Tony is Bank of Ireland’s US Country Manager; he joined the Bank in 2011 after moving to New York.

Bank of Ireland Group operates in the US through its branch in Stamford, CT and representative offices in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. As Country Manager, Tony has overall responsibility for all of the Group activities in the US. He is based in Stamford and also holds the positions of the US Branch’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. At a Group level, Tony is part of the Corporate and Markets Division executive management team.

Tony has over 25 years of global banking and financial services experience in the US and Europe, having previously worked for DZ Bank, Merrill Lynch and Halifax Bank of Scotland. Tony is a qualified accountant (FCCA) and CFA charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin.

Tony is on the Board and Executive Committee of the Institute of International Bankers, as well as chair of its Membership Committee, was the co-founder of US Friends of Munster Rugby fundraising group and sits on the US Advisory Board of the Paul Newman’s children charity Barretstown.

Tony lives in Manhattan with his wife Andrea and their two daughters; but was born and raised in Athlone, Co. Westmeath before going to college in University College Dublin.