Seán Golden joined the Chamber team in 2022. Prior to taking up his position at the chamber, Seán worked as the Economist with the Land Development Agency (LDA), leading their policy and economic research function as well as leading Project Tosaigh, the LDA’s homebuilding partnership. He also previously held the position of Senior Economist with EY, where he provided economic consultancy services to a range of organisations across the public and private sector. Prior to joining EY, he worked with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform / Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) as an Economist and also spent several years in retail banking with Bank of Ireland.
Seán holds an MSc in Economic Analysis from the University of Limerick where he graduated top of his class and received the Northern Trust Outstanding Scholar Award. He also holds a BBS in Economic and Finance from the University of Limerick. Seán is also active in the voluntary sector in Limerick having worked with the European Expo 2020, Lean on Me and MyMind.
He currently chairs the Chambers Ireland Urbanisation taskforce.