Secretary General Aidan O'Driscoll

Appointed: January 2015

Contact details for Secretary General’s office:

Telephone: 01 6072184 Email secgen@agriculture.gov.ie

Private Secretary: Siobhan Ball

Previous Positions:

Aidan O’Driscoll joined the Department of Agriculture and Food in 1977 as an Administrative Officer and was subsequently trained as a Policy Analyst in the Department of Finance. He has served in a variety of posts in DAFM including Chief Economist from 1995 to 2001 and Assistant Secretary General from 2001 to January 2015.
His most recent responsibilities as Assistant Secretary were for EU Affairs, Economics and Climate Change.
He worked in Africa and Asia in variety of roles with FAO, Irish Aid and a private consulting company from 1985 to 1992 and served in the Irish Embassy, Rome as Agriculture Attaché / Deputy Rep to FAO, WFP and IFAD1994 – 1995. He was Chairman of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) 2000-2002

Education: University College, Dublin; Trinity College, Dublin, University of London (Wye).

Qualifications:

BA (Hons) Economics and Politics, MSc Statistics/Policy Analyst, Post Grad Diploma in Environmental Management and MSc Strategic Management.