Ciarán Spillane joined Bank of Ireland Asset Management in 1996. Previously he worked for two years at Institutional Investor, Inc. in New York where he was a Managing Editor and New York Bureau Chief in the newsletters division. Before moving to the U.S. he worked as a journalist in Ireland where he was a contributor to a number of national newspapers. He holds a B.A. from University College Cork and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Applied Communications from University College Galway.