Brian James Hillery was an Irish Fianna Fail politician and finance executive who served as a Senator from 1977 to 1982,1983 to 1989 and 1992 to 1997 and a Teachta Dala for the Dun Laoghaire constituency from 1989 to 1992.
13 Facts About Brian Hillery
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Brian Hillery became the inaugural ESSO Professor of Industrial Relations in 1974.
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Brian Hillery's uncle, Patrick Brian Hillery, was a Fianna Fail TD and minister until 1973, and President of Ireland from 1976 to 1990.
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In 1977, Brian Hillery was elected to the 14th Seanad as a Fianna Fail Senator for the Administrative Panel.
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Brian Hillery did not sit in the brief 16th Seanad, but was re-elected to the 17th Seanad in 1983, where he served until he was elected a TD for Dun Laoghaire at the 1989 general election.
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Brian Hillery was then nominated to the 20th Seanad by Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
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Brian Hillery resigned as Senator in May 1994 when he was appointed to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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From 1994 to 1997, Brian Hillery was an executive director at the EBRD in London representing Ireland and Denmark.
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Brian Hillery then became a director and, from 1999, chairman, of UniCredit's Irish operations at the Dublin International Financial Services Centre.
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Public sector advisory bodies on which Brian Hillery served include the Government Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector, the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission, and the Irish commission of the Fulbright Program.
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Brian Hillery was a director of the Central Bank of Ireland and Financial Regulator from April 2008 until the bodies were reformed in October 2010.
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Brian Hillery was founding chairman from 1997 to 2015 of Providence Resources, a hydrocarbon company established by Tony O'Reilly.
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Brian Hillery resigned in 2011 in the face of pressure from Denis O'Brien.