Paul Ryan is Head of the International Finance Division which is responsible for the management of Ireland’s relationship with, and shareholding in, International Financial Institutions/Multilateral Development Banks, including the IMF, World Bank, EIB and Paris Club. The Division is also responsible for Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT), Sanctions and the National Payments Strategy. It also covers the Department’s Risk Management and Compliance functions.
Previously, Paul was responsible for Civil Service-wide Shared Service payroll projects which modernised and centralised these services across Government Departments and State Agencies. He also led the Department’s Finance & Corporate Directorate and worked on international financial services, taxation policy, budgetary policy and debt management. A career Civil Servant, Paul has wide experience across a number of other Departments: Education & Science; Environment & Local Government; and Justice. Educated in University College Cork and a Certified Bank Director with the Institute of Banking with qualifications in Corporate Governance, Sustainable Finance and Taxation.