Donal was appointed Director of the Ombudsman Association in February 2016. Donal has vast experience of external relations having worked in various Private Office and policy roles in the UK. He helped set up the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority whilst at the UK Department of Trade and Industry and ran the Board Secretariat at the South East England Development Agency. In 2008 he joined the UK Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), where he spent 5 years. At PHSO he set up and headed the Policy Team, where he led on international relations, influenced government policy and secured legislative changes.
Donal is a member of the British Standards Institute’s Consumer and Public Interest Strategic Advisory Committee.