About Dr Margaret Cullen
Dr Margaret Cullen
Founder and Principal.
Dr. Margaret Cullen is a specialist in the areas of corporate and investment fund governance. Margaret holds a PhD in governance from University College Dublin. Her doctoral research explored the role and effectiveness of boards of directors in investment fund governance. She is a published behavioural researcher with particular interest in board effectiveness, processes, dynamics and decision-making, board and corporate culture, stewardship and corporate social responsibility. Prior to completing her doctoral research, Margaret worked for 12 years in the financial services industry.
Following completion of her doctoral research Margaret joined the Institute of Banking (IoB) as Director of Executive Education. She designed and directed the IoB's Certified Bank Director (CBD) and Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD) Programmes from 2012. Margaret was the founding CEO and Academic Director of the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute (CIFDI), a specialist institute of the Institute of Banking (IoB) which focuses on raising professional standards in investment fund governance through its CIFD Programme. Margaret taught investment fund governance on the programme for 8 years up to April 2020.
Margaret has been an assistant professor at the UCD Smurfit Business School since 2007 lecturing on the Professional Diploma in Corporate Governance (a Smurfit Executive Development programme) in the subject areas of directors roles and responsibilities, executive remuneration and behavioural aspects of boards and, since 2018, on the MSc in Accounting and Financial Management in the subject areas of Corporate Governance and Business Ethics. She is currently Co-Academic Director of the IoB’s CBD Programme on an associate basis and lectures bank governance on the programme. Margaret serves as a non-executive director on the boards of several financial services organisations. She has extensive board and board committee experience. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Fund Boards Council in the UK. Margaret is a Board Assessor for the Institute of Director's Board Evaluation Service.
Following completion of her doctoral research Margaret joined the Institute of Banking (IoB) as Director of Executive Education. She designed and directed the IoB's Certified Bank Director (CBD) and Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD) Programmes from 2012. Margaret was the founding CEO and Academic Director of the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute (CIFDI), a specialist institute of the Institute of Banking (IoB) which focuses on raising professional standards in investment fund governance through its CIFD Programme. Margaret taught investment fund governance on the programme for 8 years up to April 2020.
Margaret has been an assistant professor at the UCD Smurfit Business School since 2007 lecturing on the Professional Diploma in Corporate Governance (a Smurfit Executive Development programme) in the subject areas of directors roles and responsibilities, executive remuneration and behavioural aspects of boards and, since 2018, on the MSc in Accounting and Financial Management in the subject areas of Corporate Governance and Business Ethics. She is currently Co-Academic Director of the IoB’s CBD Programme on an associate basis and lectures bank governance on the programme. Margaret serves as a non-executive director on the boards of several financial services organisations. She has extensive board and board committee experience. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Fund Boards Council in the UK. Margaret is a Board Assessor for the Institute of Director's Board Evaluation Service.
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