Bank of Ireland Group welcomes Margaret Sweeney to its Board as Independent Director

– IRELAND, Dublin –  Bank of Ireland Group PLC (LON: BIRG) today announced the appointment of Margaret Sweeney as an Independent Non-Executive Director to the Board of Bank of Ireland Group PLC and the Court of Directors of The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland with effect from 1 October 2023.

She also joined the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

“I am delighted to welcome Margaret to the Bank of Ireland and look forward to working with her. I know the Board will benefit from Margaret’s extensive experience,” said Board Chairman, Patrick Kennedy.

The company also announced the retirement of Fiona Muldoon will retire from the Board on 30 September 2023.

About Margaret Sweeney

Margaret Sweeney has extensive board and executive experience severable in sectors including financial services, with a clear focus on strategy and corporate development, delivering transformational change, audit, and accounting.

Ms Sweeney is CEO and an Executive Director of Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc. She is the Chair of the Advisory Board and Adjunct Professor at DCU Business School.

She was a Board Director of Dalata Hotel Group plc for nine years until April 2023 and is the former Chair of Irish Institutional Property. Ms. Sweeney served as the CEO of Postbank Ireland Lifromduring 2006 to 2010, and prior to this, she was CEO and held Senior Executive roles in DAA plc for a period from 1996 to prior to joining DAA plc, she served as a Director with KPMG (Dublin) in Audit and Advisory Services, including corporate transactions.

She previously held roles as a Non-Executive Director of HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) DAC and Fire Financial Services, as a Member of the Governing Authority of Dublin City University and Governing Authority of Teagasc, President of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce and as a Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Ms Sweeney is a Chartered Dire, Charteredered Accountant, and Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Galway.

SOURCE: https://www.bankofireland.com/

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