Pat Lardner joined Irish Funds as Chief Executive in April 2012. He has over thirty years’ experience in the global funds and asset management industry and has held leadership positions in Ireland and overseas with both traditional and alternative asset management firms. Domestically, he is an active participant on all key government and regulator-sponsored groups relating to the industry. He is a member of the Board of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and the Board of basis.point, the charity of the funds industry and its wider ecosystem. He was previously an Advisor to the Asset Management Association of China’s International Partners Committee and a Council Member of the Irish Association of Pension Funds. He attained honours undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at University College Dublin.
