Lord Moynihan is Chairman of the British Olympic Association, a member of the Olympic Board and a non-executive Director of The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and The Paralympic Games Limited. He is Chair of the Association of National Olympics Committees Autonomy Commission, which concentrates on the relations between the 205 National Olympic Committees and their governments, as well as an Executive Board Member of the European Olympic Committee and its Commission on Youth, ‘Sport for All’ and the implementation of the 2009 Olympic Congress. He was a Rowing Silver Medallist in the 1980 Olympic Games, a Gold Medallist in the Lightweight Rowing World Championships in 1978 and a Silver Medallist at the 1982 World Championships.

In addition to his Olympic involvement, Lord Moynihan is a Director of Rowan Drilling. He has been a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for ten years, and held the position of Executive Chairman at Pelamis Wave Power, Consort Resources Limited and Clipper Windpower Europe Limited.