Martin Whelan remembers vividly the “real pivot point” in his career, taking him into public service and on the trajectory to where he sits today as the CEO of the Housing Agency.  It was budget day 2009 and Whelan, then director of policy and research at the Construction Industry Federation, was among the mix of professionals gathered at Buswells hotel to give soundbites to the media pack, hungry for reaction to whatever the finance minister laid down.  The crash was still fresh in everyone’s mind, and the announcement that the State was going to set up the National Asset Management…

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