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 Head of Compliance, XS Direct Insurance Brokers Limited
• Former Head of Client Management and Legal, Director and COO Harcourt Life Assurance Company (formerly IBRC Assurance Company)
• Former Head of Client Management and Legal, IBRC Wealth Management
• Former Head of Sales, ABN Amro International Financial Services Company
• Member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Institute of Bankers in Ireland
• Qualified Financial Adviser
• MBS Banking & Finance, UCD and BCL, 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.

• Former Senior Manager Equity Sales and Head of Finnish Equities, Davy Stockbrokers.
• Member of Institute of Directors Ireland.
• Former Registered Stockbroker, Irish Stock Exchange.
• Former Registered Broker, FINRA.
• Bachelor of Engineering from University 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.

• Multi-jurisdictional Compliance experience covering Ireland, USA, UK, France and Canada.
• Former AML / KYC compliance team member with Northern Trust and HSBC.
• Former trader with Religare Broking Limited specialising in National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange.
• B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and MBA in Finance.
• MSc. in Financial Risk Management from Trinity College Dublin.

• Former intern at Food and Drug Analysis, Mumbai
• B.Sc in Chemistry from University of Mumbai
• MBA in Finance from Dublin Business School
• Student ambassador for MBA (Mentor for MBA Finance)

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.
• 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.