Minister for Finance appoints Greene to board of Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland. Photo: Bloomberg

Ellie Donnelly

Michele Greene has been appointed to the board of Bank of Ireland, effective from December 5.

Ms Greene was nominated to join the board by the Minister for Finance under the terms of the Relationship Framework between the Minister and the bank.

A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland, Ms Greene has over 25 years experience in the financial services and retail banking sector.

She held the role of managing director of Virgin Money’s Digital Bank until July 2018, prior to which she was director of strategic development.

Before joining Virgin Money, Michele was chief financial officer of MBNA Europe, where she held executive positions on the boards of MBNA Europe and Premium Credit Finance.

Patrick Kennedy, chairman of Bank of Ireland, said: “[Ms Green’s] extensive experience, particularly in more recent years as managing director of digital banking and director of strategic development at Virgin Money, will further enhance the board’s experience and skills profile in the areas of change and digital and technology innovation”.

Ms Green’s earlier career was spent at Goldman Sachs, Credit Lyonnais and KPMG.