Eimear Cowhey

Eimear Cowhey

Independent non-executive chair and director of investment fund and management companies

Eimear is an experienced independent non-executive chairperson and director of various investment fund and management companies in Dublin, the U.K. and Luxembourg, including the management and fund boards (respectively) of FBC member firms, Legal and General Investment Management and HSBC Asset Management. She previously held various senior executive positions with Amundi Pioneer and Invesco Asset Management including Managing Director, Head of Product Development and General Counsel and was a member of an expert group established by the Central Bank of Ireland which issued a report in July 2014 on best practices for boards of regulated management companies. 
 
Eimear is a Chartered Director (IoD), qualified Irish lawyer and a former Chairperson and Council member of Irish Funds (the Irish investment fund industry association). She is a former member of the IFSC Funds Group, a joint government/industry group to advise the Irish government on investment fund related matters. Eimear is also a founder and director of basis.point, the Irish investment fund industry charity supporting educational programmes for children from disadvantaged communities which has raised over €3m to date.