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.
Alan Barry founded Fund Elements in 2015. Fund Elements is focused on enabling the next generation of Apps for Investment Funds by breaking through the current operating silo’s. Fund Element’s App provides a transparent view of requirements by documenting the end to end Investment Fund Operating Model in the cloud where is it accessible to all. Fund Elements is about collaboration between solution providers, enabling the Investment Fund Knowledge and Digital Skills required to build future Apps
Michelle is an experienced compliance and risk professional with 15 years experience in senior positions in various financial services industries including banking and fund administration. During her time in industry, Michelle was a member of Industry working groups in AML, Data Protection and Regulation. Michelle holds the relevant compliance, risk and legal qualifications and professional body memberships, complementing strong business commercial knowledge.
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.
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.
Russell Burke, independent payments consultant, with a unique combination of extensive regulatory and strategic experience, now advising payments and electronic money firms seeking authorisation, is one of Ireland’s leading payments specialists with over forty years’ experience with the Central Bank of Ireland, the Irish Payments Services Organisation (IPSO) and Bank of Ireland. Russell also provides bespoke payments training and support services.
Specialising in payments since 2000, Russell most recently helped transform the regulated payments sector in Ireland over seven years as the Senior Payments Specialist with the Central Bank of Ireland’s Payments Authorisations Team assessing and making decision recommendations for the many payments and electronic money firms now authorised in Ireland e.g. Facebook, Google, Stripe.
