Joseph O’Connor

Joe qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PWC and worked in various roles in AIB Capital Markets, a consistently successful Division of AIB, over an extended period. (Capital Markets business included the Treasury, Corporate Banking and Investment Banking operations of AIB Group.) Joe was a Board Member of that division for 16 years and his roles included Head of Banking, Head of Risk Management, Finance Director, Head of H. R. and Chief Credit Officer, at different times. Joe was recalled from retirement in 2010 and served on the AIB Group Executive for a number of years. Currently Joe is Chairman of the Irish AIB DB Pension Fund, which has a membership of c17,000,and is one of the largest Pension Funds in Ireland.