Pat McGillion

Pat is an engineer by profession. He holds a BE, MEngSc from UCD. He also holds a number of professional qualifications from the Institution of Engineers in Ireland – CEng, FIEI, Euro Eng. He also holds a DipM from TCD, the CDipAF from the ACCA, an MBA and latterly a DipMedSt. from UCD. Pat held a number of senior roles in ESB including manager of Strategic HR Planning. He had responsibility for industrial relations, reward strategy development, recruitment and selection and succession planning. In his final role he served as Manager and Company Secretary of ESOT Ltd, a subsidiary of ESB. Pat retired from ESB as a senior manager after thirty-three years’ service and started his own commercial mediation company. Pat held directorships of property management companies and a Training & Development Company. 

He lectured part-time in the business school of Dublin Institute of Technology for twenty-five years. He was also an examiner for the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland for 35 years. He has been a member of St. Peter’s Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for fifteen years.

Pat is a polio survivor and was co-opted to the Board in 2014. He served as Chair of the Board from 2017 to 2022. After a spell off the Board, Pat was re-elected to the Board in 2023 and is currently Deputy Chair. He serves on the Governance & Compliance Sub-Committee of the Board. He is vice-president and a director of the European Polio Union, an umbrella body for polio survivor organisations in Europe.