Background
Honohan, Patrick was born on October 9, 1949 in Dublin, Ireland.
economist educator bank executive
Honohan, Patrick was born on October 9, 1949 in Dublin, Ireland.
Honohan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics at University College Dublin in 1971 and received an Master of Arts from the same institution in 1973. From the London School of Economics he received an Master of Science in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (1974) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1978).
Among his main tasks was to help to resolve the 2008–2012 Irish banking crisis. From the same institution in 1973. From the London School of Economics he received an Master of Science
Before pursuing postgraduate research, Honohan took a position with the International Monetary Fund in 1971.
While completing his Doctor of Philosophy in London, he joined the economics staff of the Central Bank of Ireland. During the 1980s, he was Economic Advisor to Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald and subsequently began working with the World Bank.
Honohan then spent seven years as a Research Professor with the Economic and Social Research Institute before returning to the World Bank in 1998 as a Lead Economist and subsequently Senior Advisor on financial sector policy. The author of numerous academic papers and monographs, he has taught economics at the London School of Economics, University of California, San Diego, the Australian National University and University College Dublin.
He was appointed Professor of International Financial Economics and Development in 2007 at Trinity College Dublin.
In September 2009, Honohan was appointed as the tenth governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. In this position he acquired a reputation as a "straight talker". His May 2010 Report on the Irish Banking Crisis provided an in depth analysis of the regulatory and supervisory shortcomings that contributed to the Irish Banking Crisis of 2008-2012.
Member of Statistical and Social Inquiry Society Ireland (council member since 2007), Economic and Social Research Institute since 2006, (audit committee since 2007), Irish Economic Association (council member 1993—2002, president 1998—2000), Royal Irish Academy (member audit committee 2005-2006).
Married Iseult Lawlor. 1 child Theo.