Professor Gerard McHugh is Associate Professor of Accounting, and University Dean of Development at Trinity College Dublin.

Gerard qualified as a Certified Accountant with the Dublin Office of Deloitte. Subsequently, he earned his masters and doctoral degrees in the UK at the University of Sheffield and Loughborough University respectively. Gerard served as Dean of Trinity Business School from 2001 through 2011 and was instrumental in preparing the School for a period of sustained growth beginning in 2008. Working with Trinity Development & Alumni, he led the philanthropic campaign for Trinity’s new Business School which opened in 2019.

In 2015, Gerard was appointed as Trinity College’s first Dean of Development, working closely with the President and Trinity Development & Alumni on the College’s first ever comprehensive philanthropic campaign, Inspiring Generations. He serves as a non-executive director on a number of boards, audit committees, and advisory bodies.