Patrick Delaney
Chairperson (appointed 01 March 2024)
Pat is a former Chairperson of SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority. He has served on the National Competitiveness Council, (NCC), the Irish Pensions Board, the Irish Payments Services Organisation (IPSO) and the High Level Group on Manufacturing, among others. He was a member of the lead negotiating team on successive National Pay Agreements and has also represented Irish business on numerous international and EU councils and committees. Appointed as a member to the Board from 1st January 2024 for a 5 year term.
June Butler
Board member (ex officio member)
June Butler is the Chief Executive Officer of the SBCI since September 2021. June has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector. Prior to her appointment as CEO of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, she served as Head of SME Banking and Sectors in Bank of Ireland where she was responsible for formulating and driving the strategic direction for the business, including the delivery of the finance and funding requirements of Irish SME’s. She has also led the Groups team of sector specialists providing strategic insight into the needs of Irish businesses across a variety of sectors.
June commenced her career with PwC where she trained as a Chartered Accountant and subsequently joined Bank of Ireland where she has gained significant financial services experience through leadership roles in Group Internal Audit, Group Finance, operations and Retail banking. June holds a degree in Law from Trinity College Dublin and diplomas in Accounting and Taxation and Corporate Treasury and Risk Management from Dublin City University. She is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and a Certified Bank Director.
Marguerite McMahon
Board member (appointed 17 July 2020 for a five-year term)
Marguerite Mc Mahon is non-executive director of SME wholesale finance (Funding London) London. More than half her professional career of plus 30 years at the European Investment Bank in Rome, Madrid and Luxembourg, concerned different aspects of intermediated lending to SMEs mainly in the Spanish and Italian markets and to a lesser extent Malta, Slovenia and Croatia. In addition, she has a wide expertise in public and private sector finance, structured finance including PPPs, the banking sector and financing innovation and energy efficiency. Prior to the EIB she was a credit analyst in London. Marguerite is a graduate of University College Dublin, ESADE Business School Barcelona and London School of Economics.
Ian Black
Board member (appointed 4 July 2022 for a five-year term)
Ian Black joined the NTMA in 2013 as Director of Finance, Technology and Risk. Prior to joining the NTMA, he was an Executive Director (CFO/COO) of KBC Bank Ireland with responsibility for Finance, Operations & IT, and Treasury-ALM. He has worked in the financial services industry since 1988. He is a Chartered Accountant, member of the UK Association of Corporate Treasurers, member of the Irish Tax Institute and holds an MBA from Dublin City University.
Deirdre Donaghy
Board member (appointed 12 May 2023 for a five-year term)
Deirdre Donaghy is the Head of Business Tax Policy in the Department of Finance. She has responsibility for advising on, and implementing changes to, Irish corporation tax policy, including the taxation of financial services. Before joining the Department of Finance in 2012, she worked for over ten years in tax practice. Deirdre is a Chartered Tax Adviser, holds a Master of Science in Economic Policy from Trinity College Dublin and diplomas in Financial Services Taxation and Financial Services. She is also a member of the Irish Tax Institute and The Institute of Banking.
Declan Murray
Board member (appointed 1 January 2024 for a five-year term)
Declan is a senior risk management executive in the financial services industry. He had an over 35 year career with Bank of Ireland Group where he held the roles of Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Chief Credit Officer and Interim Chief Risk Officer. Declan is a graduate of University College Dublin.
Elaine Hanly
Board member (appointed 1 March 2024 for a five-year term)
Elaine Hanly has over 30 years experience as a financial services lawyer, former FS Senior Partner and Head of Banking & Financial Services at one of Ireland’s largest corporate and financial services firms. Elaine is a portfolio non-executive Director with 20+ years board director and committee chair experience across financial services companies and non-profit boards.Elaine obtained her BCL Law degree at University College Dublin and is a member of the Law Society of Ireland.