Daniel Mulhall

Daniel Mulhall
Director-General, European Union and OECD Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland

Daniel Mulhall was born in Waterford, Ireland in April 1955.

He was educated at University College, Cork and Murdoch University, Western Australia.

He joined the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland in 1978 and has held positions in the Department’s Economic, Political, Development Cooperation and Press/Information Divisions.  In 1994-95, he was a member of the Secretariat of Ireland’s Forum for Peace and Reconciliation.

He has had diplomatic postings in New Delhi, Vienna, Brussels (EU), Edinburgh (as Consul General of Ireland in Scotland) and Kuala Lumpur, where he was Ireland’s Ambassador to Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam from 2001-2005.    

Since August 2005, he has been Director-General of the European Union and OECD Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin.

OECD Forum

2007: Innovation, Growth and Equity

A multi-stakeholder summit which brings together leaders from business, government, labour and civil society, and takes place in conjunction with the OECD's annual Ministerial meeting.