Free-thinking banker

By Tom Judd - 06.01.2011 / 05:13 CET

Patrick Honohan, governor of Ireland's central bank, is one of the few figures in the Irish establishment to emerge from the crisis with his reputation enhanced.

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Curriculum Vitae

1949: Born, Dublin
1967-71: Degree in economic and mathe- matics, University College Dublin
1971-73: Secretary's department, International Monetary Fund
1973-78: Master's in econometrics and PhD in economics, London School of Economics
1976-84: Research and international-relations departments, Central Bank of Ireland
1981-82: Economic adviser to Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald
1982-83: Visiting assistant professor, University of California, San Diego
1984-86: Economic adviser to FitzGerald
1986-87: Lecturer, University College Dublin
1987-90: Economist, then adviser on financial policy, World Bank
1990-98: Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin; research professor and director of the Banking Research Centre
1998-2007: Senior adviser on financial-sector policy, World Bank
2007-09: Professor of international financial economics, Trinity College Dublin
2009-: Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland