Firm:	EY Ireland
Position:	Sector Lead - Payments
Address:	EY Building Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street Dublin 2

Special Areas:

Since joining EY in 2016, Fidelma has advised global banks, payments firms, technology companies and crypto-asset service providers on regulatory strategy, enterprise wide risk frameworks, authorisations and licence applications, ECB Comprehensive Assessment preparation, operational resilience and compliance with major EU and Irish regulatory reforms.

Career:

Fidelma Clarke is a Partner in EY Consulting and a senior leader in regulatory change, governance and risk management, with over 25 years’ experience at executive and board level in financial services. She is Ireland's Payments Sector Lead and is recognised for steering senior executives through complex regulatory scrutiny and transformation.

During 2020 and 2021 Fidelma was seconded as Chief Governance Officer to the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), an initiative of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, co-chaired by Brian Moynihan, Global Chairman and CEO of Bank of America, to accelerate a just transition to net zero through industry innovation, scaling private sector investment and education. This initiative is now supported by more than 300 global corporations.

In addition to Sustainable Finance, Fidelma supports our international banking clients in their alignment with the European regulatory framework and expectations.

Prior to joining EY, Fidelma spent 25 years in banking, specialising in corporate governance and risk and holding board and senior executive roles including that of Chief Risk Officer.

Qualifications:

Fidelma is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin with a BA (Mod) and M.Litt. in Economics.