Patrick Honohan

Patrick Honohan (born 9 October 1949 in Dublin) is an Irish economist who was appointed President of the Central Bank of Ireland in September 2009. Among his most important tasks is to help to overcome the ongoing Irish banking crisis since 2008. He is married, has a son and is known as " direct speaker ".

Life and work

Training

Honohan earned a B. A. in economics and mathematics at University College Dublin in 1971 and received an MA from the same institution in 1973. From the London School of Economics, he received a M.Sc. in Econometrics and Business Mathematics in 1974 and a PhD in 1978.

Professional career

Before the persecution, post gradual research activities Honohan 1971 took a position at the International Monetary Fund. While he completed his PhD in London, he also joined the economics staff of the Central Bank of Ireland. During the 1980s he was an Academic Advisor to Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and then began to work at the World Bank. Subsequently Honohan spent seven years as a research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute, before returning in 1998 as a leading economist (Lead Economist ) to the World Bank and then there 's chief advisor on financial sector policy was.

Besides his work as author of numerous academic discussion papers and monographs, Honohan has also taught economics at the LSE, University of California, San Diego, the Australian National University and University College Dublin. He was appointed Professor of International Finance and Development Studies at Trinity College Dublin in 2007.

In September 2009, Honohan was eventually appointed President of the Central Bank of Ireland.