NAMA Board

The NAMA board has been released.

Former chairman of the Revenue Commission Frank Daly

Steven Seelig [ed. former IMF officer.]

Brendan Mc Donagh of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), now interim managing director of Nama, is to be the chief executive of the agency.

The other members of the board are financial consultant Eilish Finan; former senior manager with Bank of Ireland Michael Connolly; chartered accountants Peter Stewart and Brian McEnery; and the chairman of Dublin Transportation Office Willie Soffe

So what do we know about these people?

Bios hat tip. p.ie

Frank Daly

• Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners March 2002 to March 2008
• Revenue Commissioner since 1996
• Formerly Accountant General of Revenue and Head of Strategic and Business Planning
• Joined Revenue in the Customs and Excise Service since 1963 and has since had wide experience of all areas of Revenue including Taxes and the International areas.
• Member of the Top Level Appointments Committee 2003 to 2008 (body responsible for selecting top level managers in the Civil Service)
• Chaired the Commission on Taxation 2008/2009
• Public Interest Director of Anglo Irish Bank since December 2008

Eilish Finan

• Independent Consultant and Director in various Financial Services Industry sectors
• Former CFO of AIG Global Investments
• Qualified Accountant and Electronic Engineer
• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland

Michael Connolly

• Former member of Bank of Ireland senior management team
• Member of Financial Services Ombudsman Council
• Managing Director of Connolly management services – banking consultancy
• Extensive banking experience through all echelons of a large internationally diversified bank
• Advisory roles with ACC Bank, Anglo Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland

Peter Stewart

• Managing Director of O’Donovan Stewart & Company – firm of chartered accountants
• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
• Member of the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers
• Extensive Director and Supervisory experience
• Experience of property fund structuring management and financing
• Financial consultant
• Public auditor, and internal auditor (with international experience)
• Director of a broad range of companies including a bank and an investment intermediary company regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Brian McEnery

• Senior Partner in Horwath Bastow Charleton specialising in corporate finance and Corporate Recovery
• Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Extensive experience in dealing with the Corporate Enforcement and ODCE aspects of insolvency cases.
• National adviser to the INHO (Irish Nursing Home Organisation)
• Has held a number of directorships including semi-state companies.
• 2008/09 President of ACCA Ireland.
• Member of the ACCA’s global governing Council (responsible for ACCA strategy)
• Member of the Insolvency Committee of the CCAB-I (Consultative Committee of Accounting Bodies – Ireland)
• Member of the London Court of International Arbitration.

Willie Soffe

• Chairman, Dublin Transportation Office
• Former County Manager of Fingal County Council
• Member of the Commission on Taxation 2008/9

Stephen Seelig

· Mission chief for joint IMF-World Bank FSAP-Updates for Estonia and Georgia.
1 Article IV surveillance on Estonia, Germany, and Ireland.
2 Advisor in the Monetary and Capital Markets Dept. of the IMF Lead responsibility for financial sector restructuring in Uruguay during their banking crisis and Fund program.