Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
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Eamonn Crowley, CEO Permanent TSB, has been appointed President of Banking & Payments Federation Ireland and Fiona Gallagher, CEO Wells Fargo Bank International has been appointed the first female Chair of the Federation of International Banks in Ireland.
BPFI President – Eamonn Crowley
Eamonn Crowley, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Permanent TSB, has been appointed President of Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI).
Eamonn joined Permanent TSB as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director in March, 2017 and was appointed CEO in June 2020. Before joining Permanent TSB Eamonn held a number of senior executive roles including; Chief Financial Officer of Bank Santander Poland and Chief Operating Officer of AIB’s Central and Eastern Europe Division. He is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and holds a MBA from University College Dublin.
Speaking on his appointment Eamonn Crowley said: “I am delighted to be appointed President of Banking & Payments Federation Ireland. The breadth of the industry and the range of services it provides brings with it many responsibilities to a wide range of customers and stakeholders. A key priority during my Presidency will be the critical role that banks play in wider society, particularly in the areas of Sustainability and Social Responsibility. I am also acutely aware of the support that the industry will need to continue to provide to thousands of customers, from individuals to SMEs, through the Covid-19 pandemic and the follow-on phase of economic rebuilding and recovery.”
He continued: “As BPFI President, I will be very much focused on promoting and facilitating collaboration across the industry for the better of all our customers and wider society. We have made significant progress this year in responding quickly with customer supports in the face of a global pandemic and I am committed to building upon this non-competitive collaboration as we continue to evolve banking for the better of all of our customers.”
Concluding Mr. Crowley said: “BPFI plays a key role in advocating for the industry in the banking, payment and fintech space both in Ireland but also across the EU institutions where so many important decisions are taken. We rely on its leadership, facilitation and non-competitive collaboration to support us in renewing and rebuilding the sector for the future.’’
FIBI President – Fiona Gallagher
Fiona Gallagher, CEO Wells Fargo Bank International has been appointed the first female Chair of the Federation of International Banks in Ireland (FIBI), the international banking division of Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.
Fiona joined WFBI as CEO in October 2019, leading over 400 staff across Dublin, Dusseldorf, and Frankfurt. Prior to this, she was Deutsche Bank’s Head of Global Securities Services and Chief Country Officer for Deutsche Bank Ireland, having held leadership roles with the company for over 15 years. Previously Fiona worked in Debt Capital Markets for both Merrill Lynch and Barclays Capital in New York and London.
Fiona sits on several industry boards including Financial Services Ireland and is on the Financial Services Steering Committee for the 30% Club. A passionate advocate of access to education, she sits on Dublin City University’s Educational Trust, while she is also a board member of the Dublin Enterprise and Technology Center, the #1 University Associated Incubator globally.
Speaking on taking up her new role, Fiona Gallagher said: “I am honoured to be chosen as the Chair of the FIBI during what will be a pivotal year for the Irish financial services industry. Our new reality post-Brexit and hopefully post-COVID will bring some challenges but also a breadth of opportunity for Ireland. We are currently the eighth largest exporter of financial services in the world, and as the only English-speaking country in the EU, there is a tremendous opportunity for our members to make international banking an even stronger force in both the Irish and European landscapes. Crucially FIBI and our member organisations have a considerable role to play working with European and Irish legislators as we adapt to the new playing field”.
The new FIBI Chair continued, “Diversity, equity and inclusion is a real passion of mine, and as the first female chair of the FIBI, I would like to work to attract and retain a more diverse and inclusive workforce, at all levels, into the Irish financial services industry. Ireland is now a multi-racial and multi-cultural country with access to a broader range of skillsets and languages, which makes it an even more attractive proposition for international investment”.
Fiona concluded, “Another area of focus is sustainable investing, with the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) principles becoming a major factor in investment decision making. The drive to contribute financially towards moving the world to a more sustainable and ethical future brings about positive change to both our economy and our environment. Our members have the opportunity to make Ireland a hub for championing sustainable investments and I will be very much reinforcing Ireland’s global ambitions to be a leader in green finance”.
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