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Directors

Richie Boucher

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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Des Crowley

Chief Executive, UK Financial Services

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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David Dilger CBE BA FCA

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Court in 2003. Chief Executive Officer of Greencore Group plc since 1995, Chief Operating Officer from 1992 and Chief Executive of Food Industries plc, which was acquired by Greencore, from 1988.

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Denis Donovan

Chief Executive, Capital Markets

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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Paul Haran M Sc B Sc

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Court in 2005. Chairman of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland and of UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business and Principal, UCD College of Business & Law. A member of the Forum of the Economic and Social Research Institute, a Council member of the Irish Management Institute and a member of the Road Safety Authority. Appointed by the Minister for Justice and Law Reform to chair the Working Group on Legal Costs. Former Secretary General of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and a former member of the National Economic and Social Council and the Board of Forfas. A Director of Glanbia plc, the Mater Private Hospital and Edward Dillon & Company Ltd.

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Dennis Holt

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Court in October 2006. Former Group Chief Executive Officer of AXA UK plc and former of Chairman of AXA Ireland Ltd. Prior to joining AXA in 2001, he held various management positions with Lloyds TSB Group plc, where latterly he served as Group Executive Director for its Retail Banking Division.

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Rose Hynes

Non-Executive Director

Rose Hynes is a director of Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank, Bord Gais Eireann, Shannon Airport Authority and a number of other companies. She is also a director of Total Produce plc, where she chairs its Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. She was a member of Guinness Peat Aviation senior management for many years and is also a former director of Fyffes plc and Aer Lingus. Rose is a law graduate of University College Dublin and a solicitor. She is also an associate of the Irish Institute of Taxation and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. (Age 49).

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Jerome Kennedy

Non-Executive Director

Jerome Kennedy is a director of Bank of Ireland Life Holdings plc, New Ireland Assurance Company plc and Total Produce plc, where he chairs the Audit Committees. He is Chairman of Caulfield McCarthy Group Retail and a member of the Irish Board of the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School. A Chartered Accountant by profession, he was Managing Partner with KPMG Ireland for three terms between 1995 and 2004. He currently acts as a strategic business adviser to a number of Irish businesses and is a member of the Audit Committee Institute. (Age 58).

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Declan McCourt BL MA MBA

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Court in 2004. Chief Executive of automotive distributor, the OHM Group, Chairman of the Mater Hospital Foundation and of UCD Law School Development Council and a director of Fyffes plc, Blackrock International Land plc, Dublin Docklands Development Authority and a number of other companies.

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Heather Ann McSharry

Non-Executive Director

Heather Ann McSharry is General Manager of Reckitt Benckiser in Ireland, a leading global household, health and personal care company, having previously been Managing Director of Boots Healthcare Limited in Ireland. A business graduate of University College Dublin (UCD), she is also a director of Enterprise Ireland, of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and is a member of the Governing Authority of UCD. (Age 45).

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Terry Neill MA M Econ Sc

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Court in 2004. Chairman of the Council of Friends of Camerata Ireland. A member of the Governing Body and chairman of the Finance Committee of London Business School. A member of the Boards of CRH plc and Trinity Foundation. Former Senior Partner in Accenture and former chairman of its global Board.

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John O'Donovan B Comm FCA

Group Chief Financial Officer

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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