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Member of the SCA Advisory Committee

Myra Garrett is a partner, and former Managing Partner, of William Fry LLP. She specialises in corporate law including mergers & acquisitions, capital market transactions and corporate governance.

A law graduate from University College Dublin, Myra currently serves on the Management Board of the International Bar Association, ‘the Global voice of the Legal Profession'. She has previously served as a director of the Road Safety Authority, the UCD Foundation and the Institute of Directors.

John Hogan

John Hogan

Agency member (ex officio)

John Hogan is Secretary General of the Department of Finance and is responsible for economic, budgetary and fiscal, banking and financial service policy matters. He has previously been Assistant Secretary General with responsibility for the Tax Policy Division in the Department and the Assistant Secretary General with responsibility for Banking Policy in the Financial Services Division. Throughout his career, Mr Hogan has worked in a number of government departments and has served in the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union.

Gerardine Jones

Gerardine Jones

Agency Member (reappointed for a five year term from 8 March 2022).
  • Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee
  • Member of the Future Ireland Funds Investment Committee

Gerardine Jones is a chartered accountant. She is currently a Director of Sharpsburg Consultants Limited and also holds a number of independent non-executive director roles. She was previously Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Risk at Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland, and prior to that, was Director of Listing at the Irish Stock Exchange.

John McCormick

John McCormick

Agency member (appointed for a 5 year term from 22 December 2022)
  • Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee
  • Member of the ISIF Investment Committee

John McCormick is the former Chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group Asia Pacific (APAC), and CEO of RBS Global Banking & Markets APAC. Previously John held a number of senior global trading and risk management roles in RBS and Bank of America based in London and Dublin. John was previously Chair of Risk and Capital on the Bank of Montreal Europe plc board based in Dublin. John also served on the group boards of National Bank of Greece and Lombard Risk Management plc. John is a Certified Bank Director and a Fellow of the Institute of Banking in Ireland. John graduated from Henley Business School (a college of University of Reading, U.K.) with an MSc. in Coaching & Behavioural Change and is the Co-Founder & Partner at DMC Coaching LLP.

David Moloney

David Moloney

Agency member (ex officio)

David Moloney is the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan (NDP) Delivery and Reform. Prior to this, he was head of the Labour Market and Enterprise Division of the Department, with responsibility for various expenditure areas including Social Protection, Housing, Enterprise and Agriculture and for the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES).

Over the course of his career in the Civil Service, David has also served in the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Finance and the Department of Health.

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

Agency member (ex officio)

Frank O’Connor was appointed Chief Executive of the NTMA in July 2022. He is the former Director of Funding and Debt Management at the Agency. Prior to joining the NTMA, Frank’s roles included Head of Treasury (2010-2012) at the National Asset Management Agency; a variety of senior roles within AIB including the Head of Trading in AIB’s Primary Dealer Bond Unit (late 1990s); and Head of Wholesale Treasury (2004-2010) at Bank Zachodni WBK in Warsaw, Poland (now Santander).

Frank holds an MSc in Investment and Treasury from Dublin City University and a BSc in Management from Trinity College Dublin. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a graduate of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland (MIB Grad).

Brian O'Kelly

Brian O'Kelly

Agency member (appointed for a 5 year term from 17 June 2019)
  • Chairperson of the SCA Advisory Committee
  • Member of the Audit and Risk Committee

Dr. O’Kelly is Emeritus Professor of Finance at Dublin City University and former Academic Director of the MSc in Investment, Treasury and Banking. Brian has over 20 years' experience in the financial markets with AIB Capital Markets, Wells Fargo Bank International and Permanent TSB. He also provides consulting services to a number of banks.

Fiona Ross

Fiona Ross

Agency member (appointed for a 5 year term from 22 December 2023)
  • Chairperson of the ISIF Investment Committee

Fiona Ross is an experienced public and private sector Chair and Non-Executive Director. Fiona serves as the current Chair to Natural Capital Ireland and (since August 2021) to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. She is also former Chair to the Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). She has Central Bank of Ireland authorisation (UCIT and MIFID) and serves as a non-executive director at JK Funds, Evelyn Partners and SphereInvest. She has previously served on the Board of the Health Service Executive (HSE). She also holds a number of Non-Executive Directorships in the UK including the Scottish Government, Network Rail and the Northern Ireland Office. Fiona began her career as a stockbroker in the City of London and spent 25 years working in all areas within capital markets. Fiona is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and the Institute of Art and Design (IADT).