William F. Daniel joined the board of directors in September 2014. Daniel, a chartered director and chartered accountant, is currently chairman of the board of directors of Malin Corporation plc, an Ireland-based public global life sciences company. Daniel was president of the Institute of Directors of Ireland from May 2013 to May 2015, and he was originally elected to the board of the Institute of Directors in Ireland in June 2010. Before that, Daniel was executive vice president and company secretary of Elan Corporation plc, a public biotechnology company, and served in that role from December 2001 to December 2013, until the merger of Elan with Perrigo Company plc. He was previously an executive director of Elan between 2003 and 2007, having joined the organization as financial controller in 1994.
Daniel graduated with a degree in commerce from University College Dublin.