Maeve Dineen
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From: Department of Finance
- Published on: 8 June 2026
- Last updated on: 10 June 2026
Maeve Dineen is the founder of a strategic advisory firm supporting Fortune 500 and publicly traded companies in life sciences, agriculture, and nutrition as they navigate complex global market and regulatory environments.
Maeve is a member of Ireland's Central Bank commission and serves as a member of Ireland's National Competitiveness and Productivity Council. She previously chaired Ireland’s Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (2017 – 2024). Her career spans finance, media, agriculture, nutrition and life sciences, bringing a distinctive perspective to corporate strategy, regulation, and stakeholder engagement.
A former journalist, Maeve spent over a decade in business journalism, and as Business Editor of the Irish Independent, she covered Ireland's financial crisis and economic recovery.
She is a graduate of Harvard University's prestigious "Women on Boards" executive programme (2018) and holds a degree in Agricultural Science from University College Dublin and a Master's in Communications from Queen's University Belfast/Dublin City University.
Maeve was appointed to the Central Bank Commission on 1 December 2025.