Senior Management Team

Dr. Marian O'Sullivan

Position
Director General

Dr Marian O'Sullivan took up the post of Director General of the Institute of Public Administration on 1 October 2015. Her role, in working closely with her senior management team and the Board of the IPA, is to provide vision, strategic leadership and management to the...

Dr. Michael Mulreany

Position
Assistant Director General & Registrar

Dr Michael Murelany is Assistant Director General & Registrar at the IPA. He is also Head of the Whitaker School of Government and Management at the IPA.

Aidan Horan

Position
Director, Training & Development and Consultancy Services

Aidan Horan is a Director at the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) with overall responsibility for governance and assurance services. A qualified accountant, he is leader of the governance specialist team at the Institute and is the founder member of the Governance Forum at the IPA.

Teresa Casserly

Position
Director, Training & Development and International Services

Design and development of learning initiatives, development of mentoring frameworks, evaluation of training and learning, training of frontline staff in quality service and the...

Dr. Richard Boyle

Position
Head of Research, Publishing & Corporate Relations

Richard has worked with the IPA since 1986. His research interests focus on public service modernisation, managing for results in the public sector and developing and implementing effective performance management and evaluation...

Katherina McCaul

Position
Director of HR & Company Secretary

Katherina McCaul joined the IPA in December 2018 where she works directly with the Board and leads the HR, Pensions and Reception teams.