Declan Dunne

Declan joined Respond as Chief Executive Officer in August 2016. Respond, established 36 years ago, is an Approved Housing Body (AHB) with approximately 9,000 tenants. Declan is currently the chair of the Housing Alliance which is a collaboration of six of Ireland’s largest Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs).

Declan is an experienced General Manager who built a business over many years and sold to American multi-national and went on to work as their General Manager for Ireland. Declan’s previous role was as Chief Executive Officer with Sophia Housing Association. He was a non-executive Director of the Ballymun Regeneration Board for ten years, appointed by the Dublin City Council Chief Executive. He was also Chair of its Audit Committee which oversaw the Ballymun Regeneration Masterplan with an expenditure of €1B. He served as a Director of the North Dublin Development Coalition an Economic Development think tank at DCU for nine years and was a Director of Ballymun Whitehall Enterprise Centre for ten years. He served as a Director of Oakfield Trust Director a charitable commercial property development organisation.