Bank of Ireland

From 1 October 2007, Christine Brennan joins Bank of Ireland from Barclays Bank Group where she held the position of HR Director, Global and Retail Banking, having formerly held the role of HR Director, International and Commercial Banking. Christine is responsible for all aspects of Human Resources activities, Group Corporate Secretariat and Group Corporate Communications. She brings a strong international Human Resources background to Bank of Ireland, gained from wide ranging senior HR roles she has held with Computer Science Corporation, British Telecommunications and AT&T in the United States, London and also the Middle East. Christine is American and graduated from the University of Maryland

Appointed to the Court in October 2006. Former Group Chief Executive Officer of AXA UK plc and former of Chairman of AXA Ireland Ltd. Prior to joining AXA in 2001, he held various management positions with Lloyds TSB Group plc, where latterly he served as Group Executive Director for its Retail Banking Division.

Jerome Kennedy is a director of Bank of Ireland Life Holdings plc, New Ireland Assurance Company plc and Total Produce plc, where he chairs the Audit Committees. He is Chairman of Caulfield McCarthy Group Retail and a member of the Irish Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School. A Chartered Accountant by profession, he was Managing Partner with KPMG Ireland for three terms between 1995 and 2004. He currently acts as a strategic business adviser to a number of Irish businesses and is a member of the Audit Committee Institute. (Age 58).

Appointed to the Court in January 2009. Mr. Walsh served as Minister for Agriculture from 1992-2004 having previously served as Minister for Food from 1987. He retired from the Cabinet in 2004. He is currently Chairman of the Irish Horse Board, Horse Sport Ireland, Cork Racecourse Mallow and the Irish Hunger Task Force.

Rose Hynes is a director of Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank, Bord Gais Eireann, Shannon Airport Authority and a number of other companies. She is also a director of Total Produce plc, where she chairs its Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. She was a member of Guinness Peat Aviation senior management for many years and is also a former director of Fyffes plc and Aer Lingus. Rose is a law graduate of University College Dublin and a solicitor. She is also an associate of the Irish Institute of Taxation and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Appointed to the Court in January 2009. Mr. Considine is a former Secretary General of the Department of Finance, from which he retired in 2006. He was also a member of the board of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland and a member of the National Treasury Management Agency Advisory Committee and of the Council of the Economic & Social Research Institute.

Maurice Keane, B.Comm., M.Econ.Sc. (aged 65), non-executive Director, is a member of the Court of Directors of Bank of Ireland, having been Chief Executive up until February 2002. He is a director of Axis Capital Holdings Limited and is Chairman of Bristol & West plc and of BUPA Ireland. Mr Keane joined the Board in 2002.

Terry Neill became a non-executive Director in January 2004. He was, until August 2001, Senior Partner in Accenture and had been Chairman of Accenture/ Andersen Consulting's global board. He is a member of the Court of Bank of Ireland and Chairman of Meridea Financial Software Oy and Camerata Ireland. He is a member of the Governing Body of the London Business School, where he is Chair of the Finance Committee, and of the Trinity Foundation Board. (Aged 60).