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Group Executive

Brian J. Goggin, Group Chief Executive

Brian Goggin was appointed Group Chief Executive on June 4, 2004.

Joined Bank of Ireland in 1969. Subsequently served in a variety of senior management positions within Bank of Ireland Group in the United States, Britain and Ireland. Appointed Chief Executive Corporate and Treasury in 1996, Chief Executive Wholesale Financial Services in 2002, Chief Executive Asset Management Services in 2003 and appointed Group Chief Executive in June 2004. Appointed to the Court in 2000. A director of Post Office Limited and President, Irish Chapter, The Ireland - U.S. Council.

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Des Crowley, Chief Executive - Chief Executive UK Financial Services

Des Crowley was appointed Chief Executive Retail Banking & Distribution in 1999.

Joined the Group 1988 from Arthur Andersen & Co. Appointed Chief Executive, Retail Banking and Distribution in March 2000, Chief Executive, Retail Financial Services in April 2004 and Chief Executive, UK Financial Services in November 2005. He had earlier held a number of senior management positions in Bank of Ireland as Head of Systems Development, Head of Credit Card Services, Managing Director of Bank of Ireland Finance and General Manager, Retail Finance and Strategy. Appointed to the Court in October 2006. Chairman of the board of the UK Post Office joint venture and a Director of Bristol & West plc.

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Richie Boucher, Chief Executive, Retail Financial Services Ireland

Richie Boucher was appointed Chief Executive, Retail Financial Services Ireland (RFSI) in January 2006.

Chief Executive, Retail Financial Services Ireland

Joined the Group as Chief Executive, Corporate Banking from Royal Bank of Scotland in December 2003 where he had been Regional Managing Director - Corporate Banking, London, and South East England, having previously held roles as Head of Corporate and Business Banking and Head of Retail - Republic of Ireland with Ulster Bank Group. Appointed Chief Executive, Retail Financial Services Ireland in November 2005. Appointed to the Court in October 2006. A Director of Bank of Ireland Life Holdings plc, Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank and ICS Building Society.

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Denis Donovan, Chief Executive - Capital Markets

Denis Donovan was appointed Chief Executive, Wholesale Financial Services in April 2003.

Joined the Group in 1985. Appointed Chief Executive of the Bank's new Capital Markets Division in September 2006, having held the position of Chief Executive, Wholesale Financial Services Division since April 2003. From 1999 to 2003 he was CEO of Global Markets, with responsibility for Bank of Ireland's treasury, offshore and international banking operations. Prior to moving to Global Markets, he was Chief Operating Officer - International in Bank of Ireland Asset Management. Appointed to the Court in October 2006.

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John O'Donovan, Group Chief Financial Officer

John O'Donovan was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in 2001.

Joined the Group in 2001 as Group Chief Financial Officer. Appointed to the Court in 2002. Formerly Group Finance Director/Company Secretary of Aer Lingus.

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Ronan Murphy, Group Chief Risk Officer

Ronan Murphy was appointed to his present position on 1st January 2004. His responsibilities include Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Regulatory and Compliance Risk and Basel 2.

Ronan joined Bank of Ireland Group in 1987 from Citibank, where he had experience in corporate banking, finance and venture capital. Since joining the Group, he has held senior positions in Corporate Banking and as Managing Director of Bank of Ireland International Finance.

He is an Economics graduate of University College Dublin.

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Tony Wyatt, Director of Customer Operations

Tony joined the Bank of Ireland in August 2005 as Director of Customer Operations where he is responsible for the Manufacturing (IT and Operations) elements of the bank's strategy.

Tony, a Canadian, has a masters degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Canada. He has worked for Midland Bank, Guardian Royal Exchange, AT&T, NewPower and Abbey National in a wide range of IT and operational roles.

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Christine Brennan, Head of Group HR

From 1 October 2007, Christine Brennan joins Bank of Ireland from Barclays Bank Group where she held the position of HR Director, Global and Retail Banking, having formerly held the role of HR Director, International and Commercial Banking.

Christine is responsible for all aspects of Human Resources activities, Group Corporate Secretariat and Group Corporate Communications. She brings a strong international Human Resources background to Bank of Ireland, gained from wide ranging senior HR roles she has held with Computer Science Corporation, British Telecommunications and AT&T in the United States, London and also the Middle East.

Christine is American and graduated from the University of Maryland

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