Sharon Donnery — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

ECB Representative to the Supervisory Board at European Central Bank since January 2025
Served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from March 2016 to December 2024
Only person to have held all four statutory positions at the Central Bank of Ireland
Chaired the ECB High Level Group on Non-Performing Loans
Worked as a lecturer in Economics at Maynooth University

Biography

Sharon Donnery is an Irish economist and central banker, currently serving as an ECB Representative to the Supervisory Board at the European Central Bank since January 2025. In this role, she is part of the main operational decision-making body for banking supervision, with a portfolio that includes international relations, geopolitical risk, stress testing, and supervisory strategy/priorities.