BIOGRAPHY

Rick Gildea

Rick was a non-executive Director of Alpha Bank in Athens between 2016 and 2023. He became non-executive Director of Permanent TSB in Dublin in December 2023.

From 1986 to 2015, he held various senior management positions with JP Morgan Chase. He was Emerging Markets Regional Manager for the Central and Eastern Europe Corporate Finance Group, London (1993-1997), Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Restructuring, London (1997-2003), and served as Senior Credit Officer in EMEA Emerging Markets, London (2003-2007).

From 2007 to 2015 he was Senior Credit Officer for JP Morgan’s Investment Bank Corporate Credit in EMEA Developed Markets, London and was appointed Senior Risk Representative to senior committees within the Investment Bank.

He also currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C., where he chairs the Finance Committee and he a member of Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), London and of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London.

He has previously served as Treasurer for the Almeida Theatre, also Chairing the Finance Committee and the Corporate Council.