The Minister for Finance Jack Chambers has appointed Patricia Byron and John S Daly to the board of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) for a five-year term.
Patricia Byron is currently Chairperson of the Health & Safety Authority and the Health Insurance Authority, amongst other non-executive positions.
She has also served on the Central Bank of Ireland Commission and in her earlier career, she held a number of senior executive positions in the Insurance Industry, was Chairperson of the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland and the first CEO of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board.
John S Daly is the former chairman of Global Equity Capital Markets (ECM) at Goldman Sachs.
Before becoming Head of the Americas ECM Group, John was co-head of the Asia ex Japan ECM Group and held various leadership positions in the Financing Group in Hong Kong and New York.
He is also a co-founder of 25madison - a venture studio focused on incubating early-stage start-ups and venture capital investing. He also serves as a Board Member for The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the Irish Arts Centre (New York), and Trinity College Dublin's Provost's Council.
These appointments follow a public competition held by the Public Appointments Service for two Board positions related to Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund.
"Both Patricia Byron and John S Daly will bring a wealth of both professional and governance experience to their membership of the NTMA Board and I wish them well on their appointments," Minister Chambers said.
NTMA Chairperson Rachael Ingle said that both Patricia and John are well placed to make valuable contributions to the Agency over the terms of their appointments with their skills and expertise complementing those of the existing agency members.
