Margaret Sweeney

Margaret Sweeney currently serves as Non-Executive Director at Aer Rianta International CPT, Hamburg Airport Hotel, Shannon College of Hotel Management, Teagasc, The Dublin Neurological Institute, and holds Non-Executive Director roles at the Institute of Directors In Ireland and Bank of Ireland Group Plc since 2023.
Also holds director positions at Galway University Foundation since 2016, The Governor & Company of the Bank of Ireland, and is an Independent Non-Executive Director at New Ireland Assurance Co. Plc starting 2025.
Serves as Council Member at The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, Member at Chartered Accountants Ireland, and Trustee at Chester Beatty Library.
Former roles include Chief Executive Officer at daa Plc from 1996 to 2004, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Loft Beck Ltd. from 2007 to 2010, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc from 2017 to 2024, Chairman at Bramshott Capital LLP, Invention Investment Ireland, and Irish Institutional Property.
Served as Non-Executive Director at Flughafen Hamburg GmbH from 2001 to 2005 and Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH from 2001 to 2004, Director at Birmingham Airport Ltd. from 1999 to 2004, Director-Audit & Advisory Services at KPMG (Ireland) from 1981 to 1996, Director at HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) DAC, Independent Non-Executive Director at Dalata Hotel Group Plc from 2014 to 2023, President of Dublin Chamber of Commerce from 2008 to 2009, and Member-Governors Board at Dublin City University from 2001 to 2016.
Education includes undergraduate degree from the University of Galway.