Louise Murphy has been appointed to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) by Minister of State for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Timmy Dooley.
Her appointment follows a public recruitment process conducted for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine by the Public Appointments Service.
Ms Murphy has more than 20 years’ experience, the last 15 of which have been in the public sector and most recently worked as Acting Principal Officer Corporate Services at the SFPA.
She originally joined the SFPA as Director of Finance in 2017 and was tasked with ensuring that resources were aligned with strategic goals, that public funds were managed with transparency, accountability and efficiency in accordance with corporate governance standards as well as the development and implementation of risk management policies.
She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and holds a BSc (Accounting) from University College Cork.
She joins fellow authority members Paschal Hayes, Executive Chairperson, and Michael Finn, Senior Executive Manager Operations.
Mr Hayes has welcomed Ms Murphy “on board” and said he wished her every success in her new role as authority member and Senior Executive Manager for Strategic Management.
