Scully, Gerard

Firm:	The Irish Fund Directors Association
Position:	Deputy Chairperson of the Council
Address:	16 Clare St, Dublin 2, D02 TY72
Phone:	+353 87 683 8817
Email:	secretary@ifdassoc.ie
Personal URL:	https://ifdassoc.ie/about-us/

Profile:

Gerard Scully worked for the Irish Stock Exchange (now Euronext Dublin) as Director of International Primary Markets and part of the senior management team at the Exchange for 16 years until March 2020. As Director of International Primary Markets he was responsible for the Debt and Funds listing businesses at the Exchange, where he built the business to become a global leader in the listing of fixed income, investment funds and structured products.

Prior to joining the Exchange Gerard carried out a number of roles with Irish licenced banks as head of legal and compliance, including a 2 year term with Maxblue (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank) as head of legal and compliance. From 1987 to 1997 Gerard worked as legal adviser with a number of London based banks covering the legal aspects of trading activity, derivatives and capital markets including a 6 year term with Swiss Bank Corporation. He worked on the first "euro" transaction. Gerard has served on the ESMA Consultative Working Group on Corporate Finance and was formerly a member of the Board of the Irish Auditing Standards Supervisory Authority.

Qualifications:

Gerard is qualified as a solicitor in Ireland and also in England and Wales. He currently serves on a number of board as independent non executive director.