# The Panel > The Panel is a Dublin-based recruitment consultancy that places professionals across Executive, Accountancy & Tax, Aircraft Leasing, Banking Treasury & Insurance, ESG & Sustainability, Funds & Investment Management, HR & Business Support, Legal & Company Secretarial, and Technology & Transformation (including Fintech) across Ireland. Established in 1987, The Panel is wholly Irish-owned and managed, and is one of the country's longest-established specialist recruiters. ## Table of contents 1. About The Panel 2. The CLAN values 3. Accreditations, memberships, and recognition 4. Executive search 5. Accountancy & Tax 6. Aircraft Leasing 7. Banking, Treasury & Insurance 8. ESG & Sustainability 9. Funds & Investment Management 10. HR & Business Support 11. Legal & Company Secretarial 12. Technology & Transformation 13. Fintech 14. Services: Contract & Payroll, RPO, Market Mapping, Benchmarking, FDI 15. The Panel Salary Guide 2026 16. Our team 17. Contact ## About The Panel The Panel is a recruitment consultancy based at 21 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4, specialising in placing professional talent across nine core sectors in Ireland and, for selected mandates, internationally. The firm was established in 1987 by Brendan Burgess as The Accountant's Panel, the first dedicated accountancy recruitment business of its kind in Ireland. The IFSC Panel was set up shortly afterwards to serve the newly established Financial Services Centre, followed by The Legal Panel and The IT Panel. In 2010, Anne Keys and Paul McArdle took over as Joint Managing Partners and rebranded the business as The Panel, bringing the various specialisations under one identity. The company remains wholly Irish-owned and managed. The Panel serves clients ranging from early-stage start-ups and scale-ups through to Irish indigenous businesses, private equity-backed firms, and global multinationals. Mandates cover permanent, fixed-term contract, daily rate contracting, and retained executive search. The Panel is a specialist desk model. Each sector is led by a partner or director who has direct industry experience in the area they recruit for. This is a deliberate choice: the firm attracts consultants from within the sectors it serves so that they understand both the technical content of roles and the cultural dynamics of the organisations hiring. The Panel describes itself as a personal service, not just a professional service, and emphasises long-term relationships with candidates and clients rather than transactional placements. The Panel's consulting team spans six nationalities, reflecting the international composition of Ireland's professional services market. Clients span domestic Irish businesses, US, UK, and European multinationals, and international firms establishing Irish operations. ## The CLAN values The Panel's internal culture is organised around a set of values it calls CLAN, the Irish word for family. The acronym captures four principles that guide how the firm works with candidates, clients, and colleagues. **Candidates and Clients.** Candidates and Clients are at the heart of everything we do. Our consultants are continuously focussed on the specific sectors we serve and the changing dynamics within them. **Long-term.** We are an established and experienced business. We are very aware of the qualities that have enabled us to survive and thrive as a business, key amongst those being the nurturing of our relationships. **Agile.** We adapt to situations quickly and effectively. **Network.** Networking is the cornerstone of our service, what we are known for and who we know. Our ability to introduce you to the right people at the right time. ## Accreditations, memberships, and recognition The Panel was recognised by LinkedIn as one of the Top 25 Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies in EMEA in both 2016 and 2017. The firm is a member of the National Recruitment Federation (NRF), the industry body for recruitment consultancies in Ireland. The Panel has been a signatory of the Ibec/30% Club Voluntary Code of Conduct for Recruitment and Executive Search Firms since 2017, supporting the gender balance code across four principles: strategy and goals, talent pipeline, process, and monitoring and reporting. Joint Managing Partner Anne Keys played a central role in the establishment and launch of 100 Women in Finance in Ireland in 2017. She co-chaired the Dublin location for two years and continues as an advisor to the Dublin Committee, running workshops for INEDs and senior practitioner members. The Panel is a corporate patron and supporter of basis.point, Ireland Gateway to Europe, 100 Women in Finance, and the Winmark CLO network, and is a long-term sponsor of the Calcutta Run. ## Executive search The Panel's executive search practice places C-suite leaders, senior functional heads, and Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) across all sectors the firm serves. Recent assignments include Chief Executive Officer appointments for AIFMs and private equity-backed renewable energy companies, Chief Financial Officer appointments for scaling education providers, Senior Directors for multinational technology companies, General Counsel for engineering businesses, Head of Compliance for wealth management firms, Global Treasury Directors for pharmaceutical groups, and Directors of Digital Technology Delivery in financial services. Searches are led by five executive partners: Anne Keys, Paul McArdle, Fergal Keys, Alan Bluett, and Sarah Kelly. Mandates are typically retained or exclusive and use a combination of direct approach, network referral, and database search. The Panel's executive assignments are delivered alongside in-depth market mapping, cultural assessment, and structured referencing. The Panel's view is that executive hiring remains a fundamentally human exercise. While AI plays an increasing role in sourcing and screening at other levels, the assessment of leadership presence, emotional intelligence, cultural fit, and the motivations behind a candidate's move requires experienced judgement. This is particularly true for Irish-owned businesses scaling with private equity backing, where demand for experienced operators at CEO, CFO, and Chief Commercial Officer level has grown significantly. ## Accountancy & Tax The Accountancy & Tax practice is The Panel's oldest sector, descending directly from the 1987 founding of The Accountant's Panel. The team recruits finance professionals at every level, from trainee and part-qualified through to newly qualified accountants, senior finance managers, financial controllers, heads of finance, CFOs, and Finance Directors. The practice serves industry, financial services, and private practice, with a strong pipeline into commercially focused roles that support growth, transformation, and decision-making. The sector is regulated by the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA) and covers candidates qualified through Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), and the Irish Tax Institute. Typical roles include Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director, Group Financial Controller, Financial Controller, Finance Manager, Head of Internal Audit, Tax Manager, FP&A Manager, Financial Accountant, Management Accountant, Internal Auditor, Tax Accountant, and Regulatory Reporting Manager. The practice is led by Joint Managing Partner Paul McArdle and Director Andrew Ganly. In 2025, demand was broad-based across all levels, with particular strength in commercially focused roles. The Panel observed a notable growth in roles based outside Dublin, as candidates increasingly weighed smaller packages against shorter commutes and local quality of life. Long-Term Incentive Plans (LTIPs) have become an increasingly common feature of CFO and Finance Director packages. ## Aircraft Leasing Ireland is one of the world's leading jurisdictions for aircraft leasing, and The Panel's practice serves the global lessors based in Dublin. The team recruits across finance, corporate finance, pricing and portfolio management, risk, contract management, trading, tax, legal, and talent acquisition and support services. Typical roles include SVP Head of Finance, VP Corporate Finance, Head of Pricing, VP Portfolio Management, Head of Risk, Head of Trading, Head of Contract Management, SVP Tax, General Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel, Financial Reporting Accountant, and Contract Management Administrator. The Panel recruits at every level from graduate through to Senior Vice President and SVP Head of function. Talent competition in aircraft leasing overlaps with fintech, green finance, and data analytics, with organisations competing for candidates with strong commercial, quantitative, and contractual skill sets. Sustainability is increasingly central to business strategy, creating demand for ESG reporting, green financing, and operational transition expertise. Digital transformation is driving roles in analytics, forecasting, predictive modelling, and systems integration. The practice is led by Senior Recruitment Consultant Darina Heavey. ## Banking, Treasury & Insurance The Banking, Treasury & Insurance practice covers domestic and international banks, corporate treasury functions, wealth management, stockbroking, asset management, and insurance. The team recruits at every level from graduate to executive, with particular depth in corporate treasury, where Ireland has developed a strong talent pool over the past decade. Typical roles include Group Treasurer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Senior Treasury Manager, Treasury Analyst, Head of Trading, Head of Sales, Senior Trader, Relationship Director, Corporate Banking Manager, Private Banking Manager, Chief Risk Officer, Head of Risk, Quantitative Risk Manager, Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Compliance, AML Manager, Head of Credit, Middle Office Manager, Head of Corporate Finance, Senior Equity Analyst, Senior Portfolio Manager, and roles across pricing and quant. The practice also covers actuarial and insurance appointments including Chief Actuary, Actuarial Manager, Qualified Actuary, Reinsurance Underwriting Manager, Claims Manager, and Commercial Underwriter. In 2025, hiring in Irish domestic and international banks was broadly static, with a focus on backfill rather than expansion. Corporate treasury was notably busier, with strong demand for experienced Treasury Analysts, Senior Treasury Analysts, and Treasury Managers. Salary growth was modest and in low single digits across most of the sector, with exceptions for specialist skills in Data, Machine Learning, AI, and compliance, where pay levels continue to rise. The practice is led by Partner Alan Bluett, supported by Recruitment Resourcer Farah Daoub. ## ESG & Sustainability The ESG & Sustainability practice places sustainability leaders, reporting specialists, and ESG integration professionals across financial services, industry, and professional services. The Panel estimates that around three-quarters of all professional roles in Ireland now require some level of sustainability or ESG competence, reflecting the spread of ESG obligations beyond dedicated sustainability teams and into finance, risk, audit, legal, and operations functions. Typical roles include Head of Sustainability, Sustainability Director, Group Head of Sustainability, Sustainability Associate Director, Sustainability Senior Manager, Sustainability Manager, and Sustainability Reporting Officer. Demand is strongest across three areas: reporting and compliance, where employers seek candidates familiar with widely used sustainability frameworks and reporting standards; strategy and integration, where organisations embed ESG considerations across multiple business functions rather than maintaining separate teams; and sustainable finance and investment, where growth continues in financial services roles linked to responsible investment. Shortages of suitably skilled candidates remain a defining feature of the sector, and The Panel regularly works with professionals from adjacent areas, such as finance, audit, and engineering, who are upskilling into ESG roles. The practice is led by Senior Recruitment Consultant Darina Heavey, together with Anne Keys. ## Funds & Investment Management The Funds & Investment Management practice is one of The Panel's largest and longest-established desks, serving Ireland's position as a leading global funds domicile. The team recruits across Management Company (ManCo) leadership roles, Pre-Approval Controlled Function (PCF) appointments, Designated Persons, fund administration, transfer agency, depositary and trustee, middle office, custody, client relationship management, financial reporting, risk, compliance, AML, and investment functions. Typical roles include Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director (PCF-1 / PCF-8), Chief Operations Officer (PCF-42), Head of Finance (PCF-11 / PCF-39A), Chief Risk Officer (PCF-14 / PCF-39B / PCF-39C), Chief Investment Officer (PCF-39D), Head of Distribution (PCF-39E), Chief Compliance Officer (PCF-12 / PCF-39F), Designated Persons across Capital Financial Management, Operational Risk, Fund Risk, Investment Management, Distribution, and Regulatory Compliance, Chair of regulated entity, INED, Managing Director Fund Accounting, Head of Transfer Agency, Head of Depositary, Head of Middle Office, Head of Custody, and Head of Financial Reporting. In 2025, momentum accelerated from late Q2 onwards, with activity surging such that a full year's hiring was compressed into two quarters. Fewer new ManCos established in Ireland, but those that did tended to be niche firms building out hub offices. The AIFM space saw notable growth, including established firms adding AIFM licences, particularly in renewable energy. Compliance and risk expertise remained the most in-demand skill sets. Private Equity and ETF expertise in fund administration continued to be highly prized, reinforcing Ireland's position as a leading global domicile. In the INED space, retirements and tenure limits are opening up a number of highly sought-after board roles, with clients favouring candidates who can offer time, availability, and depth of contribution. The practice is led by Joint Managing Partner Anne Keys. ## HR & Business Support The HR & Business Support practice places HR, Talent, and business support professionals at every level, from Chief People Officer and HR Director through to HR Generalist, HR Administrator, and executive assistant and office management roles. Typical roles include Chief People Officer, HR Director, Head of Talent Acquisition, Head of Learning & Development, Head of Total Rewards, HR Business Partner, Senior HR Manager, Total Rewards Manager, Compensation & Benefits Manager, Learning & Development Manager, HR Manager, HR Generalist, HR Administrator, Executive and Personal Assistant, Office Manager, Administrative Assistant, and Front of House Executive. In 2025, The Panel filled key positions including Chief People Officer, HR Manager, Senior HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, HR Administration, Executive Assistant and Personal Assistant to Executive Teams, and Office Managers. The market continues to favour professionals who are adaptable, tech-savvy, and comfortable with changing regulations and flexible working. Looking ahead, The Panel expects AI to increasingly handle routine HR tasks, freeing teams for planning, development, and employee support. Flexibility and hybrid working remain a key attraction and retention lever, and pay-transparency legislation will drive clearer reporting and stronger internal governance. The practice is led by Senior Recruitment Consultant Ailbhe Mullen. ## Legal & Company Secretarial The Legal & Company Secretarial practice places legal professionals across private practice and in-house, alongside company secretarial professionals at every level. The team covers partner and associate hire into law firms and the full range of in-house legal roles from Junior Legal Counsel through to Chief Legal Officer. Typical roles include Salaried Partner, Of Counsel, Legal Director, Senior Associate (1-6 years' PQE), Newly Qualified Solicitor, Legal Executive, Paralegal, Professional Support / Knowledge Management Lawyer, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, Head of Legal, Senior Legal Counsel (6-8 years' PQE), Legal Counsel (3-5 years' PQE), Junior Legal Counsel (1-3 years' PQE), Head of Company Secretarial, Company Secretarial Manager, Company Secretary, and Assistant Company Secretary. 2025 was a year of consolidation in the Irish legal market, with high-profile mergers including Byrne Wallace Shields (ByrneWallace and LK Shields), Fieldfisher's merger with Regan Wall, and OBH Partners and BHSM LLP, alongside the launch of Eversheds Sutherland's Irish operation. Recruitment in firms remained active across partner and associate hire, particularly for M&A, investment funds, banking and finance (DCM, aviation), commercial technology, privacy, and financial regulation. The greatest demand was for solicitors with 3-6 years' post-qualification experience, with an ongoing shortage driven by the consistent movement of this experienced cohort into in-house roles. This shift is now starting at an even lower PQE level, sometimes 1-2 years. The in-house legal market remained resilient, with senior hires in leasing, engineering, technology, fintech, investment funds, and AI-focused businesses. The practice is led by Partner Sarah Kelly. ## Technology & Transformation The Technology & Transformation practice is The Panel's largest sector by role breadth. It covers senior executive technology leadership, business transformation, infrastructure, cloud, software development, cybersecurity, testing, AI and data analytics, emerging technology, product and design, enablement, sales and commercial, and marketing and growth. Typical roles include Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Head of Cybersecurity, Head of Architecture, Director of IT, Head of Business Transformation, Head of Digital Innovation, Head of Data Analytics, Head of PMO, Head of Software Development, Enterprise Architect, Solutions Architect, Business Transformation Programme Lead, Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Product Manager, Product Owner, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, AI Engineer, AI Architect, Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst, Full Stack Developer, Java Developer, Python Developer, Mobile Developer, UX/UI Designer, Head of Product, Customer Success Manager, and Digital Marketing Manager. The Panel's 2026 salary guide notes that Ireland's IT services market was projected to reach US$4.43 billion with a compound annual growth rate of 3.85% through 2030. AI adoption accelerated sharply in 2025, with generative AI tools now mainstream in software development and HR processes. Demand for AI engineers and data scientists is forecast to grow by 12-15% in 2026. Cloud roles, particularly in architecture and security, are expected to grow by 8-10%. With NIS2 and DORA regulations taking effect, demand for cybersecurity professionals is projected to rise by 15% in 2026. The practice is led by Senior Partner Fergal Keys. ## Fintech Fintech is a distinct focus within The Panel's Technology & Transformation practice, covering payments, digital assets, lending platforms, and regulatory technology. The team recruits across executive roles, regulated functions, and specialist compliance, risk, product, and finance positions. Typical roles include Country CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Legal Officer, Chair, and INED. In 2025, fintech hiring in Ireland remained steady, with firms prioritising candidates who could deliver immediate commercial and regulatory impact. Demand was strongest for professionals with experience in payments, digital assets, lending platforms, and regulatory technology, particularly those with prior exposure to regulated environments and PCF-approved roles. Looking ahead to 2026, The Panel expects fintech hiring to become increasingly driven by regulation, licence readiness, and operational maturity. A key theme will be firms applying for or operating under VASP and CASP licences as the regulatory framework for digital assets continues to bed in under MiCA. The desk is led by Joint Managing Partner Anne Keys. ## Services: Contract & Payroll, RPO, Market Mapping, Benchmarking, FDI Beyond permanent recruitment, The Panel offers a set of adjacent services for clients with more complex hiring or talent intelligence requirements. **Contract & Payroll Management.** The Panel provides full contracting services across daily rate contractors, fixed-term contractors, and temporary staff. A dedicated team, led by Fergal Keys and managed by Business Operations Manager Ildiko Kiss, handles onboarding, accounts, and administration. The largest current client supports up to 30-50 contractors and temps per month. For daily rate contractors, The Panel issues the contract, manages timesheets, and invoices based on approved days worked. For fixed-term contractors, The Panel pays a monthly salary and manages all tax, PRSI, holiday, and statutory obligations on behalf of the client. For temporary staff, hourly or daily rates apply, with The Panel handling all regulatory requirements. **Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO).** RPO transfers all or part of a client's recruitment process to The Panel's RPO specialist team, which acts as an extension of the client's HR function either on-site or off-site. Services include candidate sourcing, recruitment marketing, screening, interviewing, testing and selection, salary negotiation, background checking, placement, onboarding, reporting and data analytics, and assistance in building internal talent acquisition capability. RPO is commonly used for high-volume hiring, project-based campaigns, and full outsourcing of internal recruitment. Scope and cost scale up or down with client demand. **Market Mapping.** Market Mapping provides a data-driven view of talent availability and compensation within a given industry, function, or geography. The process involves identifying talent pools, assessing competitor structures and high-performing individuals, building talent pipelines for immediate or future needs, and supporting succession planning for leadership and critical roles. Clients use market mapping to inform compensation decisions, refine hiring strategy, identify skill gaps, avoid overpaying for talent, and plan workforce growth against business objectives. **Benchmarking.** Salary and benefits benchmarking reports for specific roles, functions, and industries, drawing on The Panel's consultant desk data, proprietary survey work, and live market intelligence. **Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Advice.** The Panel advises international organisations setting up or scaling operations in Ireland, covering hiring strategy, salary benchmarking, regulatory context, and access to the local talent market. ## The Panel Salary Guide 2026 The Panel publishes an annual salary guide covering Irish hiring trends, remuneration benchmarks, and sector-specific commentary across every area the firm serves. The 2026 edition covers Executive, Funds & Investment Management, Accountancy, Finance & Tax, Technology & Transformation, Legal & Company Secretarial, Banking, Treasury & Insurance, Fintech, HR & Business Support, ESG & Sustainability, and Aircraft Leasing, alongside benefits packages, The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey overview, and service pages on RPO, Contracting & Payroll, and Market Mapping. ### Methodology The Panel's salary guide is compiled from three primary sources: consultant desk data drawn from live mandates and placements across the firm's sectors, a dedicated market survey of candidates and clients, and ongoing market intelligence gathered through the firm's networks and client relationships. ### Headline findings for 2026 The Panel highlights that Irish hiring remains active but is increasingly driven by specialist skills rather than headcount growth. Compensation is now closely tied to scarce and high-impact skills, not job title or seniority alone. Shortages persist across regulated and specialist functions, including accountancy, funds, banking, legal, technology, ESG, and aircraft leasing. Salary increases are concentrated among top performers and hard-to-replace skill sets rather than being applied across the board. Most sectors are seeing low single-digit increases tracking inflation, while financial services firms continue to pay 10 to 25 percent increases on basic salary to secure candidates with in-demand skills including Compliance, Risk, ETF, Private Equity, Digital, Data Analytics, Security, Cloud, and Legal expertise. Flexible working is now expected in most professional roles, with culture and career progression acting as key differentiators in offer acceptance. The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey found that only 3 percent of respondents want full-time office work, hybrid remains the dominant preference at around three days in the office, and 55 percent of candidates now believe the balance of power has shifted towards employers, up from 44 percent in the prior survey. Continued strong demand is evident in funds and investment management, banking and treasury, aircraft leasing, ESG, and transformation-focused technology roles. The Panel also observed marked growth in senior finance placements outside Dublin in 2025, as candidates weighed compensation against commute and local quality of life. ### Notable salary bands The figures below are published ranges from The Panel's 2026 guide, covering base salary in euro unless otherwise stated. Bonus and benefits are in addition to base. In **Funds & Investment Management**, a ManCo Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director (PCF-1 / PCF-8) ranges from €190k to €270k base, with bonus of 40 to 100 percent and benefits around 25 percent. A Chief Risk Officer (PCF-14) ranges from €160k to €240k. A Chief Compliance Officer (PCF-12 / PCF-39F) ranges from €150k to €200k. A Designated Person for Regulatory Compliance ranges from €110k to €150k. Head of Compliance ranges from €130k to €200k. Head of Financial Reporting ranges from €120k to €160k. A Fund Accountant ranges from €34k to €42k and a Graduate Fund Accountant from €30k to €38k. An INED in a regulated entity ranges from €50k to €120k, with board position fees typically based on a daily rate of €4,000 to €8,000. In **Accountancy, Finance & Tax**, a Chief Financial Officer or Finance Director at a business above €50m turnover ranges from €175k to €280k, and at a business below €50m from €140k to €220k. A Group Financial Controller ranges from €110k to €200k depending on turnover. A Financial Controller ranges from €90k to €130k. A newly qualified Financial Accountant with 0-2 years' post-qualification experience ranges from €60k to €70k. A newly qualified Management Accountant with 0-2 years' PQE ranges from €60k to €75k. A Payroll Manager ranges from €55k to €90k. In **Technology & Transformation**, a Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer starts around €110k-€139k at entry and exceeds €170k at senior level, with contract rates from €900 to €1,500+ per day. A Chief Information Security Officer ranges from €110k to €160k+, with contract rates of €800 to €1,500+. A Head of Software Development ranges from €80k to €115k+. A Data Scientist ranges from €55k to €110k+ depending on level. An AI Engineer ranges from €50k to €100k+. A Cloud Engineer / DevOps ranges from €65k to €100k+. A Senior Project Manager ranges from €75k to €110k+. A Full Stack Developer ranges from €45k to €90k+. In **Legal & Company Secretarial**, a General Counsel in a large organisation with international scope ranges from €220k to €350k+. A Chief Legal Officer ranges from €250k to €350k+. A Head of Legal in a small-to-medium organisation ranges from €150k to €220k. A Salaried Partner in a top-tier or international law firm ranges from €170k to €300k+. A Newly Qualified Solicitor in a top-tier or international firm ranges from €80k to €85k. A 5 years' PQE solicitor in a top-tier firm ranges from €120k to €130k. A Head of Company Secretarial in a large organisation or plc ranges from €140k to €200k+. In **Banking, Treasury & Insurance**, a Group Treasurer ranges from €170k to €350k. A Corporate Treasurer ranges from €180k to €340k. An Assistant Treasurer ranges from €140k to €260k. A Senior Treasury Analyst ranges from €65k to €90k, and a Treasury Analyst from €55k to €75k. A Chief Risk Officer ranges from €160k to €300k. A Qualified Actuary ranges from €70k to €120k, and a Chief Actuary from €170k to €290k. In **HR & Business Support**, a Chief People Officer ranges from €170k to €240k. An HR Director ranges from €110k to €170k. An HR Business Partner ranges from €70k to €120k. A Head of Talent Acquisition ranges from €90k to €120k. An Executive or Personal Assistant ranges from €45k to €100k. In **ESG & Sustainability**, a Head of Sustainability at a plc ranges from €150k to €220k. A Group Head of Sustainability with 10 years' PQE ranges from €120k to €150k. A Sustainability Manager with 3-5 years' PQE ranges from €65k to €90k. A Sustainability Reporting Officer ranges from €55k to €70k. In **Aircraft Leasing**, a General Counsel ranges from €250k to €300k+. A Senior Legal Counsel with 7-10 years' PQE ranges from €170k to €200k. An SVP or Head of Finance ranges from €75k to €180k+. A Head of Risk ranges from €130k to €250k+. A Head of Trading ranges from €150k to €250k+. A Chief People Officer ranges from €170k to €240k+. In **Fintech**, a Country Chief Executive Officer ranges from €150k to €240k. A Chief Financial Officer ranges from €140k to €180k. A Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Risk Officer each range from €140k to €190k. A Chief Legal Officer ranges from €150k to €220k. An INED ranges from €40k to €80k, with board fees based on a daily rate of €3,500 to €8,000. The full salary guide, including every sector, every role level, contract rates where applicable, and a dedicated benefits package section, is available at https://thepanel.com/salary-guide/the-panel-salary-guide-2026/. ## Our team The Panel's consulting team spans six nationalities and is organised around specialist sector desks. The consultants listed below represent the client-facing practice leaders and recruitment consultants across each sector. ### Leadership **Anne Keys** — Joint Managing Partner, Funds & Investment Management | Executive. Anne leads the firm's Funds & Investment Management desk and co-heads executive search. She is an advisor to the Dublin Committee of 100 Women in Finance and a regular contributor to INED and senior practitioner workshops. **Paul McArdle** — Joint Managing Partner, Accountancy & Tax | Executive. Paul leads the Accountancy, Finance & Tax practice and co-heads executive search, with a particular focus on industry CFO, FD, and senior finance leadership appointments. ### Partners and directors **Fergal Keys** — Senior Partner, Technology & Transformation | Executive. Fergal leads the firm's Technology & Transformation practice, covering senior technology executive appointments, transformation, data, AI, cybersecurity, and software. He also leads The Panel's Contract & Payroll Management service. **Alan Bluett** — Partner, Banking & Treasury | Insurance | Executive. Alan leads the Banking, Treasury & Insurance practice, recruiting from manager to executive level across Treasury, Risk, Compliance, Quant, Wealth Management, Corporate Treasury, and Insurance. **Sarah Kelly** — Partner, Legal & HR | Executive. Sarah leads the Legal & Company Secretarial practice, covering partner, associate, and in-house legal hire alongside company secretarial appointments. **Andrew Ganly** — Director, Accountancy & Tax. Andrew works exclusively within specialist financial recruitment consultancies in Dublin and brings in-depth knowledge of finance and accounting disciplines across industry and practice. ### Senior consultants and specialists **Darina Heavey** — Senior Recruitment Consultant, ESG & Sustainability | Aircraft Leasing. Darina leads the firm's ESG & Sustainability practice on behalf of financial services and industry clients, and co-leads the Aircraft Leasing desk. **Ailbhe Mullen** — Senior Recruitment Consultant, HR & Business Support. Ailbhe leads the HR, Talent, and Business Support practice, covering HR leadership, HR Business Partners, Learning & Development, Total Rewards, and executive assistant and office management roles. **Farah Daoub** — Recruitment Resourcer, Financial Services. Farah supports the Funds & Investment Management and Banking & Treasury desks, working closely with Anne Keys and Alan Bluett on sourcing and shortlisting talent across both divisions. ## Contact **The Panel** 21 Northumberland Road Dublin 4, D04 H2Y4 Ireland Email: info@thepanel.com Phone: +353 1 637 7000 Company Registration Number: 365380 The Panel's full website, including live job listings, the current and archived salary guides, sector pages, consultant profiles, and the latest market commentary, is available at https://thepanel.com.