Professor, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin

John FitzGerald is a Research Professor with the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin working on macro-economic policy, and energy policy. He has published widely in these fields.

He is member of the board of the Central Bank of Ireland, a past President of the Irish Economic Association and of the EUROFRAME group of European economic research institutes. He is a former member of the Irish National Economic and Social Council, of the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation and of the EU "Group for Economic Analysis" which advised the President of the EU Commission.

John FitzGerald began his career in the Irish Department of Finance in 1972 and he moved to the Economic and Social Research Institute in 1984.