Margaret Cullen

at Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education

Lecturer of Corporate Governance at The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

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  • The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

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Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education

Margaret Cullen is a specialist in the areas of corporate and investment fund governance.

Margaret holds a BA in Economics from University College Dublin, an MSc in Investment and Treasury from Dublin City University and a PhD in corporate governance from University College Dublin. Her doctoral research explored the role and effectiveness of boards of directors in investment fund governance.

Prior to completing her doctoral research, Margaret worked for 12 years in the financial services industry. She has held senior positions at ABN AMRO International Financial Services Company, the Central Bank, JP Morgan Bank Ireland and RBC Dexia Investor Services Ireland where she gained significant experience in the areas of treasury management, investment fund regulation, compliance and risk management.

Dr Cullen lectures extensively on corporate governance including on the Professional Diploma in Corporate Governance for the UCD Centre for Corporate Governance in the areas of executive remuneration and behavioural aspects of boards.

In 2009 she carried out independent research on behalf of the Irish Stock Exchange and the Irish Association of Investment Managers, on compliance by Irish listed companies with the Combined Code (now the UK Corporate Governance Code).

The recommendations contained in the final report led to the publication by the Irish Stock Exchange of the Irish Corporate Governance Annex as an accompaniment to their Listing Rules.

She represented the Centre for Corporate Governance on a Consultative Committee that prepared a Code of Best Practice for Governance Assessment in Ireland (Swift 3000) and was part of the committee’s editorial team. Margaret is a former director of the Corporate Governance Association of Ireland and the Qualifications and Quality Authority of Ireland, She is a non-executive director of The Progressive Building Society and chairs its remuneration committee.

The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

Dr. Margaret Cullen is a specialist in the areas of corporate and investment fund governance. Margaret holds a PhD in governance from University College Dublin. Her doctoral research explored the role and effectiveness of boards of directors in investment fund governance. She is a published behavioural researcher with particular interest in board effectiveness, processes, dynamics and decision-making, board and corporate culture, stewardship and corporate social responsibility. Prior to completing her doctoral research, Margaret worked for 12 years in the financial services industry. She has held senior positions at ABN AMRO International Financial Services Company, the Central Bank of Ireland, JP Morgan Bank Ireland plc and RBC Dexia Investor Services Ireland Limited where she gained significant experience in the areas of treasury management, investment fund regulation, compliance and risk management.

Following completion of her doctoral research Margaret joined the Institute of Banking (IoB) as Director of Executive Education. She designed and ran the IoB’s Certified Bank Director (CBD) and Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD) Programmes from 2012. Margaret was the founding CEO and Academic Director of the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute (CIFDI), a specialist institute of the IoB which focuses on raising professional standards in investment fund governance through its CIFD Programme. Margaret taught investment fund governance on the programme for 8 years up to April 2020.

Margaret has been an assistant professor at the UCD Smurfit Business School for 13 years lecturing on the Professional Diploma in Corporate Governance in the subject areas of executive remuneration and behavioural aspects of boards and, since 2018, on the MSc in Strategic Management Accounting in the subject areas of Corporate Governance and Business Ethics. She is currently Co-Academic Director of the IoB’s CBD Programme on an associate basis and lectures bank governance on the programme. Margaret serves as a non-executive director on the boards of several financial services organisations. She has extensive board and board committee experience. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Fund Boards Council in the UK. She is also a Board Assessor with the Institute of Directors.

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