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Patrick Joseph Moran is Non-Executive Chairman of the Company since its formation in October 1989. He is also a director of a number of other companies including Manor Park Homebuilders Limited. He is Chairman of the Company’s Remuneration and Nomination Committees and a member of the Audit Committee.

Mark Bourke is Group Chief Executive since June 2006. He joined the Group in September 2000 as Finance Director and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in November 2004 at which time he also assumed responsibility for the Group’s Irish segment. He was previously a Partner in international tax services with PricewaterhouseCoopers US, San Jose, California.

Declan Kenny is an Executive Director and is Chief Executive Officer of IFG’s International segment. He is a Certified Accountant and Chartered Secretary, has held several positions in the Group’s Isle of Man business which he joined in 1989, and has responsibility for the Group’s International segment since 2002.

Gary Owens is an Executive Director and is Chief Executive Officer of IFG’s Ireland segment since 2007. He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and has held many senior roles in both Life and General Insurance industries. He is also a non-executive director of Chartis Insurance Ireland Limited and Chartis Excess Limited.

Aidan Comerford was co-opted to the Board on 31 August 2010, is responsible for Finance and Risk. He was previously Head of Risk & Internal Audit. Aidan is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland with 20 years financial services experience having held the position of finance director and general manager of a number of privately held financial services companies.

Colm Barrington is a Non-Executive Director since June 2005. He is a member of the Remuneration, Audit and Nomination Committees of the Company. He is managing director of Babcock and Brown Limited, a position he has held since 1994. He is a graduate of UCD and prior to 1994 held several senior positions with GPA Group plc, including GPA Capital. He is currently Chairman of Aer Lingus plc.

John Lawrie is a Non-Executive Director since August 2000, Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Internal Control and Risk Committees of the Company. He is a former chairman of Aberdeen Asset Management Ireland Limited, investment managers to Scottish Provident Ireland whose Irish equity portfolios he managed for over twenty five years. He is the Senior Independent Director.

John Rowan is a Non-Executive Director since October 2006 and is Chairman of the Internal Control and Risk Committee. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and has over 30 years experience in banking and the financial services industry. He is also a non executive director of Edinburgh House Estates plc.

Peter Priestley was co-opted as a Non-Executive Director on 30 March 2010 and elected to the Board on 30 June 2010. He is the appointed representative of Fiordland Investment Limited Partnership which holds 22.8% of the issued share capital of the Company (at 25 January 2012). Peter is an advisor to Pension Corporation LLP and a co-founder of Celtic Utilities Limited and Greenstar Limited.

Evelyn Bourke is a Non-Executive Director since August 2011. She is the chief commercial officer of Friends Life Group, having joined Friends Life (formerly Friends Provident plc) in 2009 as CFO. A qualified actuary with an MBA from London Business School, Evelyn previously held roles as CEO of Chase de Vere Investments plc, Group Strategy & Planning Director and CFO of the UK business of Standard Life plc and a principal at Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. She was a non executive director of The Children’s Mutual from 2006 to 2011.

Conleth O'Reilly is Company Secretary. He is a Qualified Solicitor, has completed an MBA at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business UCD and has held many senior positions within the Xerox group of companies.

Robin joined Friends Provident plc in November 2008 as a Non Executive Director; Friends Provident becoming Friends Life Group in 2011. He is a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and Chairman of the With Profits Committee. He is also a Non Executive Director of Partnership Life Assurance Company Limited. Robin has significant experience in financial services having been a Group Director of Legal & General Group plc, a Non Executive Director of GE Money Credit Cards and a Senior Advisor (Financial Services) of Ernst & Young.