Brigid McManus is a former Secretary-General of the Department of Education and Skills. During her prior civil service career, she held senior posts in the Departments of Finance and of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. She has extensive governance experience both in her civil service career and through non-executive Board membership and other work subsequently. Currently she is a Board member of Children's Health Ireland (CHI) and chairs the Board's Governance and Nominations Committee, a member of the Governing Body of National College of Ireland, Chair of the Audit Committee of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and Chair of the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee (HRCDC). She holds a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors.