Our People

• Former Managing Partner at KPMG Ireland from 2006 to 2013.
• Appointed Chairman of Enterprise Ireland (EI) in August 2013.
• Former member of KPMG’s Global Board, Global Executive Team and EMA Board.
• Board member Hibernia REIT plc., The Irish Times Limited.
• Board member, Fellow and former President of the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board.
• Member of the Dublin City University (DCU) Governing Authority.
• Council member of the Irish Management Institute and the Dublin Theatre Festival and advisor to Women’s Executive Network (WXN) Ireland.

• Founder of Kinsale Capital Management & Kinsale Harbour Fund: A top performing fund in its class during 2008 Financial crisis.
• Former Director & Head of Institutional Equity Sales for Merrill Lynch in Chicago & London.
• Former Head of Equities and Director of Goodbody Stockbrokers.
• Former Non-Executive Director, LNR Europe Investors S.à r.l. SICAR, a Starwood Capital Group company.
• Former Non-Executive Director & Board member Enterprise Ireland (EI) & former Chairman Audit Committee.
• Former member of the Innovation Fund Ireland Committee.
• Founder attendee, Global Irish Economic Forum 2009.
• MBS Banking & Finance (1st Class Hons thesis) Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

• Former senior member of Merrill Lynch, New York advising corporates, pension funds, endowments and families for over 20 years.
• Former member of Bank of America Merrill Lynch Country Leadership Team - Governance and control forum for all group activities and legal entities in Ireland.
• Former Associate Managing Director at Furman Selz Inc., New York.
• Qualified as Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) & Certified Financial Planner (CFP).
• Diploma in Prof. Accounting (Hons) Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and B.Comm (1st Class Hons) UCD.

• Developed and executed derivative and equity strategies for the Kinsale Harbour Fund.
• Managed the Asian equity portfolio for the Kinsale Harbour Fund.
• Developed bespoke trading, market analysis and reconciliation software for the firm.
• Member of the Ireland Funds International Young Leaders network.
• MBS Finance (1st Class Hons) Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. B.Comm (1st Class Hons), and Higher Diploma in Computer Science (1st Class Hons) UCD.

• Former Director of Global Equity Sales Trading for NYSE-listed GFI Group, working across Dublin, London, New York & Hong Kong.
• Former Vice President of Pan-Euro Institutional Sales Trading at Knight Capital Markets, London.
• Former Equity Analyst for award-winning Hedge Fund Clareville Capital Partners LLP.
• Qualified as FSA Approved Investment Advisor & Certificate in Securities.
• BA Degree in Business & Economics (2:1 Hons), Trinity College Dublin.

• Strong specialism in the areas of risk modelling/management and investment analysis.
• MSc Finance with distinction from Grenoble Graduate School of Business.
• Master of Science in Management from ESC Grenoble.
• Studied Finance at the Aalto University School of Business (formerly Helsinki School of Economics).

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) with Chartered Accountants Ireland.
• Former Tax Associate at Deloitte Ireland.
• Member and project co-lead of the Irish Finbiz 2030 Task Force to help meet the UN SDG's by 2030 in association with Chartered Accountants Worldwide.
• MSc Finance (1st Class Hons) from Trinity College Dublin.

• Former Intern at Phimetrics Technologies PVT LTD.
• Bachelors of Technology in Electronics and Communication
• Masters of Engineering in Electronic Systems (Nano Majors) from Dublin City University.

• Former Equity Research intern at Susquehanna International Group.
• Passed level III CFA.
• Master of Science in Financial Risk Management (2:1) from Trinity College Dublin.
• Bachelor of Science in Biopharmaceutical Science (1:1 Hons) from Dundalk Institute of Technology.

• Former Major Gifts Coordinator for the University of Minnesota Athletics Department.
• CFA Level 1 Candidate
• Masters of Arts in International Political Economy (2:1) from University College Dublin
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, emph. Economics and Law, (2:1) from the University of Minnesota

Kinsale Capital employs a team of junior analysts who :
• Provide support to the portfolio management team.
• Perform due diligence on asset allocation through extensive research and model development.
• Perform bespoke research services for clients of Kinsale Capital.

• Managing Member of Kinney Asset Management, LLC, the general partner of Acacia Capital LP.
• Responsible for management of account at CSS, LLC, utilizing an investment philosophy similar to that of Acacia Capital LP.
• Responsible for management of accounts at First Commerce Investors (later the Great Plains Family of Funds) and Huntington Partners.
• Member of the Investment Analysts Society of Chicago and the CFA Institute.
• Received designation of Chartered Financial Analyst from the Association of Investment Management and Research (AIMR).
• Degree in Business Studies (Hons) from Trinity College, Dublin.

• Responsible for managing the daily operations and finance functions in role as Chief Financial Officer
• Holds the dual role of Chief Compliance Officer
• Former sole manager of fund administration for the Chicago office of a top ten global fund administration firm
• CFA charterholder
• Degree in accountancy from Northern Illinois University

• Monitoring of assigned portfolio companies and due diligence on and analysis of potential investment ideas.
• Formerly Research Associate at Milwaukee Private Wealth Management, Inc.
• Master in Finance from IE Business School in Madrid.
• Hons (1st class) in Theoretical Physics from Trinity College Dublin.

• Monitoring of assigned portfolio companies and due diligence on and analysis of potential investment ideas.
• Former Investment Associate at The Xander Group, an emerging markets investment firm.
• Began career as an Analyst at Marshall Wace in London.
• BA (honors) in History from the University of Pennsylvania, MSc (distinction) from Oxford, MBA from Harvard Business School.

• Co-founder of Phaeacian Partners where he acts as Managing Partner, CIO and portfolio manager
• Previously served as Managing Director at First Pacific Advisors (FPA) and as portfolio manager for FPA Paramount Fund Strategy (now the Phaeacian Global Value Fund) and FPA International Value Strategy (now the Phaeacian Accent International Value Fund)
• Former Senior International Investment Analyst at Harris Associates LP., Analyst at Goldman Sachs and Analyst at Salomon Brothers
• MBA from Harvard Business School
• Master in Management (MIM) from Grande Ecole at HEC Paris, and LLM in International Business and Tax Law
• Former student of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (IEP Paris)

• Analyst at Phaeacian Partners
• Joined Phaeacian Partners in 2020
• Previously served as analyst at First Pacific Advisors (FPA) for FPA World Value Strategy and FPA International Value Strategy
• Former Research Analyst at Artisan Partners and at Deccan Value Advisors LP
• Previously taught at École Normale Supérieure (Paris)
• Doctorate in Rhetoric and French language from Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne and Bachelors Degree in Rhetoric from University of California, Berkeley
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

• Analyst at Phaeacian Partners
• Joined Phaeacian Partners in 2020
• Previously served as analyst at First Pacific Advisors (FPA) for FPA World Value Strategy and FPA International Value Strategy
• Former Research Analyst at NWQ Investment Management and Junior Equity Analyst at Tradewinds Global Investors
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame

• Analyst at Phaeacian Partners
• Joined Phaeacian Partners in 2020
• Previously served as analyst at First Pacific Advisors (FPA) for FPA World Value Strategy and FPA International Value Strategy
• Former Research Associate Brandes Investment Partners
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)