As Global Head of Market Intelligence, Adrian Whelan is passionate about helping clients identify and interpret regulatory, distribution and product change in the asset management space. He is focused on articulating the impacts to clients and their businesses and highlighting the opportunities they can create.
Through active industry engagement, Adrian acts as an advocate for our clients’ interests. He is the lead contributor to BBH’s On The Regs blog, and regularly shares insights on global regulatory topics there and across social media. Adrian is also a regular conference speaker and contributor to trade media on all aspects of asset management.
Ciara is the Head of Compliance & MLRO for Revolut Wealth & Trading in Ireland, where she leads the Regulatory Compliance function for the European firm. Revolut’s ambition is to make wealth and trading accessible to all clients across the EEA.
Prior to joining Revolut Ciara was a Director in Deloitte’s Risk & Regulatory practice where she provided regulatory compliance and conduct risk services to a broad range of clients including credit institutions, investment management firms and other financial service providers.
Ciara has experience working with CCOs, CROs, CEOs, HIAs and Boards in a number of global and domestic FinTech firms, Irish Pillar Banks, Wholesale Banks, MiFID Firms, including Broker Dealers and High Impact Insurers in managing their Regulatory and Conduct (Wholesale and Retail) Risks.
As Director of Fraud at Blockfolio, Hubert is responsible for leading Blockfolio’s efforts against fraud and building out anti fraud measures. Blockfolio is a market leading Crypto Trading App owned by Alameda Research. Before joining Blockfolio, Hubert was over 5 years at Circle Internet Financial as Head of Risk Operations overseeing Fraud, AML and Customer Service teams. He specialises in online Payment Fraud, scaling KYC/AML processes and building out global Customer Support teams.
Katy Dineen is a senior associate at the Mizen Group and an assistant lecturer at University College Cork (UCC) . For the Mizen Group, Katy advises on the construction of diagnostic instruments in relation to interdisciplinary research methods. These instruments are used to collect data on organisational culture. She has also provided a philosophical framework for Mizen’s operations, based on the idea of trustworthiness. At UCC, Katy lectures on value theory for the philosophy department, including moral philosophy and political theory. Her research focuses on the intersection between vulnerability and autonomy
Kean is a Sales Development Representative at ConsenSys, a market leader in blockchain SaaS products. He is an active member of the blockchain ecosystem in Ireland and has been working in the space for several years. Before joining ConsenSys, Kean was an Analyst in the Deloitte EMEA Blockchain Lab working with Financial Service clients.
PHD Financial (Risk) Management and Services (FMUK, Bratislava)
MSc Treasury, Investment and Banking (DCU)
Dr Monika Smatralova is a senior practitioner covering a financial services area. Her current role is an Internal Audit Director at Barclays Europe. Her academic background is in 'Financial (Risk) Management’ and ‘Banking, Treasury and Investments’. She has been working in risk functions of major high street and captive banks over 13 years focusing mainly on Credit and Operational Risk Management and Measurement; Capital, Liquidity and Funding Risk and Enterprise Risk Management.
Pete is the Founding Partner of Ireland-based Norio Ventures, a fintech startup advisory firm focusing on early-stage ventures in digital assets, distributed ledger technologies and global capital markets. Pete works with startups across Ireland, the UK and the US to help founders get their products to market, acquire customers, navigate regulatory frameworks and secure funding.
Rachel co-founded O’Dwyer Power Accountants in 2018 and since then, in her role as a Consultant, she advises organisations regarding their compliance with current data protection and anti-money laundering legislation. Her client list incorporates a wide range of clients from a cross sector of industries but with particular emphasis on the Credit Union sector. Prior to that, Rachel held roles in financial management for over 10 years, including working in the education sector and in industry.
Rachel Woolley is the Director of Financial Crime at Fenergo and is based out of the firm’s headquarters in Dublin. Rachel has over 12 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry, having worked primarily in the funds industry and retail banking.
Fenergo is a leading provider of Client Lifecycle Management, AML/KYC Compliance and Client Data Management solutions for investment, corporate, commercial, and private banks. Rachel’s current remit covers all aspects of financial crime, including ongoing monitoring and analysis of evolving legislation and trends to assess product impact. Rachel’s function works alongside the product and technical teams, combining subject matter expertise with technology to deliver effective solutions.
FCCA, CDPP, CDPO, CIPM, CIPP/E
Data Privacy Solution (DPS) specialise in providing professional expert training, advice and consultancy services on local and European legislations relating to Data Protection to organisations in all business sectors.
Ruth is a highly qualified and experienced trainer and consultant, with over twenty-five years’ experience of working in both the Oil and Technology industries and within her own consultancy company, Data Privacy Solutions (DPS), formally RFH Consulting.
Her extensive experience in designing and delivering bespoke Data Protection training courses for clients within the health, public sector, financial and entertainment sectors, ensure her clients specific requirements are met. She has designed and presented various levels of training courses for Data Protection Officers, Data Protection Managers, Data Protection teams, awareness training for general staff members and Board members within these sectors.
