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Derville Rowland

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    Executive Board Member

    Derville Rowland was appointed to the Executive Board, Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) in May 2025.  Prior to this, Ms Rowland was Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Ireland where she had responsibility for consumer and investor protection, capital markets and funds, enforcement and financial integrity including anti-Money Laundering (AML) and financial sanctions.  Ms Rowland was previously a board member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Before her tenure at the Central Bank of Ireland, she practiced as a barrister in the UK.  

Career


Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA)

2025-present 
Executive Board Member

Central Bank of Ireland 

2022-2025 
Deputy Governor (Consumer & Investor Protection)  

2017-2022 
Director General Financial Conduct

2013-2017 
Director of Enforcement and Anti-Money Laundering  

2010-2013 
Head of Enforcement  

2004-2010 
Senior Lawyer 

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 

2001-2004
Regulatory Counsel leading disciplinary and licensing cases

Barrister  

1996-2001

Selected Professional Activities


2017-2025
Member of both the Management Board and the Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

2020-2025
Chair of ESMA’s Investment Management Standing Committee

2019-2025
Board member of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)

2019-2025
Vice-Chair of IOSCO’s European Regional Committee

Education


2014
Strategic Management of Regulatory Agencies, Harvard Kennedy School

2005
Diploma in Applied Finance Law, Law Society of Ireland

2004 
Barrister (BL) Honorable Society of King's Inns (Ireland)

1996
Barrister (ICSL), Bar Vocational Course 

1995
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Law Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Law