The Department of Finance has named John Hogan as head of banking policy in its financial services division.
In the newly-created position, Mr Hogan will be responsible for developing and delivering policy in policy areas such as credit and lending to SME’s, mortgage arrears and consumer issues.
Mr Hogan joined the Financial Service Division in 2009 and has held a number of positions.
He is currently head of Credit and Lending Policy where he played a key role in the completion of the Inter-Departmental Report on Mortgage Arrears (Keane Report) and the implementation of the Government’s Mortgage Arrears Strategy.
Previous to this role he was principal officer in the Financial Stability section where he was involved in the development of initiatives such as the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 and the Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011.
Mr Hogan has also held posts in a number of other Government departments over the course of his career.