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The Asset Management Exchange (AMX) is an independent institutional asset management marketplace designed to fundamentally transform institutional investment. It is creating a smarter, easier and cheaper way to connect asset owners to those who manage their money. Eoin leads the AMX Investment Operations team and is based in Ireland. His team are responsible for Delegate Oversight and the on-boarding of Investment Managers & Investors to the Digital Platform. His previous roles include Head of UK & Ireland Fund Accounting at BNY Mellon, EMEA Head of Private Equity at State Street and Senior Accounting Officer for Goldman Sachs International. He started his career with Deloitte. Eoin sits on the board of Cork Chamber of Commerce and is Chair of Cork Financial Services Forum. He is an independent director of Shine Ireland, a charity for autism. He is the EMEA Champion for Inclusion & Diversity for his firm.

Cian O’Laoide is First Secretary for Finance at the Embassy of Ireland London, on secondment from the Department of Finance. In this role he covers all of the Department’s policy areas, but in particular Financial Services, Macroeconomics and Tax Policy.

Prior to joining the Embassy, Cian worked in a wide variety of roles in the Department of Finance, including in the Financial Services Division, Banking Policy Division and the Shareholding and Financial Advisory Division. He also worked as a Seconded Expert in Financial Services for the Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Cian holds an MSc in Economics and an MPhil in Irish Writing from Trinity College Dublin.

As a partner in the firm’s Banking & Financial Services Department and Head of the Investment Management Group, Mark advises a wide variety of clients who are engaged in the promotion and management of investment funds (including UCITS and alternative investment funds) and in the provision of funds administration and custodial services. Clients include some of the largest fund managers in the domestic and international funds market, large institutional seed investors such as pension schemes and many of the large prime brokerage houses. Mark also advises on investment business regulation and financial services law.

Mark was also a member of the Council of the Irish Funds Industry Association Limited, retiring in 2015 upon completion of his term of office.

Tara Mandal is a senior banking and board executive with over 25 years’ experience in corporate governance, risk management, business strategy and operations. She has worked in banking roles with responsibility for corporate governance, risk management, operations and project management supporting entities across the US, EMEA, Asia and Latin America. During her 23 year career at JP Morgan, Tara worked through numerous economic events with periods of high market volatility resulting in an ever changing regulatory environment. 

From 2016-19, Tara was Chief Risk Officer for JP Morgan Switzerland and a senior member of the Global Asset Management team. JP Morgan Switzerland had over CHF33 billion in AUM and services Ultra High Net Worth individuals in EMEA and Latin America as well as Swiss Pension funds. Prior to this role, Tara spent 6 years as Chief Operating Officer for the Global Chief Risk Officer of JP Morgan Private Bank in New York. JP Morgan Private Bank has approximately USD1.3 Trillion in AUM and a credit book of USD1.4 Trillion. In these roles, Tara sought Board and regulatory approval to implement risk and stress testing frameworks across jurisdictions. 

Throughout her career, Tara has managed teams across multiple locations. This work involved numerous team restructuring initiatives including documenting roles and responsibilities, cost re-engineering and reduction of workforce. She proudly implemented an entry programme for women returning to the work force in Switzerland. Tara is a mentor and has recently qualified as an Executive Coach. Tara is a Partner and the Chief Operating Officer at PEAL, she is also the ESG Officer.

Paul joined FundRock in 2018 as their Global Head of Sales, Client Services and Marketing. He is now Head of Strategic Development for the Group. He has over 20 years of experience in financial markets and services, and extensive knowledge of the European regulatory landscape and investor drivers for the alternative and traditional fund management spheres. Paul has worked with clients on a global scale to establish European management and fund structures for open and closed ended funds. He commentates in the financial press and speaks regularly at conferences and events. Prior to joining FundRock, he worked at Apex Fund Services where he was Head of European Sales and Managing Director of their UK operations. Paul graduated from Queen Mary College and University of London before starting his career at Thomson Reuters.

Philip is a tax partner in KPMG Ireland’s asset management practice. He has extensive experience advising Irish and international investment managers, wealth managers, investors and fund service providers on a broad spectrum of tax issues including fund structuring, investment level tax structuring, cross border M&A transactions and fund manager remuneration schemes. He has advised a number of private equity groups on the establishment of structures across a broad range of alternative asset classes including traditional private equity, credit, renewable energy and aviation.

Philip is also a member of the Irish Funds Domestic Tax Working Group.

Janet Henry was appointed as HSBC’s Global Chief Economist in August 2015. She was previously HSBC’s Chief European Economist and is a member of Handelsblatt’s Shadow ECB Council. Much of her past research has focused on globalisation – including the global determinants of local inflation. Since the COVID-19 outbreak her work has focused on the labour market implications, evolving inflation dynamics and policy challenges of the unprecedented recession and the recovery.

Janet is a Governor of the UK’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists Community. She has given evidence to financial committees of the EU Parliament on China and UK House of Lords on Europe.

Janet joined HSBC in 1996 in Hong Kong where she worked as an Asian economist in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the Asian crisis, before joining the London team as a global economist. 

Montserrat Farina is an Executive Director at JPMorgan. She covers DLT, digital assets and CBDC policy engagement and strategy globally. Montserrat re-joined JPM in 2018 as Executive Director in Digital Assets Strategy, now Onyx, and moved to this role in 2020. Prior to that Montserrat worked at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) covering market structure, cryptoassets and innovation topics. Before that she held different positions in FIG Banking (JPM), Equity Research (Morgan Stanley), Corporate Finance (McKinsey) and Strategy and M&A (Citigroup).

Montserrat holds an MBA and MIA from Columbia University.

Padraig is an independent consultant with over 20 years experience in the asset management industry. He joined Barings in 2006 working there for over 14 years helping establish and successfully run various investment platforms (UCITS and non-UCITS) across a number of different jurisdictions including Ireland, Luxembourg and the UK. As European Head of Client & Portfolio Services his responsibilities covered oversight of client onboarding, fund administration and client reporting where he gained an in-depth understanding of both investment and fund operations across all public and private debt asset classes as well as equity and multi asset sectors.

A qualified accountant, prior to joining Barings Padraig spent 6 years in the private equity and venture capital industry with Quester Capital Management in London and 3 years with HSBC Private Bank in Jersey, C.I.

Lora advises clients on the structuring and operation of onshore and offshore investment funds, both regulated and unregulated, and also advises on all legal aspects of asset management. She specialises in regulated funds.

Her clients include operators, asset managers, depositaries and custodians of investment funds. Advice is wide ranging and incorporates restructurings and reorganisations, outsourcing and hosting arrangements, investment management agreements, depositary agreements and platform and distribution arrangements. 

In addition she regularly assists clients with related EU and UK regulatory and compliance matters. She has particular experience in advising on the UCITS regime, AIFMD, MiFID and ESG developments. 

Lora is an active participant in Investment Association initiatives and is currently advising the FCA and IA on the proposed Long Term Asset Fund. She is also on the Alternative Investment Management Association working groups in relation to UCITS, AIFMD and Liquid Alternatives and is on the IBA’s Investment Funds Committee.

Lora is ranked as a leading individual in the retail funds space by a leading legal directory, The UK Legal 500, and is listed in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2020.

David is a policy professional advising the asset management industry on Brexit preparations and the UK's future relationship with the EU. 

He has a background in project management, public affairs, and working in member-based organisations.

Stuart Corrigall, Managing Director, is a member of the Global Product Group (GPG) based in EMEA where he is Head of the GPG Product Governance & Policy and GPG Product Structuring functions and is also the CEO of BlackRock Fund Managers Limited (BlackRock’s UK fund management company).

Stuart is a leading funds product and regulatory expert and has advised clients, regulators and governments internationally on various asset management matters. Between 2017-20 Stuart served as an adviser to ESMA on its Investment Management Standing Committee, and in 2020 he was appointed by EFAMA as Chair of its Fund Regulation Standing Committee. Stuart was previously Head of Investment Oversight EMEA and is a qualified lawyer.

Kieran Fox joined the Association in August 2007 and is the Director - Business Development for Irish Funds. As well as being responsible for working with investment managers and developing our membership offering, Kieran participates in a number of our steering groups including Distribution, Marketing & Promotion and Front Office and has led engagement on specific regulatory matters. Kieran has a BSc Finance and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Information Systems. Prior to joining us he gained significant experience both in industry and within the regulator. He was a senior regulator and risk specialist with the Central Bank of Ireland for almost two years and prior to this spent seven years in a variety of roles across the front office within the hedge fund industry in London. Kieran represents the Association on the Summit Finuas Network Steering Committee.