Sharon Donnery named as deputy governor of Central Bank

Sharon Donnery — who as director of credit institutions is the senior regulator over the banks — has been promoted to deputy governor post at the Central Bank.

She will be the official stand-in at meetings of the ECB’s key policy-setting governing council when Philip Lane — who was appointed to the top job as governor late last year — is unable to attend.

Ms Donnery, who first joined the bank 20 years ago, will serve as one of two deputy governors, succeeds Stefan Gerlach who stepped down in December.