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President - Jessie Doherty

A Senior Bank Official based in AIB Bank, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, Jessie has been a member of IBOA since 1978 and a member of the Union's Executive Committee since April 1999. She also served as the Union's AIB Group Officer from 2001 to 2007. Jessie was elected as Honorary Finance Officer in April 2007 and President in 2011. An IBOA-nominated Trustee on the AIB Defined Benefit Group Pension Scheme and a member of the AIB-IBOA Partnership Steering Committee, she also serves as Secretary of the IBOA Staff Pension scheme. Her particular interests include pensions, pay and participation by members.

Honorary Finance Officer - Sharon McAuley

With more than 25 years banking experience - including 12 years in various branches - Sharon has also worked on a number of marketing and communications projects within First Trust Bank.

First elected to the Executive Committee in 1995 as a women's representative for AIB UK, she now represents FTB members in Belfast and District.
Involved in the evolution of the Partnership Principles in AIB Group, Sharon has also been a Trustee of the AIB UK Defined Benefit pension scheme since 2008.

She was elected as Honorary Finance Officer in 2011.

AIB Group Officer - Claire Walsh

Originally from Mayo, Claire has worked for AIB in Dublin, the UK and mostly recently Longford. An Executive Committee member since 1999, Claire previously served as a Branch Representative, Area Council member and Bank District Secretary.
Married to Sean O Suilleabhain, with three children, Claire's interests include GAA (both football and hurling) travelling, reading and theatre.

Executive Committee Member - Robin Bell

Robin works in First Trust Bank in Belfast in Project Management. A member of IBOA since 1978, He was first elected to the Executive Committee representing First Trust in 1991. Robin served as IBOA's Honorary Secretary from 1997 to 2005. He is also a Trustee of the AIB UK Pension schemes.

Executive Committee Member - Neasa Cody

Neasa is currently working in AIB Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, having previously been employed as Relief Staff, covering branches in Kilkenny and North Tipperary. Neasa is a long serving Executive Committee member and has given much of her time to resolving individual and local issues in the Branch Network.

Executive Committee Member - Carmel Curran

Employed as Senior Bank Officer in Meadowbank in Derry, Carmel joined IBOA on the same day she started work at the former TSB in March 1985.

She has been a member of the Union's Executive Committee since 1995 - firstly as a Women's Rep for First Trust Bank and then as the representative for the Outside Belfast constituency.

Carmel also serves on the Union's National Health and Safety Sub-Committee as well as being one of the Union's representatives on First Trust Bank's Health, Safety & Enviromental Committee.

Executive Committee Member - Mick Durand

A member of IBOA since 1970s serving as Branch Rep in various locations and District Secretary for Athlone, Area Secretary for Mullingar and Bank Secretary for Galway, Michk Durand is now EC Member for AIB North West.
During his career in banking, he has worked in Clogheen, Nenagh, Portlaoise, Edenderry, Ballinasloe, Tuam and Galway City.
Apart from the Union, Mick's main interests area hurling, rugby, horse racing> He also enjoys gardening and leisure cycling. He is married to Nora with 3 children.

Executive Committee Member - Roger James

Employed in AIB's Staff User Support in Dublin's Citywest, Roger has been an IBOA member since 1985. An experienced Branch Representative, he was elected as a District Secretary in Dublin in 1995 and as an Executive Committee member in 2007. Key workplace issues for Roger are the protection of hard won terms and conditions, such as pay and pensions.

Executive Committee Member - John O'Gorman

Employed as an Officer in the Clondalkin Branch of AIB Bank, John has been a member of IBOA since 1971 and a member of the Executive Committee since 2007. He has served as a Branch Representative in all nine branches in which he has worked and was a District Secretary for two years before his election to the Executive. He is a member of the Equality Sub-Committee in IBOA with a particular interest in diversity issues. His other interests are golf, the theatre and cinema. John is a director and trustee of Candle Community Trust Limited

Executive Committee Member - Seamus O'Keeffe

A member of the IBOA since 1974, Séamus has been considerable experience as an activist at various levels within the Union - matching his career experience working in Branch, Unit and Departmental environments within AIB during this time. Elected to the Union's Executive Committee in April 2011, Séamus is a member of IBOA's Pensions Sub Committee. His key concerns are to ensure that members are treated with dignity, respect and fairness by senior management - as well as protecting existing terms and conditions of employment in a very challenging environment.

Executive Committee Member - Etain Ryan Lyons

Etain works in AIB's largest branch - Westmoreland Street, Dublin - where she is a Senior Bank Official on 'Choices.' A member of IBOA since 1979, she has been an IBOA Rep since 2000. First elected to the Executive Committee in October 2008, Etain sees job security, fair play and health and safety as key issues.

Executive Committee Member - Ursula Tighe

Employed as Bank Official in Cork City, Ursula has been a member of IBOA since 1992. A member of the Executive Committee since April 2009, Ursula has particular interests in safety, health and security issues and equality matters.

Executive Committee Member - Kate Varley

Employed in Private Banking in AIB Bankcentre in Ballsbridge, Kate Varley is a long-standing member of the Union's Executive Committee. Kate has also been President of the Irish Conference of Professional and Service Associations (ICPSA) since 2006.