NAMA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Legal Officer
- Solicitor
Mr Stewart is a Solicitor and a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. Mr. Stewart trained and worked for a number of years in practice with Matheson Ormsby Prentice (now Matheson) in Dublin. He then worked as a legal adviser with a large Australian law firm, before taking up a role as an in house solicitor with ACC Bank plc. In 2010, Mr. Stewart joined NAMA as an in house legal adviser.
Job Titles:
- Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
Mr. Bourke has worked in a variety of roles within the National Asset Management Agency and has extensive economic, financial and banking experience. Prior to joining NAMA in 2009, he worked for the NTMA and Citibank. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and Dublin City University.
John Collison - Chief Commercial Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Commercial Officer
- Member of the Management Team
Mr. Collison has more than 20 years' experience in the banking industry. Prior to joining NAMA in February 2011, he worked in a variety of business development and credit risk management roles, initially in AIB and First Active. He also worked in Ulster Bank in Dublin for 6 years mainly in Real Estate Finance and Corporate Banking and latterly as Head of European Property Finance. He holds a MBA from Manchester Business School.
As Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Collison has responsibility for three business units in NAMA: Residential Delivery; Asset Recovery; and Asset Management.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
Chairman (appointed to Board on 2 April 2019; appointed Chair on 20 December 2019 for a 5-year term)
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Aidan Williams has over forty years' experience in International Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Fund Management and Stockbroking. He holds a number of Non-Executive Directorships and is the former Chair of both UniCredit Bank Ireland plc, and Macquarie Capital Ireland DAC.
Mr. Williams is an Institute of Directors accredited Chartered Director, a Chartered Fellow of the Institute for Securities and Investment and a former Registered Stockbroker of the Irish Stock Exchange. He is a member of the Institute of Directors and the Irish Fund Directors Association.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Management Team
- Member of the Risk Management Committee
- Chief Executive / Board Member ( Ex - Officio ) Member of the Finance and Operating Committee
- Member of the Credit Committee
- Member of the Finance and Operating Committee
Mr. McDonagh was appointed Chief Executive Officer of NAMA by the Minister for Finance in December 2009. Prior to that, he was the Director of Finance, Technology & Risk at the NTMA from 2002 until 2009 and held the post of NTMA Financial Controller from 1998 to 2002. Mr. McDonagh joined the NTMA in 1994 from the ESB, Ireland's largest power utility, where he worked in a number of areas including accounting, internal audit and treasury.
The Chief Executive Officer, in conjunction with the Board, has overseen the development of NAMA from its initial inception. He has overall responsibility for the direction, management and implementation of the Agency's wide-ranging activities in pursuit of its statutory objectives. The CEO is an ex-officio member of the Board.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Board Member ( Ex - Officio ) Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Chief Executive of the NTMA
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. Mr. O'Connor joined the Funding and Debt Management Unit in 2012 and was appointed Director in 2014. Prior to that he was Head of Treasury in the National Asset Management Agency.
Prior to joining the NTMA, Mr. O'Connor worked for 20 years in a variety of Senior roles within AIB including the Head of Trading in AIB's Primary Dealer Bond Unit in the late 1990s and from 2004 to 2010 as Head of Wholesale Treasury, Bank Zachodni WBK (now Santander) based in Warsaw, Poland. Mr O'Connor is a graduate of Dublin City University (MSc in Investment & Treasury) and a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (BSc Mgmt). He is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a graduate of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland (MIB Grad).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Member of the Credit Committee
Michael Wall is a practicing lawyer, qualified registered architect and urban/land planner with senior management and board director experience in both public and private sectors. Mr Wall has been a member of the NAMA Planning Advisory Committee since 2010 and was a board member of An Board Pleanála from 1999 to 2006. He is currently a board member of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Chairman of the Irish Georgian Society and a board member of the Abbey Theatre and Simpson's Hospital.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board
- Planner
- Registered Architect
Charlotte Sheridan is a registered architect and town planner specialising in urban regeneration, housing, sustainable communities and collaborative planning in towns and cities in Ireland, with past experience in London and Berlin. She is president of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and a member of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), with over 20 years' professional experience as a director of Sheridan Woods, an architecture and urban planning practice.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Risk Management Committee
- Member of the Credit Committee
- Senior Level Banking Executive
Davina Saint is a senior level banking executive, and qualified Solicitor, experienced in the structuring and execution of complex corporate finance transactions. Ms. Saint has extensive legal experience with 19 years as Head of Legal and General Counsel for a large European Bank's operations in Ireland. Davina is a Chartered Director and has built corporate governance and risk management experience across multiple boards and executive committees.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Finance and Operating Committee
Eileen Maher has 30 years' experience in the Telecoms industry with commercial, technical, regulatory and legal expertise. Ms Maher is currently a member of the Board of Uisce Éireann and the Compliance Committee of the Broadcast Authority of Ireland. She was previously Director of Strategy and External Affairs for Vodafone Ireland, as well as a member of Vodafone Ireland's Executive Board.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Chief Financial Officer of AA Ireland
Mari Hurley was appointed to the NAMA Board by the Minister on 8 April 2014. Ms Hurley is Chief Financial Officer of AA Ireland. Ms Hurley was previously Finance Director of Sherry FitzGerald Group and also worked at Bear Stearns Bank plc. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland having trained and qualified with Arthur Andersen. Ms. Hurley has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Cork.
Sinéad Curry has over 25 years of risk management & corporate governance experience operating at a senior level in Corporate & Investment Banking, Pharmaceutical, IT & Retail sectors. She was formerly Chief Operating Officer at Joe Duffy Group's Financial Services Division, Head of Credit, Insurance & Supply Chain Risk Management at Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Rare Disease Unit of AstraZeneca plc) and Chief Credit Officer at Dell Bank International DAC. Ms Curry also held a variety of senior roles within BNP Paribas including Head of Hedge Fund Research & Due Diligence, Financial Institutions Group Banker and Head of Credit Analysts (Ireland). She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and holds a Diploma in Company Direction.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Chief Financial Officer
- Fellow
Ms. Condon is a Fellow Chartered accountant with over 20 years experience in banking and real estate. A graduate of University College Dublin, she trained with KPMG prior to holding roles in Finance and Regulatory Affairs with KBC Bank Ireland. Ms. Condon joined NAMA as Head of Finance in 2015 and is experienced in all areas of the Chief Financial Officer Division.