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Rowena Dwyer informed the IFA’s executive council on Tuesday that she is leaving to take up a position with Enterprise Ireland (EI).
She will remain in place until the end of October in order to see out the work the IFA is doing with regards to Budget 2018.
She will take up the role of department manager for policy, Government relations and secretariat in EI.
Dwyer has served as the IFA’s chief economist since 2008 having taken over from the previous incumbent Con Lucey.
She has been behind driving economic policy for the IFA including her work on successive national budgets.
In that time, the IFA has delivered major economic polices including the establishment of the low-interest rate loan scheme as part of Budget 2017.
She has also regularly contributed to the Irish Farmers Journal.
Prior to joining the IFA, Rowena worked for accountancy firm PriceWaterHouse, as an economist in the Ministry of Education in Ghana, as well as with the Higher Education Authority.
Rowena is a graduate in Economics from Trinity College Dublin, with a Masters in Public Economics from the University of York.
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