NCC Chairman
Dr Don Thornhill
Dr Don Thornhill is a consultant and adviser on strategy and policy as well as a board member of organisations in the private and public sector. His board memberships include the National Competitiveness Council (Chair), the Irish Payments Services Organisation (Chair), the Ageing Well Network (Chair), Hibernia College (Chair), the Irish Taxation Institute, the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board (Deputy Chair), Forfás and the Irish Hospice Foundation.
Prior to joining the private sector, Don was Executive Chairman of the Higher Education Authority, Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science and Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. Don has a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from University College Dublin and a M.Sc. (Econ.) from Trinity College Dublin.