Executive Director

Steven O’Donoghue

Biography

Steve O’Donoghue joined the TRA as our Director of Corporate Services in February 2021 and was appointed an executive director of the Board in June 2021. He has extensive experience in public sector finances, corporate governance, risk management and strategic HR and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).

Steve was previously Director of Finance & HR at Audit Wales, the public spending watchdog in Wales, where he helped set up new governance arrangements under the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013. Prior to that, Steve was Head of Resources at the Welsh Parliament Commission, where he led the finance, HR and governance teams, having previously spent 15 years in local government bodies in Wales.

Steve lives in south Wales with his partner Jonathan and has two grown-up daughters.

Executive Director

Trade Remedies Authority