Board member

Michael has over thirty years’ experience as a non-executive director, senior executive and commercial lawyer in the aircraft leasing and financing industry. In addition, from 2003 to 2005, he served as Chief Legal Officer of Bord Gais Éireann. From 1986 to 1989, Michael was a diplomat in the Irish Diplomatic Service. Michael is Chairperson of Shannon Foynes Port Company and a non-executive director of AerCap Holdings N.V., the industry leader in aviation leasing, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Michael is also a member of the Executive Committee of Limerick Civic Trust and previously served as a non-executive director, including chairperson, of a number of companies which finance and lease aircraft and trains throughout the world. Michael is a Barrister and a law graduate from University College Cork.