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Mr Michael Ryan
Deputy CEO/Managing Director Policy and Enforcement |
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He began his career in 1989 as an attorney with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York, specializing in banking, securities and corporate law and in 1994 he joined CS First Boston as senior legal counsel for its North American derivatives group. In 1996, he joined Merrill Lynch to take the role of General Counsel for Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, the group’s primary international bank and after one year with Merrill Lynch’s EMEA equities group in London, he was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, a position he held for eight years prior to joining the Regulatory Authority. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America in 2009, he was also appointed Country Executive for the combined businesses in Ireland and he also served on the Irish Prime Minister’s advisory committee on financial services for seven years prior to taking up this post in Doha. He has held a number of senior industry positions, including President of the Irish Banking Federation, member of the Board of Directors of the European Banking Federation, member of the Financial Services Consultative Panel, and Chairman of the Federation of International Banks in Ireland. |
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Mr John Leahy
Director/ Legislative Counsel, Financial Sector Development and Policy |
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Mr. Leahy has held distinguished positions within various jurisdictions across Australia and brings with him over 30 years of legislative drafting experience. Before joining the QFCRA, he worked as the Parliamentary Counsel for the Australian Capital Territory. Mr. Leahy was previously appointed as the Principal Legislative Counsel at the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department in 1996 and the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel in 1990. Mr. Leahy holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Columbia and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Adelaide. He is a member of the Australian Capital Territory Bar Association. He was awarded the Australian Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in 2004 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2006. |
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Mrs Prue Morris
Director, Financial Sector Development and Policy |
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Prue Morris joined the QFC Regulatory Authority in October 2006, from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in Australia. Prue was a senior policy officer at APRA and involved in all aspects of prudential policy work in the banking, insurance and superannuation (pension) industries and liaised extensively with APRA’s supervision divisions in the development and implementation of policy proposals. She was also responsible for all legislative work and coordination with the Commonwealth Treasury and Attorney-General’s Department on APRA’s policy issues from 2000 – 2006. Prior to her position with APRA, Prue was appointed as Manager, Coal Competitiveness at the Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources. This role contributed to progressing Australia’s coal related energy policy through APEC forums, and building bi-lateral relationships with countries to address market access issues and expand Australian coal exports. Prue’s career commenced in APRA’s predecessor organisation, the Insurance and Superannuation Commission where she worked on insurance and superannuation policy, legislative and market conduct issues. Prue holds a Bachelors degree in Law and Bachelors degree in Commerce from Bond University in Australia. |
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