NUMBER CRUNCHERS Banking, investments, finance & commerce ORLA BANCE Director of OB Business Solutions and Alchemy Business UK Group Bance’s company specialises in acting as business partners to organisations in the construction and redevelopment industry. She is the daughter of Irish parents who founded Tara Travel. JIM BARRETT Director Julius Baer Jim Barrett is a graduate of University College Cork. He was previously Vice President and Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch. HUGH BEATTIE Partner, McCann Fitzgerald A graduate of University College Dublin, Hugh Beattie is the lead partner in the London branch of finance company McCann Fitzgerald. DAVID BOAL Managing Director, Siguler Guff David Boal works for Siguler Guff, a private equity investment firm. The Queens University Belfast graduate is also a trustee of Find Your
Feet, a charity that helps families in the third world.
based in London at IDA Ireland – the Industrial Development Agency.
PAT BUTLER Partner, Resolution Financial Markets Having previously been a Director at McKinsey & Co, Pat Butler joined The Resolution Group in 2011. He was born in Co. Tipperary.
ANDREW COPPEL CBE Independent Non-Executive Chairman, Dolphin Capital Investors Ltd Andrew Coppel is a Queen’s University Belfast law graduate. In 2008 he was awarded a CBE for services to Irish Tourism as Chairman of Tourism Ireland.
MARK CARNEY Governor of the Bank of England Mark Joseph Carney has been Governor of the Bank of England, one of the most prestigious jobs in world finance, since 2013. MARK CARRIGAN Managing Director, Ireland Fund of Great Britain Mark Carrigan spent his formative years in Co. Tipperary and Dublin. He later attended the Dublin Business School and is also a lecturer at the Institute of Fundraising in London. MICHELLE CONAGHAN Head of Emerging Business Europe & UK, IDA Ireland Educated at Dublin Institute of Technology, Michelle Conaghan is
BREON CORCORAN Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Paddy Power Betfair. From Mullingar, Corcoran is CEO of one of the world’s biggest online betting companies. DAVID D’ALTON Co-founder and UK Consultant Director, British Irish Chamber of Commerce, The promoting voice of the €50billionplus British-Irish trading relationship, D’Alton is also founder and CEO of D’Alton Kingswell. DIARMUID DENNEHY Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley Dennehy is a graduate of Limerick University and is an Executive Board Member of the London Irish Graduate
Network. He lives in London. DERMOT DESMOND Businessman One of Ireland’s wealthiest financiers, as well as his business interests in Britain, Desmond has many sport connections as well, including horseracing and footballer. He is the largest individual shareholder of Celtic, and previously held a stake in Manchester United before selling out to Malcolm Glazer in 2005. ROSS FINEGAN Founder & Partner Lonsdale Ross Finegan, from Dublin, came to London inafter qualifying as a chartered accountant at UCD. He is a co-founder of Lonsdale, a private equity firm. BASIL GEOGHEGAN Partner PJT Partners, Irish Aviation Authority One of Britain’s top investment bankers, he is described as one of the world’s top financiers and is also involved with the Ireland Fund of Great Britain. RICHARD HENRY Chief Sales Officer Lex Risk Solutions Richard Henry, from Dublin, left Ireland in 2012 and set up Lex Risk Solutions. The company is a leading international consultancy in the insurance and risk management auditing industry.
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