The Irish Times Trust

The Trust

Chairman of the Board of The Irish Times Trust CLG. Fellow Emeritus and former Provost of Trinity College Dublin


Governors of The Irish Times Trust CLG

Adjunct Full Professor at UCD; previously CEO of Dairymaster; Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering and former EY Entrepreneur of the Year


Former Secretary General of the European Commission; special adviser to the President of the European Commission


Former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service; chair of Northern Ireland Screen and the Chief Executives’ Forum


Executive Director for Customer Solutions with ESB; former Managing Director of ESB Networks DAC; past President of Engineers Ireland


Director of the Institute of International and European Affairs; former chair of NTMA and former director of CRH plc


Former head of communications with Fórsa; member of the executive boards of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and TASC


Chief executive of the Digital Hub; former director and chief executive of the Abbey Theatre; board member of the Fondation Irlandaise


The Board

The Board is currently made up of ten directors who are appointed by the Trust. The present Board is comprised of a non-executive chairman, three executives from the news publisher and six non-executive directors, three of whom are nominated from the Trust. The Managing Director and the Editor report independently to the Board.

Co-founder of Frontline Ventures; adviser to the EBRD venture capital programme; Chair of Genio, the Service Reform Fund


The Board of Directors of The Irish Times DAC


Principal & founder of RMM Consulting; former CEO of The Daily Beast; former publisher of Newsweek International





Non-executive Director Fáilte Ireland, IMRO, The Chester Beatty; former MD RTÉ Radio.


Non Executive Director of ESB and Dairygold Co-op; Founder and CEO of Highflier Executive Coaching



Financial information

The Irish Times publishes its financial statements every year and makes them available as PDFs. To access these statements, you will need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader.