Sharon Donnery

Sharon Donnery (born 1972)^{[citation needed]} is an Irish economist and financial regulator who has served as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland since March 2016. She served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland on an acting basis from June 2019 to August 2019, having occupied increasingly senior positions in economics, consumer protection and regulatory roles since joining the body in 1996.^[1] As of 1 July 2022 she is responsible for financial regulation in Ireland. The legislation underpinning the role of the Central Bank of Ireland sets out four statutory positions: Governor, Head of Central Banking, Head of Financial Regulation and Registrar of Credit Unions.^[2] As of July 2022, Donnery has the distinction of being the only person to have held all four positions,^[3] albeit that she occupied the Governor role on an acting basis.