Cavan native appointed to Board of Institute of Directors
A Butlersbridge native has been appointed to the board of the Institute of Directors (IoD) at its AGM.
Fiona Tierney, Non-Executive Director on the Board of Eircom Holdings (Ireland) Ltd, was announced as a board member along with Dr Terry McWade, former CEO of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Martin Shanahan, partner, Grant Thornton and former CEO and board member of IDA Ireland.
John Reynolds CDir, chairman of Cairn Homes plc, meanwhile, was announced as the new President of IoD Ireland taking over the mantle from Imelda Reynolds CDir, who has held the position for the last two years.
Fiona Tierney is a professionally qualified non-executive director, with experience as a board member in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
She is currently serving as a non-executive director on the board of Eircom Holdings (Ireland) Ltd and also the board of Wells Fargo Bank International UC, (the EU banking licence holder for Well Fargo) where she is a member of the Audit Committee and of the NomRem Committee.
Fiona is also a member of the board of the National Advanced Manufacturing Centre in Limerick, an IDA-funded initiative which showcases and supports the transition to digital manufacturing in Ireland.
She was appointed by the Taoiseach in 2019 as a member of the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC), a standing interview board which recommends candidates to Ministers and to Government for appointment at the most senior levels of the Irish civil service.
Prior to that, Fiona was also appointed by Government in 2018 to ‘Better Balance for Better Business’, a business-led working group examining gender representation in leadership of Irish business.
Her impressive CV also shows Fiona was chair of the Audit Committee in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (2019-2022); a Trustee of the Irish Management Institute (2013 – 2021); and a Trustee of Pieta (2018-2022), a charity in Ireland focussed on the prevention of suicide and self-harm.
As CEO of Ireland’s Public Appointments Service (PAS) from 2012 to 2018, Fiona was an ex-officio member of the Board of PAS and was a member of the Civil Service Management Board from 2013 - 2018.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA (Mod) in Economics and Political Science) and at University College Dublin (Masters in Public Administration), Fiona is a Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors (2017) and a Certified Bank Director of the Institute of Banking (2021).
Speaking about his appointment, John Reynolds CDir, President, IoD Ireland, said: “IoD will be there to support the needs and concerns of its members. Our ambition is for Ireland to be considered an exemplar of corporate governance. We will continue to instil stakeholder trust and confidence in organisations by educating, informing, and supporting directors and business leaders to lead successfully."