Tom Arnold

Who is Tom Arnold?

Tom Arnold is an Irish economist who was Chief Executive Officer of Concern Worldwide, an international humanitarian relief and development organisation, until 28th February 2013, when he became Chair of the Convention of the Irish Constitution.

Arnold is a graduate in agricultural economics from University College Dublin and has masters degrees in business administration and strategic management from the Catholic University of Louvain and Trinity College Dublin respectively.

Arnold worked with the Irish Department of Agriculture and Food, as Chief Economist and as Assistant Secretary General. He was responsible for finance, audit and accounts, and led a major programme involving the certification of the department as an EU Paying Agency, responsible for accounting of €2 billion annually.

During this time he was also:

⁕Chair of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Committee of Agriculture from 1993 to 1998

⁕Chair of the Working Group on Agricultural Policies and Markets from 1990 to 1993

⁕Chair of EuronAid, a network of European NGOs involved in distributing food aid, from 1992 to 1996

⁕Chair of the Irish Council of the European Movement from 1991 to 1993