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EY is a leader in shaping the financial services industry. Over 30,000 EY people are dedicated to financial services, serving the banking and capital markets, aviation finance, insurance, and wealth and asset management sectors. At EY Financial Services, there is one shared focus - to build a better financial services industry, not just for now, but for the future.
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Headquartered in Dublin with offices in London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco, more than 650 people work across Matheson's five offices, including 80 partners and tax principals and over 350 legal and tax professionals. Matheson concentrates on serving the Irish legal needs of internationally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. Matheson's clients include the majority of the Fortune 100 companies and over half of the world's 50 largest banks. Matheson has worked closely with some of the world's largest tech multinationals and high-profile start-ups advising 7 of the top 10 global technology brands.
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CDB Aviation Lease Finance DAC is a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co, which in turn is part of the world's largest development finance institution. As a full-service lessor, CDB Aviation offers a wide array of valuable services to airlines, from traditional operating leases, to fleet renewals, to structured financings. With a portfolio of the most sought after aircraft types, CDB Aviation offers innovative and cost-effective leasing solutions that support its airline partners to realize their goals.
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A proven partner to some of the world's most successful and innovative investment managers in the funds business, Northern Trust has over 30 years' experience administering the full spectrum of investment strategies across; traditional and alternative asset classes including hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate funds. In addition we offer wide ranging support for tax-transparent funds.
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Ireland's inward investment promotion agency, the IDA, is a non-commercial, semi-state body promoting Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland through a wide range of services. We partner with potential and existing investors to help them establish or expand their operations in Ireland.
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Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) is Northern Ireland's regional economic development agency. It is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department for the Economy (DfE). As the regional business development agency, Invest NI's role is to grow the local economy. It does this by helping new and existing businesses to compete internationally, and by attracting new investment to Northern Ireland.
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Objectway is a leading provider of financial software and digital solutions to the worldwide financial services industry, with clients in 15 countries. Its award-winning software platforms are the trusted choice of leading wealth and investment management firms across the globe - from EMEA to Canada to Central America. From its offices in Italy, the UK, Belgium, Ireland and South Africa, Objectway has more than 500 employees supporting approximately 100,000 investment professionals to manage more than one trillion euros in wealth.
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Walkers is a pre-eminent financial services law firm. We provide market leading Irish legal, tax, listing and professional services solutions to domestic and international financial institutions, investment managers, private equity groups and corporations. The firm has a considerable global presence with ten offices, 95 partners and more than 700 staff providing a 24/7 service to our clients
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IBA is a leading independent aviation consultancy advising a broad mix of lessors, operators, financiers and investors. Operating globally, we inform decision making and support operations across the aviation spectrum. Supporting strategic investments, managing aircraft, advising on expansion, or driving efficiency improvements, our mix of intelligence gathering, analysis, proprietary data, technical expertise and decades of aviation experience delivers value across aviation opportunities and challenges.
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The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) is Ireland's national dedicated development, promotional and marketing agency for the shipping and shipping services sector
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basis.point is the Irish Fund Industry's initiative to come together to help make a difference to those in need. The aim of basis.point is to make a real contribution to improving educational opportunities for those in need in Ireland, particularly young people. It does this by providing grants to charities to fund programmes and initiatives that focus on education and which aim to make a sustainable and tangible difference to those living in poverty.
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"Helping Dublin's Inner City Communities by supporting Local Education and Social Activities that make a difference "
Established by a group of IFSC companies in 1992, the purpose of the Trust is to provide financial support to worthy projects and community organisations within Dublin's inner city.
The emphasis is on supporting groups focused on educational, social, health and well-being, sporting and cultural activities. Typical projects tend to be small scale and focused on alleviating economic and social disadvantage. For further information please visit: www.ifsctrust.org
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The dynamics of world finance and financial centres
The looming Brexit on March 29th, global capital and FS markets, and the opportunities for financial and professional services firms arising formed the agenda of The Financial Centres Summit, Dublin, 2018 (FCSDublin, 2018), which was attended by over 300 delegates, and heard from over 60 speakers on October 2nd and 3rd 2018 at Dublin Castle, Ireland.
Save the Date!
FCSDublin 2019 will be held on October 15th and 16th 2019, when the themes and topics that emerged at FCSDublin 2018 will be developed.
Inspiring figures addressed the themes of product development, risk management, technology, and the product and jurisdictional platforms of the future in 13 sessions that heard over 60 globally distinguished experts in global capital markets, portfolio management, funds, banking, credit, and aviation finance. The Summit addressed burning issues such as Brexit, fintech regulation, investment fund strategy, legal business oppportunities, clearing and derivatives, aircraft leasing strategies, and the outlook for key financial centres and financial services sectors.
The Summit presented opportunities for delegates to mix at the social events at the Summit starting with a Welcome Reception on the evening of October 2nd in Castle Hall, Dublin Castle. This followed the Summit’s Masterclass Workshop, with 'Blockchain' as its theme, that kicked off the Summit examining applications up and running in areas including derivatives contracts, and insurance, moderated by Prof Michael Mainelli, chairman of Z-Yen, publisher of the influential Global Financial Centres Index.
See the FCSDublin Speaker lineup here:
Hon Mr. Justice Frank Clarke
Chief Justice, The Supreme Court of Ireland
Mr. Justice Frank Clarke was appointed the 12th Chief Justice of Ireland on the 28th July, 2017. He was appointed (March 2018) as one of seven members of the Panel which exists under Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that opines on the appointments of judges to the Courts of the European Union in Luxembourg, such appointments requiring a nomination by a member state followed by an opinion from the Article 255 Panel.
Michael Mainelli
Director, FCCA FCSI FBCS, Z/Yen Group Limited
Professor Michael Mainelli FCCA FCSI FBCS Co-founded Z/Yen, the City of London's leading commercial think-tank and venture firm, in 1994 to promote societal advance through better finance and technology. A qualified accountant, securities professional, computer specialist and management consultant, educated at Harvard University and Trinity College Dublin, Michael gained his PhD at London School of Economics. He is an Alderman of the City of London and Master of the Worshipful Company of World Traders.
Dan Gallagher
Former SEC Commissioner, USA; Partner, Deputy Chair, Securities Department, WilmerHale,
Daniel M Gallagher former Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from November 7, 2011 to October 2, 2015, is Deputy Chair of the Securities Department of WilmerHale. He was President of Patomak Global Partners, LLC, until 2017, was Chief Legal Officer of Mylan Corp, and is a former director of the Irish Stock Exchange. As SEC Commissioner, he directed the SEC's reform of Money Market Funds regulation in the United States. See Dan speaking about the last financial crisis and its potential to happen again on CNBC, Sept 9th 2018.
Peter Chang
President and CEO, CDB Aviation
Peter Chang, the President and CEO of CDB Aviation, the aviation leasing arm of China Development Bank, one of the three 'policy banks' of the Peoples' Republic of China, has been an active member of the aviation community for the past four decades, starting his career in Boeing, and entering the leasing industry with Guinness Peat Aviation. He was the pioneer of aircraft leasing in China, having leased the first aircraft there as MD at GPA. He started work at Boeing immediately after graduating in 1979 and his vast experience includes manufacturing, sales and leasing. Having long been at the forefront of aviation leasing, aside from serving in China as MD at GPA, he has served as Executive Vice President of Aircastle Advisers and International Leasing Finance Corporation. Prior to joining CDB Aviation he was the Principal for the China Aviation Advisors Group.
William Slattery
Chief Executive Officer - International DST Financial Services, DST International Holdings Ltd
As both a regulator and industry leader William Slattery has been one of the most influential figures in both the creation and growth of Ireland's IFS industry. During his 23 year tenure at the Central Bank of Ireland he was instrumental in developing the Irish funds regulatory regime and the subsequent development of Ireland's world-class funds sector. Highly regarded in both the public and private sectors, the former head of State Street's Irish and Luxembourg businesses was a long-standing member of the Irish Government's IFSC Clearing House Group, is a former Chairman of Financial Services Ireland and was a member of the Public Expenditure Review Group, established by the Irish Government in 2009, as part of its response to the Irish economic crisis.
Aengus Kelly
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, AerCap
Mr Kelly was appointed Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of AerCap on May 18, 2011. Previously he served as Chief Executive Officer of AerCap's U.S. operations from January 2008 to May 2011. Mr. Kelly served as AerCap's Group Treasurer from 2005 through December 31, 2007. He started his career in the aviation leasing and financing business with Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) in 1998 and continued working with its successors AerFi in Ireland and debis AirFinance and AerCap in Amsterdam. Prior to joining GPA in 1998, he spent three years with KPMG in Dublin. Mr. Kelly is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and a Master's degree in Accounting from University College, Dublin.
Neil Sorahan
Chief Financial Officer, Ryanair
Neil Sorahan was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Ryanair in October 2014, having previously served as its Finance Director from June 2006. Prior to that, he was Ryanair's Group Treasurer from January 2003. Before joining Ryanair, Neil held various finance and treasury roles at CRH plc, the international building materials group (June 1992 to December 2002).
Ed Sibley
Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation, Central Bank of Ireland
Ed Sibley was appointed Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation on 1 September 2017. He is an ex-officio Member of the Central Bank Commission and is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank - Single Supervisory Mechanism. As Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation, Ed is responsible for leading the supervision of credit institutions, insurance firms and the asset management industry. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of Credit Institutions Supervision, responsible for overseeing the Central Bank's supervisory work for all banks and credit unions operating in Ireland. He joined the Central Bank in 2012 in the Banking Supervision area. Ed has more than 20 years' experience working in the financial services sector. His previous experience includes working for the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) leading the supervision of European banks operating in the UK; and a variety of risk management roles in Bank of Ireland and PwC. Ed has an MBA from Smurfit Business School, and a degree in Economics.
Patrick L Young
Chairman, Derivatives Vision
Patrick L Young is a leading expert in all aspects of global market infrastructure and financial centres, and the pubisher of Exchange Invest the daily newsletter on all aspects of securities and derivatives exchanges worldwide. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling "Capital Market Revolution", and "New Capital Market Revolution", as well as "The Promiscuous Investor" and "The Exchange Manifesto".
Patrick returns to moderate sessions at the Financial Centres Conference this year. A frequent broadcaster and speaker at industry conferences throughout the world, he has written Op Eds for leading financial newspapers including AFR, Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. See Patrick Young on Twitter
Darragh Lennon
Director of Distribution, KBC Bank Ireland plc
Darragh is the Director of Distribution at KBC Bank Ireland where he leads the delivery of KBC's integrated omni-channel distribution across all physical and digital channels and is a member of the bank's senior leadership team. He joined KBC Bank Ireland in 2010 where he previously held positions of Director of Products and Director of Retail Recovery. Darragh has 20 years' experience in corporate finance and banking. He previously worked as Corporate Finance Director at Eisner Amper Ireland and has held various roles in retail, corporate and SME banking. A holder of a BA in Economics from University College Dublin (UCD), Darragh is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
David Wilson
Business Development Director, Objectway Group
David Wilson has been working in the software services industry for over 30 years, his experience spans development, services and sales across Europe, North America and Asia. He has spent the last 20 years in in providing solutions to the Wealth management Industry globally. David is a director of Objectway Ireland and South Africa and responsible for international business development.
John Slattery
President & Chief Executive Officer of Embraer Commercial Aviation and EVP, Embraer
John is President & Chief Executive Officer of Embraer Commercial Aviation and EVP at Embraer S.A. John joined Embraer in 2011 as Vice President, responsible for Customer Finance, Asset & Risk Management. The following year John was appointed SVP and Chief Commercial Officer, taking on broader executive responsibilities incorporating worldwide sales of commercial aircraft and services. In 2016 John was appointed President & CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation and, as an EVP, joined the management board of Embraer S.A. Prior to joining Embraer, John spent fifteen years in executive roles at various leading commercial aerospace advisory, leasing, and banking organizations. Of note, in 2001, John was a co-founder of RBS Aviation Capital (now SMBC Aviation Capital; at the time the world's third largest lessor) and the firm's Managing Director in New York, responsible for leading the bank's commercial aircraft leasing and asset-backed lending to airline customers across the Americas. John is a Fellow at The Royal Aeronautical Society, President Emeritus of The Wings Club and Director Emeritus of ORBIS International. An AMP graduate of Harvard Business School, John was awarded an MBA from the University of Limerick and remains active at UL as an adjunct professor. John is a published author in the International Journal of Aviation Management with a 2017 paper entitled Strategy and Competitive Rivalry in the OEM Single Aisle Market.
Tara Doyle
Partner, Financial Services Group, Matheson
Tara Doyle is a partner and head of the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group at Matheson. She practises Irish financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies, broker-dealers and corporations carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles. Tara has extensive experience in advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of financing and investment vehicles and products in Ireland and other jurisdictions. In particular she specialises in advising on the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the establishment of private and public investment funds, the structuring, offer and sale of investment instruments and investment products, the provision of investment advice and other financial services and the public issuance of equity and debt securities.
Tara has spoken at a number of international financial services conferences, including the IFIA seminars in Milan, Frankfurt, New York, Boston, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore and has contributed articles to financial services and investment industry journals.
Tara is a member of the Council of Irish Funds, the representative body for the Irish funds industry, of which she was chair in the year to May 2018.
Ian Headon
Senior Vice President. Product Development Alternatives, Northern Trust Ireland
Ian Headon is responsible for technical development of, and regulatory deployment within, Northern Trust's depositary business across EMEA. He joined Northern Trust in May 2005. He has been Chairman of Irish Funds Task Force on AIFMD and is currently on the Industry's Alternatives Steering Group.
Jamie Khurshid
Former CEO, Simplitium
Jamie Khurshid, grew up in the Middle East and worked throughout his career between New York and London at investment firms Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and The Royal Bank of Scotland with responsibility for new business, regulation and strategic investments. He is recognised for setting up two consortium ventures, Boat Services Ltd and Turquoise Exchange. In 2014, he joined Cinnober Financial Technology as partner to develop and build their bank and broker strategy. Whilst at Cinnober, he negotiated the acquisition; and subsequently made CEO; of Boat Services Ltd, Europe's longest running independent regulatory and transparency services vehicle for the financial and (re)Insurance industry.
Adrian Whelan
Senior Vice President of Regulatory Intelligence, Brown Brothers Harriman
Adrian Whelan is a Senior Vice President of Regulatory Intelligence at Brown Brothers Harriman. He is based in Dublin. Before joining Regulatory Intelligence, Adrian was the Head of Depositary for BBH Trustee Services (Ireland) Limited. Adrian joined BBH in 2011, prior to which he ran a regulatory consultancy firm. Adrian is an active participant in industry groups, including Irish Funds and ICI Global.
Paul McGarry
Outgoing Chairman, Bar Council of Ireland
Paul McGarry SC whose term of office as Chairman of the Council of The Bar of Ireland ended in July 2018 was elected in 2016. During his time as chairman of the Council he was instrumental in promoting Ireland as a common law jurisdiction for options in finance and contracts, and has been a strong advocate of the need to protect an independent judiciary.
He was called to the Bar in 1996 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2010. He is a graduate of University College Dublin, having graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) in 1991 and LLM in European Law in 1992. He primarily practices in the area of public, commercial and European law.
Christian Donagh
Partner, Matheson
Christian Donagh is a partner in the Structured Finance and Derivatives Group at Matheson and is head of the firm's derivatives practice. Christian's practice focuses on advising asset managers and investment banks doing business in and from Ireland in relation to securitisations, CLOs, fund-linked structured products, repackagings, securities lending and repos.
Christian regularly advises Irish corporates and their counterparties in relation to ISDA master agreements and collateral arrangements relating to over-the-counter derivatives transactions such as interest rate and currency linked swaps, caps and collars and on compliance with EMIR. Frequently, the firm provides legal opinions on issues relating to the enforceability of close-out netting provisions and collateral arrangements documented using industry standard or bespoke derivatives, repo and prime brokerage documentation.
Philip Hackett
Q.C, 36 Civil Group UK
Since taking silk in 1999, Philip Hackett Q.C. has specialised in financial services law, domestic and international regulation and compliance, cyber law, commercial fraud and corruption. He has acted in many of the leading international regulatory cases such as LIBOR and FOREX and numerous cross border regulatory matters. He is the author of the UK chapter in Sweet & Maxwell's recently published book on International Corruption.
Keith Boyfield
Managing Director, Keith Boyfield Associates
Keith Boyfield is an internationally recognised economist and the author of over ninety publications on public policy and planning issues, economic development and regulatory policy. He chairs the FCSDublin, 2018 Session on Developing Professional Services (12.00 hrs Oct 3rd), and has just spoken at the Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, (attended by over 10,000 delegates) coinciding with the visit of UK Prime Minister Theresa May, there in September in Abuja (See: his interview on CNBC Africa here ) , and, more recently, on Al Jazeera (at 6:50) , commenting on the implications of the Saudi journalist Kashoggi affair, including its impact on the Saudi investment conference in Riyadh this month.
Keith has been an adviser to the European Commission and he has also acted as a consultant to some of the world's largest companies , trade bodies and organisations, including Aon, the BBC, the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA), the Commonwealth Business Council, The Crown Estate, KPMG, Mott MacDonald Ltd., the Swiss Bankers' Association and Thomson Reuters plc. His consultancy work focuses on the agri-business, energy, financial services, media, property and transport sectors.
Keith has built up a strong relationship with several leading think tanks, notably the Centre for Policy Studies, founded by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Sir Keith Joseph. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and a Senior Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute. In addition, he is a Research Fellow of the European Policy Forum, chaired by Lord Tugendhat; the Kosciuszko Institute in Poland; and the Euro Gulf Information Centre, a recently established international relations institute located in Rome.
He has contributed to The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, City AM, The Yorkshire Post and La Razon in Madrid. He is also a frequent commentator on a range of international broadcast channels including Al Jazeera, the BBC and Radio France Internationale (RFI).
Gareth Murphy
Chief Risk Officer, Standard Life Aberdeen
Gareth Murphy is Chief Risk Officer of Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Aberdeen Standard Investments. He joined Standard Life in January 2017 as Chief Risk Officer of Standard Life Investments and Deputy Group Chief Risk Officer. Previously, he spent six years as Director of Markets Supervision at the Central Bank of Ireland. During that time, he was also a member of Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority and chair of its Investment Management Standing Committee. From 1995, Gareth spent thirteen years in the investment banking and hedge fund industries, initially at Long-Term Capital Management, then at JP Morgan where he was Co-Head of European Equity Flow Derivatives and then at Castlegrove Capital Management where he was a partner. This period is book-ended by two stints at the Bank of England where he started his career as an economist in 1992 and subsequently returned during the financial crisis in 2008. Gareth Murphy graduated from University College Dublin with a BA in Mathematics and Economics. He holds a Diploma in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of Warwick.
Nicholas Blake-Knox
Partner and Head of Investment Funds, Walkers
Nicholas is based in Walkers' Ireland office where he is an investment funds partner and head of the Investment Funds team in Ireland. He has over fifteen years' experience in asset management and investment funds where he has worked in both legal and finance related positions. Prior to joining Walkers he was Senior Legal Counsel of PIMCO's EMEA funds business in London.
He has extensive experience advising funds, promoters and service providers on a wide range of asset management and investment fund related matters, including on the establishment, authorisation and operation of all types of Irish investment funds including UCITS, QIAIFs, RIAIFs, fund of funds, ETF's, master-feeder structures and closed-ended funds. He authored the following industry overview: in Finance Dublin in January 2018
He has advised across a wide range of asset classes and investment strategies including hedge fund, private equity and real estate strategies as well as more traditional liquid investment strategies, with particular expertise in advising managers of fixed income and debt focussed investment strategies.
Nicholas also has extensive experience advising on cross-border asset management and investment fund related matters and has previously advised on the establishment of investment fund platforms involving funds in jurisdictions outside of Ireland, including parallel investment fund structures.
Nicholas has participated in various industry association working groups and committees (including those at the Investment Association, ICI Global and EFAMA) and has attended meetings at ESMA in Paris in order to provide technical guidance on investment fund related matters. Nicholas currently sits on the UCITS Product and Brexit Steering Groups at Irish Funds. Nicholas has spoken at a wide range of investment fund conferences and currently lectures on the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute programme which is delivered in London, Zurich and New York.
Brian Healy
Principal, Atlantic Vantage
Brian is Principal of Atlantic Vantage, since July '18, providing advisory services focused on governance, risk management and strategy formulation mainly in the financial services area, and formerly Director of Traded Markets, Development and Operations of the Irish Stock Exchange, now a unit of Euronext. As Director, Traded Markets, Development, Operations (a joint COO/CFO brief) was responsible for the integrity, efficiency and development of the Irish Stock Exchange's markets for its traded securities. For 20 years he oversaw the Exchange's overall operations, finance, risk management and managed the relationships with strategic partners as well as being responsible for the Exchange's IT strategy. He was a member of the Executive Committee and as Company Secretary, to the Group and to subsidiary Boards, has proactively and successfully managed a diverse stakeholder base, from shareholders to regulatory authorities.
Jake Pugh
Managing Director, The Pugh View
Jake Pugh has over thirty-five years experience in the capital markets. He worked for Drexel Burnham on the LIFFE floor in 1983 and traded his own account as a local before managing money as a CTA. 
 After standing as a parliamentary candidate in the General Election of 1997, he spent six years consulting in the Barclays Group working on a number of new business initiatives across the wealth management division. He was MD of ICAP Futures from 2003-06 and in the last 10 years has advised on a number of significant market infrastructure projects as an independent consultant. His client base is global and includes exchanges, CCPs, banks, brokers, vendors, asset managers and pension funds. His knowledge of product specific market microstructure along with a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape allows him to advise on business design and how to achieve optimal commercial outcomes.
Betsy R. Snyder
Director Corporate & Government Rating, S&P Global Ratings
Betsy R. Snyder is a Director in S&P Global Ratings Corporate Ratings group. She joined the company in 1990 and specializes in coverage of transportation companies, including aircraft lessors and the airline industry. She also works extensively on Structured Finance transactions related to her areas of specialization. Prior to joining S&P, Betsy was an equity research analyst for Merrill Lynch and L.F. Rothschild.
Robert Morin
Managing Director, AFIC, Marsh
Since June 2017, Robert Morin has been the Managing Director, Transaction and Business Development Leader of the Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (AFIC), a groundbreaking collaboration between Marsh and a panel of highly-rated global insurance companies to offer a new way to protect the financing of purchases of Boeing commercial aircraft. Prior to the launch of AFIC, Mr. Morin was the SVP of Business and Product Development at the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), and, prior to that, the Vice President of EXIM Bank's Transportation Division for more than 15 years. During his time leading the Transportation Division, Mr. Morin oversaw the successful expansion of EXIM Bank's aircraft financing program, as it grew from a portfolio of approximately 300 aircraft to more than 1,100 commercial aircraft leased to airlines and aircraft leasing companies around the world and securing more than $50 billion in EXIM Bank loan guarantees. Mr. Morin was also responsible for pioneering new products and initiatives including EXIM Bank's hugely successful capital markets product.
Helane Becker
Managing Director, Industrials/Consumer - Airlines, Cowen
Over a Wall Street career spanning 30 years Cowen MD Helane Becker has become renowned as a stand-out analyst in the airline and aircraft leasing sectors, with an unparalleled understanding of the dynamics of the business. Frequently ranked as top aviation analyst across the sector Becker's depth of experience shows through in her thought leadership and analysis of how the often complex variables of the aviation sector will play out.
Gary Campkin
Managing Director, External Relations & Strategic Issues, TheCityUK
Gary Campkin, Managing Director, External Relations & Strategic Issues, has wide business experience with over 25 years working at the CBI, including 15 years as Head of the International Group, and as an independent consultant. He has led work on multilateral and bilateral trade and investment, government support for business overseas, CSR, human rights and globalisation issues. From 2013-2016 he was Director, International Strategy at TheCityUK until taking over this new role leading the organisation's UK, European and International work. Gary has extensive experience of international negotiations and delegations, governance and reputational issues. His leadership roles in international business organisations have included 8 years as Chairman of the Multinationals and Investment Committee of the Business, and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD.
Arnaud de Bresson
CEO, Paris EUROPLACE
Arnaud de Bresson is Managing Director of Paris-EUROPLACE. M. de Bresson is the first chairman designated of the World Association of Financial Centres (WAIFC), a newly consituted body in 2018 to bring together international financial centre promotional bodies in common dialogue. He has served as the chief executive officer of Institut Europlace de Finance (IEF). He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the competitiveness division of Finance Innovation.
Hubertus Väth
Managing Director, Frankfurt Main Finance
Väth is spearheading Frankfurt's push for Brexit business and the early successes enjoyed by the German city in this regard highlight the work being done by Väth and his team at Frankfurt Main Finance. He is also a founder of the World Alliance of International Finance Centers that aims to explore cross-fertilisation opportunities and facilitate cooperation between FCs.
Jennifer Reynolds
President & CEO, Toronto Finance International (TFI)
Jennifer Reynolds is the President & CEO of the Toronto Finance International (TFI), a public-private partnership whose mission is to promote and develop Toronto's financial services sector, and to establish its prominence as a leading global financial centre. Jennifer's 20-year career in the financial services industry has included senior roles in investment banking, venture capital, and global risk management. Prior to joining TFI, Jennifer was the President & CEO of Women in Capital Markets (WCM), Canada's largest industry association and advocacy group for women in the financial sector. Jennifer is a Director on the Board of the Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV) and was named a Women's Executive Network (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner (2015, 2017).
Joe Gill
Contributing Editor, Aviation Finance
Joe is Contributing Editor, Aviation Finance, at: aviationfinance.aero the world-leading fortnightly publication on the financing and economics of air transport, and Director of Corporate Broking in Goodbody Stockbrokers.
Anthony Stevens
Head of Asset Servicing Product Innovation, EMEA, Northern Trust
Anthony has worked in the financial services industry for 15 years and joined Northern Trust in October 2007. He manages Northern Trust's Asset Servicing Product Innovation Group, which is responsible for developing new products, keeping the business up to date with technology changes in the both the financial and non-financial markets, as well as looking to access new external technologies and services that will enhance our clients' investment management processes.
During his time at Northern Trust, Anthony has run the EMEA Product Solutions group, has built out Northern Trust's collateral and liquidity solution for clients who will trade derivatives under the EMIR regulatory framework, and has run the EMEA performance analytics function supporting both asset managers and owners.
Prior to joining Northern Trust, Anthony worked for Mellon Analytical Solutions (MAS) where he was responsible for relationship management, working with over 200 asset management clients.
Earlier, he worked for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, where he supported the international book of business for the performance team, and at Intersec Research.
Simon Finn
Senior Vice President, DVB Bank
Simon Finn is a Senior Vice President at DVB Bank. He is an analyst working in DVB's Aviation Research group. The group is responsible for the bank's aviation asset and aircraft market analysis activities. He has been with DVB since 2006. Simon has previously worked (i) at Airbus in marketing; (ii) at IBA Group Ltd as Head of Valuations and; (iii) at Virgin Atlantic Airways. He is an ISTAT-certified aircraft appraiser and his views are expressed regularly in articles published about the aviation industry.
Ruth Kelly
Chief Executive Officer, Goshawk
In the space of just five years CEO Ruth Kelly has taken Goshawk Aviation from startup to a 'top 10' best-in-class, full-service aircraft leasing platform. Demonstrating innovation in its approach to both sides of the balance sheet, under Kelly's leadership Goshawk has emerged as one of the most creative and dynamic platforms in the aircraft leasing business today.
Pieter Burger
Partner, Financial Services Taxation, Deloitte
Pieter is a Partner in the Financial Services Tax department of Deloitte Ireland and currently leads the Irish firm's Aircraft Leasing & Finance Tax Group. Pieter has more than 15 years' experience advising on international corporation tax and Irish domestic tax matters, including aviation finance, banking, corporate treasury and structured finance. During his professional career, Pieter has acted as tax adviser to a number of multinationals, public bodies, large indigenous corporates, and other clients in the Aviation, Financial Services, Shipping, Energy & Resources, and Food & Beverage industries. He is a qualified lawyer and Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute. He also currently serves on the committee of the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers and represents Deloitte Ireland at the Irish Debt Securities Association. Throughout his career, Pieter has contributed widely to a number of publications and has presented extensively on corporation tax matters both in Ireland and abroad. Pieter was also a lecturer on the Irish Taxation Institute's Certificate in Leasing Taxation programme.
Fergus McNally
Partner, EY
Fergus is an Assurance Partner with EY Financial Services. He has over 13 years' experience in providing audit and business advisory services to our financial services clients. Fergus works primarily within the firm's asset management practice and his clients include many of Europe's largest hedge fund managers and asset servicers' whom he advises on structuring, regulation, valuation issues, accounting and disclosure. He has also worked with alternative funds in the design and set-up of operating and governance structures. Fergus has extensive experience of investment pricing models and in auditing the valuation of a wide variety of investment product types and is EY Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) campaign leader for Ireland.
Tadhg Young
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Services Ireland and the Channel Islands, State Street
Tadhg Young is a senior vice president, country head of Ireland and head of Global Services for Ireland and the Channel Islands. Tadhg oversees the management of Ireland's largest fund services provider, servicing assets for some of the world's leading investment management firms and financial houses. He joined State Street in 2007 and before his current role was Chief Operating Officer of State Street International (Ireland) Limited. Prior to joining State Street, Tadhg was Head of Trustee, Custody and Middle Office Servicing with IBT Ireland (acquired by State Street in 2007). He has also held a number of senior management roles with Allianz Global Investors Ireland and Dresdner Bank in Ireland. He qualified as a chartered accountant while working as a tax consultant with PwC. Tadhg was a member of the Council of Irish Funds from 2013 to 2017 and was Chair of the industry body 2015/2016. He is currently a member of the Irish Funds Working Group. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a member of the Irish Taxation Institute.
Matt Hedigan
Capital Markets and Derivatives Partner, Walkers
Matt Hedigan is based in Walkers' Ireland office and specialises in banking and finance transactions in, and through, Ireland with particular emphasis on cross border debt capital markets, structured, asset and fund finance transactions, including mortgage and aircraft securitisations, warehousing, CLO, loan portfolio financing, repackaging and real estate finance transactions. He regularly advises on Irish and European Union financial services and securities law including the Prospectus Directive, EMIR, AIFMD, MiFID, Market Abuse and Capital Requirements Regulation. Matt also specialises in advising clients on derivative and securities lending transactions being entered into by a wide range of Irish entities utilising industry standard documentation such as ISDAs and GMRAs.
Clive Ansell
Head of Market Infrastructure and Technology, International Swaps & Derivatives Association (ISDA)
Clive Ansell is Head of Market Infrastructure and Technology at ISDA and is based in London. Mr. Ansell joined ISDA in November 2008 with primary responsibility for equity derivatives and has had subsequent roles overseeing data and reporting implementation under EMIR and confirmation processing compliance as well as providing general trading and post trade processing support across all asset classes.
Edel O'Connor
Business Development Manager, Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO)
Dr. Edel O'Connor is the business development manager for the Irish Maritime Development Office at the Marine Institute. In recent years, Edel has led the strategic development of the national marine technology programme and SmartOcean initiative to 'marinise' Ireland's strengths across ICT and engineering into new areas of the blue economy. In this role, Edel has led the development of international partnerships across research and industry, supporting the growth of Ireland's reputation as a compelling place to do business in this sector. Edel has also been closely involved with the strategic development of actions associated with Ireland's Integrated Marine Plan -Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth, and in particular led a number of highly successful events promoting Ireland's digital ocean opportunity.
Kieran Corr
Head of Aviation Finance, Standard Chartered
Kieran Corr is the Head of Aviation Finance at Standard Chartered and Chief Executive Officer of Pembroke Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered PLC. Prior to joining Pembroke, Kieran trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and subsequently held various leasing and risk management positions in GPA Group plc and GE Capital Aviation Services. In addition, Kieran worked for GPA Technologies, the division of GPA Group which focussed on investments in aircraft related companies including entities involved in airframe maintenance, engine component repair, engine leasing and aircraft refurbishment. Joining the aerospace sector in 1990, Kieran has over twenty six years aviation industry experience.
Petrina Smyth
Associate Partner, Business Tax Advisory, EY
Petrina Smyth is an Associate Partner in EY's Financial Services Organisation, with more than 15 years' experience advising international financial institutions, investment funds and leasing companies on taxation. Her focus is on structured finance transactions and asset leasing, in particular aircraft leasing. Petrina's recent experience includes advising on the establishment and financing of aircraft leasing structures and aircraft investment platforms and on the disposal and acquisition of aircraft portfolios. Petrina has also advised on numerous securitisation transactions, including the securitisation of hire-purchase contracts, pan-European and Irish distressed debt and ABS transactions. Petrina is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the University of Oxford, and is qualified as a solicitor in Ireland and in England and Wales. She is also an Associate of the the Institute of Taxation in Ireland (AITI).
Simon MacAllister
Partner, EY
Simon is a Partner in EY's Transaction Advisory Services team and leads the Valuation & Business Modelling practice. He specialises in providing commercially-focused solutions to listed and private clients internationally and across Ireland. His clients include those in a number of sectors, including aviation, agri-food, telecoms and consumer products.
Lisa Kealy
Assurance Partner, EY
Lisa Kealy is an Assurance Partner in EY's Financial Services Organisation and has more than 18 years' experience in the provision of audit and advisory services to the financial services industry. Lisa specialises in both regulated and alternative investment funds and her client base includes Irish and offshore investment funds, asset management companies, administrators and treasury operations. Lisa advises clients on many aspects of accounting, regulatory, market, industry and operational matters. Lisa is the firm's Asset Management Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) leader for EMEIA and has written reports on both the European and global ETF market. She has also written numerous articles on the asset management industry covering a variety of industry topics which impact on investment funds, market dynamics and regulatory topics. Lisa has also spoken at a number of international conferences in various European and Asian cities. Lisa holds a first class honours degree in Pure Mathematics from Trinity College Dublin and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, from which she holds a practicing certificate. She is a member of the IFIA's ETF group and a past member of IFIA's alternative investment committee.
Bart Ligthart
Head of Trading and Portfolio Management, AerCap
Mr. Ligthart joined the AerCap Trading team in 2007. He was appointed to the position of Head of Trading and Portfolio Management in 2018. Mr. Ligthart has 11 years of experience in aircraft trading and portfolio management in both wide and narrow body aircraft. Prior to joining AerCap he worked at Deloitte and Touche in Amsterdam where he served as Manager Transactions Services. Mr. Ligthart received his B.A in Commercial Economics from Inholland University, and his MSc in Finance Management from from Nyenrode Business University.
Alan Buckley
SVP Aircraft Trading, GECAS
Alan Buckley is SVP Aircraft Trading at GECAS. He is responsible for aircraft trading outside of the US and mature aircraft sales worldwide for the the world's largest lessor fleet.
Peter Barrett
CEO, SMBC Aviation Capital
Peter is Chief Executive Officer of SMBC Aviation Capital, a position he has held since 2004. Barrett has been active in aircraft leasing and finance for over 25 years, initially working for Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) where he specialised in aircraft cross border tax leasing and securitisations. Peter holds a B.Eng from University College Cork (UCC).
Mike Byrne
Chairman, Jersey Funds Association
Mike Byrne is the chair of the Jersey Funds Association. He specialises in alternative funds (private equity, hedge, infrastructure, fund of funds). He is a partner in the Channel Islands firm of PwC, based in Jersey
Mark O'Kelly
Group CFO, ASL Aviation Group
Mark is Group Chief Financial Officer at ASL Aviation. During his time at ASL the business has tripled in size from a turnover base of €300m to almost €1bn in 2017. Mark has led global financings totaling over $200m over the last 12 months, global systems implementations including Hyperion and SAP as well as leading Due Diligence teams on ASL Group acquisitions. The most recent of these acquisitions was the acquisition of TNT Airways acquired from the TNT Group in 2016.
Sarah Goddard
Secretary General, AMICE Secretariat
Sarah Goddard is the secretary general of AMICE (the Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives in Europe), a Brussels-based representative and advocacy body for the mutual and cooperative insurance industry across Europe which represents approximately 30% of insurance premiums in the region. Sarah Goddard has over 25 years' experience of the global re/insurance industry. Before joining DIMA, of which she became the first CEO more than 10 years ago, Sarah worked as Editor for the Global Reinsurance magazine and as International Bureau Chief for the Business Insurance magazine. She started her career at Lloyd's of London and graduated from the University of Manchester, UK.
Lory Kehoe
Managing Director, ConsenSys
Kehoe, managing director of Consensys, is a strong advocate for leveraging DLT for financial services applications. He identifies compliance with the 'Know Your Customer' requirement of customer onboarding as a key area of promise for blockchain/DLT applications to ease the burden for financial institutions. Kehoe previously led Deloitte's EMEA Blockchain Lab.
Farah Jaafar-Crossby
CEO, Labuan IBFC Incorporated Sdn Bhd
Farah Jaafar-Crossby is the Chief Executive Officer of Labuan IBFC Incorporated Sdn Bhd (LIBFC Inc.), the official promotion and marketing agency for Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC) since January 2018. She assumed this role after more than three years as the Director of Market Intelligence and Strategic Communications, in LIBFC Inc. Farah was formerly attached to the Asian Institute of Finance and Bursa Malaysia, where she was involved in senior market development and strategic communications roles. She also managed the Association of Stock Broking Companies Malaysia, the industry lobby group representing Malaysian stockbrokers, allowing her a unique insight and hands on experience with issues surrounding multiple stakeholder management.
John Leenane
Head of Trading, CDB Aviation
John Leenane is Head of Trading at CDB Aviation. Mr. Leenane has extensive experience in the aircraft operating leasing industry and brings deep expertise to CDB Aviation's leadership team in areas such as lending, financing, trading, pricing, portfolio management, aircraft acquisition, and development of strategic relationships. Prior to CDB Aviation, Mr. Leenane was Regional Director, Europe & Asia - Financial Institutions Group at CIT Aerospace.
Kieran O'Keefe
Managing Director, Aviation Financial Consultancy, DVB Bank
Kieran O'Keefe is a Managing Director and Head of the Aviation Financial Consultancy division of DVB Bank based in London. His current responsibilities include advising airlines and lessors on raising finance and developing new investor markets for aircraft financing. From 2011 to 2013 he was based in DVB's Singapore office covering Asia. Kieran has worked in the aviation and investment banking sectors for the past 29 years, involved primarily in the areas of structured finance, advisory and aircraft operating leasing. During that time he has completed financings for aircraft worth over 7.0 billion.
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Headquartered in Dublin with offices in London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco, more than 650 people work across Matheson's five offices, including 80 partners and tax principals and over 350 legal and tax professionals. Matheson concentrates on serving the Irish legal needs of internationally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. Matheson's clients include the majority of the Fortune 100 companies and over half of the world's 50 largest banks. Matheson has worked closely with some of the world's largest tech multinationals and high-profile start-ups advising 7 of the top 10 global technology brands.
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CDB Aviation Lease Finance DAC is a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co, which in turn is part of the world's largest development finance institution. As a full-service lessor, CDB Aviation offers a wide array of valuable services to airlines, from traditional operating leases, to fleet renewals, to structured financings. With a portfolio of the most sought after aircraft types, CDB Aviation offers innovative and cost-effective leasing solutions that support its airline partners to realize their goals.
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Ireland's inward investment promotion agency, the IDA, is a non-commercial, semi-state body promoting Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland through a wide range of services. We partner with potential and existing investors to help them establish or expand their operations in Ireland.
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Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) is Northern Ireland's regional economic development agency. It is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department for the Economy (DfE). As the regional business development agency, Invest NI's role is to grow the local economy. It does this by helping new and existing businesses to compete internationally, and by attracting new investment to Northern Ireland.
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Walkers is a pre-eminent financial services law firm. We provide market leading Irish legal, tax, listing and professional services solutions to domestic and international financial institutions, investment managers, private equity groups and corporations. The firm has a considerable global presence with ten offices, 95 partners and more than 700 staff providing a 24/7 service to our clients
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IBA is a leading independent aviation consultancy advising a broad mix of lessors, operators, financiers and investors. Operating globally, we inform decision making and support operations across the aviation spectrum. Supporting strategic investments, managing aircraft, advising on expansion, or driving efficiency improvements, our mix of intelligence gathering, analysis, proprietary data, technical expertise and decades of aviation experience delivers value across aviation opportunities and challenges.
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basis.point is the Irish Fund Industry's initiative to come together to help make a difference to those in need. The aim of basis.point is to make a real contribution to improving educational opportunities for those in need in Ireland, particularly young people. It does this by providing grants to charities to fund programmes and initiatives that focus on education and which aim to make a sustainable and tangible difference to those living in poverty.
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"Helping Dublin's Inner City Communities by supporting Local Education and Social Activities that make a difference "
Established by a group of IFSC companies in 1992, the purpose of the Trust is to provide financial support to worthy projects and community organisations within Dublin's inner city.
The emphasis is on supporting groups focused on educational, social, health and well-being, sporting and cultural activities. Typical projects tend to be small scale and focused on alleviating economic and social disadvantage. For further information please visit: www.ifsctrust.org
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