People Profiles

General Secretary - Larry Broderick

General Secretary since 2001, Larry Broderick has been employed by IBOA since 1985 and has a wide range of experience in industrial relations and the financial services sector. A graduate of UCD and holder of a MBS, Larry Broderick leads a professional team representing the interests of staff working in the financial services sector in Ireland and Britain. A member of the General Executive Committee of ICTU and the Finance Committee of UNI-Europe, Larry has served on a number of national and European bodies representing staff working in the financial sector.

Senior Industrial Relations Officer - Gerry Hanna

Gerry joined IBOA in 2005 as a Senior Industrial Relations Officer. Gerry has been involved in the trade union movement all his working life. A bank official with Northern Bank in 1974 – joining IBOA at that time – before eventually becoming a full- time trade union official with AEEU and National Officer with Amicus. Gerry is responsible for members in the Bank of Ireland Group. Northern Bank, National Irish Bank, Carillion and International Currency Exchange.

Honorary Secretary - Tommy Kennedy

Honorary Secretary since 2005, Tommy served previously as IBOA's Ulster Bank Officer. An Executive member since 1996 for Ulster Bank staff in the Dublin area, Tommy previously served as a Branch representative in Dun Laoghaire from 1979 to 1987. Currently based in Ulster Bank's Donnybrook Branch, Tommy began his career with the Bullion Department in College Green in 1977. Subsequent postings included Dun Laoghaire, College Green, Blackrock, Rochestown Avenue, Dundrum and Bray. Originally from Limerick, he enjoys football and when Limerick win a hurling match.

Senior Industrial Relations Officer - Steve Tweed

Joining IBOA's industrial relations team in August, 2008, Steve has been a full-time union official since 1988. Previously a prominent activist with the POEU in Northern Ireland, he was employed as a negotiator with the Communication Workers' Union for twelve years. In 2000, he began work with the Prospect trade union - serving in London and Stirling in Scotland before returning to Belfast in 2004 as a Regional Officer with Unite (formerly Amicus). Now based in Dublin, Steve works primarily with IBOA members in AIB Group, GE Money, HP/EDS and Ulster Bank.

Honorary Finance Officer - 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. 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.

Training and Industrial Relations Officer - Marian Geoghegan

Marian has a dual role within IBOA. She is the Union's Training Officer and designs and runs training courses on a range of topics from labour law to worker representative skills. In the industrial relations area, she has general responsibility for equality. Marian is also on the co-ordinating committee of the Women at Work Skillnet – which offers a range of training opportunities for Union members in both wokrplace skills and personal development.