Helene McManus
Director ILCU
Helene McManus is a Non-Executive Director of the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) having been elected to the Board in 2017. She served as President of the ILCU from April 2021 to April 2023 and prior to that served as Treasurer from 2019 to 2021. She is currently on the Management Committee of the ILCU serving on this Committee since 2019. She also serves on the Insurance and Governance & Sustainability Committees.
Helene joined the Board of the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) in July 2023 and was then elected to serve a 2-year term from July 2024. WOCCU is a global trade association and development agency for credit unions.
She was appointed to the Board of ECCU Assurance DAC, which is the credit unions’ own life assurance company, in the Summer of 2023 and continues to serve there.
Helene served on the European Network of Credit Unions (ENCU) which is a network of European credit union associations within WOCCU. She attends meetings in Brussels which includes meeting with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and their officials.
Helene has been actively involved with Kilcloon & District Credit Union for over 25 years as a Non-Executive Director serving in all principal roles, most recently as Secretary of the Board. Helene was a credit union Chapter Delegate for many years having served as Chair, Secretary and Education Officer of Chapter.
Helene is a native of Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, and has lived in Kilcock, Co Kildare, since the 1980s with her husband Philip. She has four adult children and two grandchildren.
She holds a Master’s in Management from Trinity College, Dublin; has a Pathways Credit Union Diploma from University College, Cork; an Advanced Credit Union qualification from the University of Ulster; a Certificate in Local Government Studies from the Institute of Public Administration and; recently completed the Chartered Director’s Programme at the Institute of Directors Ireland.