Niamh M. Brennan

Niamh Máire Brennan (born 1954) is the Michael MacCormac Professor of Management at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland.

Background Brennan was born in December 1954. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in microbiology and biochemistry from UCD in 1976, graduating first in her class. She then worked for accounting firm Stokes Kennedy Crowley (now KPMG) from 1976 to 1980, becoming a chartered accountant and a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland (FCA) in 1979. Brennan earned a PhD from the University of Warwick in 1995. She became a Chartered Director (CDir) at the Institute of Directors in 2007. She is chairperson of the audit and risk committee of the Garda Síochána.

Awards and honours In 2018, Brennan received the British Accounting and Finance Association Distinguished Academic Award. She is an honorary fellow of the Institute of Directors in Ireland and of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland. In 2020, Brennan was elected to the Royal Irish Academy.

Personal life Brennan is married to politician and barrister Michael McDowell since 1987. They have 3 children.