John Bowe, former Head of Capital Markets at Anglo Irish Bank, born c. 1963.
A native of County Laois, Bowe was Director of Capital Markets of Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC (known as Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited).
Other positions he held include NOL Group's businesses and operations in the US, Canada and Latin America, and President of Americas of NOL Group of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. Bowe became a number of former members of Anglo Irish Bank who were at the centre of a controversy in June 2013, concerning recorded comments they made some years previously in matters during the run-up to Ireland's economic crisis.
There were extensive discussions with the Central Bank particularly in or around the time period of September 2008.
The phone call on 18 September 2008 was three days after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, and therefore took place during a period of severe and unprecedented market dislocation.In June 2016 he was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud and sentenced to two years in prison the following month.