Walter Brazil
Managing Director
AIB International Financial Services
Walter graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University College Dublin in 1980 and entered Deloitte Haskins and Sells as a trainee accountant. Walter qualified in 1983 as an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants.
In 1983, he joined Bailey Gibson, a member of the Clondalkin Group, where he worked as financial controller.
In 1984, he joined the Irish telecommunications company, Telecom Eireann, as systems accountant and in 1987, was made Head of Financial Systems Division, responsible for the introduction of new billing and accounting systems throughout the group.
In 1988, he completed a Masters of Business Administration Degree in University College Dublin.
In 1990, he joined Allied Irish Banks International Financial Services (AIBIFS), a subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks plc. AIBIFS markets the benefits of the Dublin International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) to international corporate and banking groups and to date has over 120 employees and works with 160 international clients from over 26 countries. In 1994, he was appointed Director of AIBIFS, in 1996 he was appointed Deputy Managing Director, and in 1999 he was appointed Managing Director.
Walter has been a member of An Taoiseach's Banking and Treasury Group since 1994 and was appointed Chairman in 2003. Walter is an non executive director of WGZ Bank (Ireland) and DZ Bank Ireland. In 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the DZ Bank (Ireland) Audit Committee.
