Following a competitive recruitment process by the Public Appointments Service, Shane Tiernan has been recommended to Roscommon County Council for appointment as its new Chief Executive.
Mr. Tiernan has worked in the local authority sector since 2008 as Acting Director of Services and Senior Executive Officer with Leitrim County Council.
Mr. Tiernan has wide-ranging experience in the sector, having held senior management responsibility for many service divisions and was Returning Officer for Roscommon in the 2019 local elections.
Before working in public service, Mr. Tiernan held senior management positions with several multinational organisations including Magna-Donnelly and Kimball International, as well as working with Ericsson.
Qualifying in engineering, Mr. Tiernan attended Atlantic Technology University Sligo. He holds a Masters Degree in Management Practice from Trinity College Dublin as well as a Diploma in Management from the Irish Management Institute and is also a graduate of the Harvard Programme for Senior Executives in State and Local Government.
Mr Tiernan is a native of Cloone Village in county Leitrim and currently resides in county Longford with his wife Raquel and sons Sean and Conor.