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EXCELLING INTERNATIONALLY The Business & Finance Global 100 highlights Ireland’s leading business people who are running international businesses across the world.

he Business & Finance Global 100 listing showcases some of Ireland’s outstanding business leaders who are impacting and influencing global businesses and international markets across a diversity of sectors. Remaining competitive in a global market is challenging, and executives are constantly changing and evolving their skills and leadership styles to reflect and adapt to the changing pace of business. This is evident across a wide cross-section of sectors – from banking to philanthropy, politics to technology. Equally, growing a global business in a fiercly competitive environment is also difficult – but as the Global 100 listing shows, there are plenty of examples of Irish business people who are leading the charge.

INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS The Global 100 listing pays tribute to senior Irish business executives across the global Irish business network, acknowledging their many successes, both nationally and internationally – whether rising to senior corporate positions or founding multi-million dollar enterprises. It also highlights the efforts of key Irish leaders worldwide, who through their leadership and initiative have played a vital role in promoting Irish interests abroad, encouraged foreign investment into Ireland and assisted in developing the political landscape of the country.

GLOBAL MARKET OPPORTUNITIES According to PWC’s 18th Global CEO Survey (2015), mature markets – particularly the US, which for the first time in five years ranks above China as CEOs’ key market for growth – look likely to offer the best prospects in the near term. The emerging economies – notably the BRICs, which have been powerful engines of expansion – are now grappling with political and structural challenges, according to the survey. However, underlying drivers of growth, such as youthful populations and a fast-growing middle class, make many emerging economies attractive prospects for the future. EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED From the success of emerging enterprises that are blazing a trail, to the longevity and substantiality of well-established firms, Ireland’s global business leaders and their companies are displaying top level innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit indicative of our national character. Given global market challenges, Ireland’s top global executives and entrepreneurs have excelled in their fields and across the international business landscape in general. Their tenacious leadership, ability to spot and maximise on market opportunities, and their contribution and commitment to Ireland’s economy are testament to their adaptability, innovation and ability to scale large international firms. n October 2015 Business & Finance

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a business employing 3,000 people in over 80 countries. Under her leadership, AMS continues to grow rapidly. In 2007, Blair led the company through a £100m MBO, and in 2008 she led the acquisition of the second-largest pureplay RPO provider in the UK, Capital Consulting.

Loretta Brennan Glucksman has worked tirelessly to promote Irish culture and to establish strong ties between America and the island of Ireland. A philanthropist and longtime advocate and supporter of Irish causes, she has played a key role in philanthropic efforts to spread peace throughout the island of Ireland.

KINGSLEY AIKINS »»Founder/CEO »»Diaspora Matters »»Consultancy Born in Dublin, Kingsley Aikins was educated at The High School, Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. Previously he was chief executive of the Worldwide Ireland Funds and now runs a consultancy company based in Dublin called Diaspora Matters ,which gives advice on diaspora issues to governments, corporates and individuals.

GRAINNE BARRON »»Founder/CEO »»Viddyad »»Technology Based in Dublin and San Francisco, Viddyad allows businesses to quickly and easily create and publish video ads online. Founder Grainne Barron has won numerous awards and served with Startup Ireland, IBEC’s CEO Forum and Techpreneurs.

CRAIG BARRETT

ROSALEEN BLAIR

»»Chairman »» Irish Technology Leadership Group »»Education

»»CEO »» Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) »»Management services

Craig Barrett became CEO of Intel in 1998, a position he held for seven years. After retiring from Intel, Barrett joined the faculty at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, and is

Rosaleen Blair is founder and chief executive officer of Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS). Widely credited with pioneering the concept of recruitment process outsourcing, Blair has built

MIKE BURKE »»Partner »» Arnall Golden Gregory LLP »»Legal Michael Burke is a partner in the corporate practice at Arnall Golden Gregory with experience in cross-border corporate and commercial transactions. His experience in efficiently structuring successful transactions and mitigating legal risk includes domestic, international outbound and international inbound transactions. Burke’s experience extends from life sciences through manufacturing, software, mining, retailers and online businesses.

LORETTA BRENNAN GLUCKSMAN »»Chairman emeritus »» The American Ireland Fund »»Philanthropic

MICHAEL BREWSTER »»Managing director »»Credit Suisse »»Banking Michael Brewster joined Credit Suisse Private Banking USA as a managing director in 2008. He has spent the over 20 years managing investments for high networth clients, 16 of those at Lehman Brothers. He is the sole manager of the MB Value and Growth and MB Strategic Dividend and Income portfolios.

AIDAN BROGAN »»CEO »»Datalex »»Technology Voted the World’s Leading Travel Merchandising Solution Provider at the 2014 World Travel Awards, the Dublin-headquartered travel software company’s October 2015 Business & Finance

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work underpins over a billion shoppers’ experiences. Aidan Brogan became CEO in 2012, travelling the world as he turned the company into a global leader, having worked in the airline and travel industries all throughout his career.

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Policy Committee, Financial Policy Committee and the Board of the Prudential Regulation Authority.

JAMES CARROLL »» Global managing director, government relations »»Accenture »»Business services James Carroll has over 20 years of corporate government relations experience successfully leading internal and external teams to strategically position clients, build deep relationships in government and politics, effectively advocate policy positions and manage complex issues.

later. It is headquartered in an old San Francisco trunk factory, and has secured $200m in funding and a client list that includes Twitter, Salesforce and Kickstarter.

JIM CLERKIN »»President and CEO »»Moët Hennessy USA »»Food and drink Rostrevor, Co Down man Jim Clerkin started his career at Guinness, working his way up through Diageo in Ireland and then moving to the drinks giant’s North American operations. He joined Moët Hennessy USA in 2008 as executive vice-president, and was appointed president and CEO in December 2010.

FRED COMBE »»Managing director »»Natus Pte »»Consultancy

»»Co-founder »»Hume Brophy »»Consultancy A co-founder of communications consultancy firm Hume & Brophy, Eoin Brophy has two decades of international strategic communications and public affairs experience across the corporate, financial services, media and travel retail sectors. Prior to Hume Brophy, he was responsible for institutional communications at Gartmore Investment Management in London and was director of European Communications for the international online broadcaster Servecast.

MARK CARNEY »»Governor »»Bank of England »»Banking Mark Carney is Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Monetary

Fred Combe is founder and managing director of Natus Pte, a corporate management consultancy firm. He is an active investor in start-up companies across Asia and Australasia, and is CEO of China International Duty Free and a board adviser to Wildfire Asia.

PATRICK & JOHN COLLISON LIAM CASEY »»Founder/CEO »»PCH International »»Technology Liam Casey is the founder and chief executive officer of PCH International. PCH creates, develops and delivers some of the world’s best technology products for major global brands. Casey identified the potential and opportunities for growth in China in the mid-1990s, and founded PCH in Cork in 1996. He is widely recognised as a thought leader on international trade and business in China.

»»Founders/CEOs »»Stripe »»Technology Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, Stripe, the brainchild of brothers Patrick and John Collison, is a simple, easy, developer-friendly way to accept payments online and is the quickest and easiest way to accept card payments on websites and in mobile apps. Stripe first made its payments platform available in September 2011, launching in the US before expanding to Canada a year

COLIN CROWELL »» Vice president Global Public Policy »»Twitter »»Technology

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Colin Crowell is vice president of Global Public Policy at Twitter. In this role he oversees the company’s efforts to educate policymakers on Twitter’s services and policies, and manages the company’s public policy agenda on a host of technology issues in Washington and internationally.

PATRICK CURTIN

division and has held various positions including responsibility for energy and power transactions in the Equity Capital Markets Group in New York, a stint in Hong Kong as co-head of Capital Markets for Asia exJapan, and has been co-head of the Industrial and Natural Resources Financing Group in New York. He became a managing director in 1998 and a partner in 2000.

»» Global head of sales and client management for global custody, fund services and agency lending »»Citigroup »»Banking Patrick Curtin is global head of sales and client management for global custody, fund services and agency lending at Citi. He was previously global head of funds services for Citi Investor Services. Before that he was responsible for business origination and managing client relationships across Citi’s Investor Services suite in North America and has over 25 years of executive leadership in the securities business and capital markets.

JOHN DALY »»Head of the Americas Equity Capital Markets Group »»Goldman Sachs »»Banking John Daly is head of the Americas Equity Capital Markets Group at Goldman Sachs. He joined the firm in the investment banking

majority shareholder in Celtic Football Club, and involved in a wide variety of investments.

FIONA DAWSON »»Global president »»Mars Food »»Food Fiona Dawson became global president of Mars Food in January 2015. She joined the Mars graduate scheme straight from Trinity College in 1988 and, apart from two years spent with Pepsi in the early 1990s, has remained with the company in various roles across the European business, most recently regional president of Chocolate UK and Global Retail. Dawson’s roles within Mars give her responsibility for drinks and multisales.

STUART DWYER »»Chargé d’affaires »»US Embassy »»Politics Stuart Dwyer has been chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Dublin since 2013. He came directly from an assignment at the US Embassy in Moscow, where he was minister counsellor for Economic Affairs. He previously held the role of deputy director of the State Department’s Office of Western European Affairs, with responsibility for bilateral relations with the UK, Benelux and Ireland.

SUSAN DAVIS »»Founder and chairman »» Susan Davis International »»Communications Susan Davis is founder and chairman of Susan Davis International, a global strategic communications consulting firm headquartered in Washington, DC with 70 agency partners worldwide. She is internationally known for her expertise in reputation management, market entry and expansion, crisis communications and public affairs. Davis has provided counsel to government and industry leaders throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas, and continues to advise key public figures worldwide.

DERMOT DESMOND »»Founder and chairman »» International Investment and Underwriting »»Investment

»»President »»NYSE Group »»Financial trading

Billionaire Dermot Desmond is one of Ireland’s highestprofile businessmen, having made his name by founding and selling National City Brokers, as well as the IFSC project and deals such as London City Airport. He is currently

Tom Farley has been president of NYSE Group at Intercontinental Exchange Group, Inc and NYSE Holdings LLC since May 2014. Previously he served as the CEO of NYSE at Intercontinental Exchange Group and as senior vice

TOM FARLEY

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GLOBAL 100 president of Financial Markets and president of ICE Futures US. Before joining ICE in 2007 Farley served as president of Sungard Kiodex, where he had been CFO and COO.

ROSS FINEGAN »»Co-founder »» Lonsdale Capital Partners »»Investment Ross Finegan is co-founder of private equity firm Lonsdale Capital Partners. Based in London, Finegan trained as a chartered accountant at PwC and started his career in 1994 with Deloitte Corporate Finance, later joining the private equity arm of JP Morgan Partners.

IRIAL FINAN »» Executive vice president/president »» The Coca Cola Company/Bottling Investments Group »»Beverages Irial Finan is an executive vice president of The Coca-Cola Company and president of its bottling business, Bottling Investments Group. He is on several Coca-Cola boards in addition to the board of Galway University Foundation, The American Ireland Fund and Smurfit Kappa Group. He joined The Coca-Cola Company in 2004 as president, Bottling Investments and Supply Chain and was named executive vice president that year.

DAVID FINN »»CEO and founder »»AmaTech »»Technology Contactless payments pioneer David Finn’s career has been a rollercoaster ride, floating the original AmaTech, seeing it fail, and starting from scratch again. The new company makes the machines that make electronic passports, and has facilities in Galway and Germany. Finn’s contactless technology allows for a greater transmission range without the need for a power source, ideal for passports, credit cards and wearable devices.

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»»President and CEO »» Fitzpatrick Hotel Group, North America »»Hotels John Fitzpatrick is president and CEO of Fitzpatrick Hotel Group, North America. He is also chairman of The American Ireland Fund and is involved in numerous philanthropic initiatives from education to promoting reconciliation across divides in Northern Ireland. He is the recipient of many awards and accolades, including an OBE.

ELIZABETH FRAWLEY BAGLEY »»Ambassador »»Democratic Party »»Politics Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley returned to her position as Senior Advisor for Secretary’s Initiatives at the Office of the Secretary of State in January 2014. She served in the same position from October 2010 until her appointment as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the SixtyEighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations from September to December 2013.

»»Partner »»PJT Partners »»Finance Irish-born Basil Geoghegan is one of the top investment bankers in the UK. He is a partner in the Advisory Group at PJT Partners, having served as managing director of UK banking and broking at Citigroup in London until earlier this year. With a reputation for dealmaking, Geoghegan has held managing director positions at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. Geoghegan is a patron of The Ireland Fund of Great Britain and is involved with the Forgotten Irish campaign. He is also a nonexecutive director of the Irish Aviation Authority.

CATHRIONA HALLAHAN »»Managing director »»Microsoft Ireland »»Technology

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GLOBAL 100 and operations roles. She sits on the boards of Solas, the Children’s Hospital Group and the DanceSport Federation of Ireland.

OISIN HANRAHAN »»CEO and co-founder »»Handy »»Technology Oisin Hanrahan is CEO and co-founder of Handy, the ondemand home improvement and cleaning service. Prior to Handy, when he was just 18 years old, Hanrahan founded Clearwater Group, a real estate development company in Budapest, Hungary. Clearwater Group went on to successfully complete a number of multimillion euro developments and managed the real estate assets and rental needs of buyers. After Clearwater Group, Hanrahan established the Undergraduate Awards, which has become the world’s largest pan-discipline awards programme.

JOHN HARTNETT »»President and founder »»ITLG »» Technology and investment Technology executive and investor John Hartnett is president and founder of the Irish Technology Leadership Group, a network of global Irish technology leaders whose focus is to foster links between Ireland and Silicon Valley. He is also founder of Irish Technology Capital – a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm – and the Irish Innovation Center, a San Josebased launching pad and incubator for Irish technology companies.

AIDAN HEAVEY »»Founder »»Tullow Oil »»Energy Aidan Heavey is the founder of Tullow Oil, one of Europe’s largest oil businesses. Originally from Co. Roscommon, Heavey trained as an accountant with RJ Kidney & Co. and joined Aer Lingus in 1979, before leaving for Tullow Engineering in 1981. He founded Tullow Oil in 1985 and has built the company through a series

of acquisitions. He is a former director of Traidlinks, an Irish-based charity established to develop and promote enterprise and diminish poverty in the developing world, and is a member of the advisory board of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin.

York University Real Estate Institute Advisory Board.

COLM HOLMES »»CFO »»Aviva »»Insurance Colm Holmes became CFO for Aviva’s UK and Ireland General Insurance business in November 2013. Prior to this appointment he was group treasurer and head of capital management with Zurich Insurance Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Trinity College Dublin, and is a chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

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NORMAN HOUSTON

»» Managing director and head, US Real Estate Finance »»CIBC World Markets »»Finance

»»Director »» Northern Ireland Bureau »»Representative body

Michael Higgins joined CIBC in 1996 to set up a commercial real estate securitisation business, which has since grown into a full-service real estate finance business. Prior to joining CIBC he was VP and head of Commercial Mortgage Origination & Structuring at Smith Barney and has held various positions in the real estate and banking divisions of Paine Webber Group and the Chase Manhattan Bank. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree from National University of Ireland, Galway, and a master of science degree in real estate finance from New York University. Higgins is a member of the board of the National University of Ireland, Galway, and sits on the New

Norman Houston is director of the Northern Ireland Bureau, which promotes Northern Ireland within America and represents the interests of Northern Ireland businesses throughout the US. He has over 35 years’ experience in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, including 11 years in a diplomatic role.

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GLOBAL 100 »»Co-founder »»Hume Brophy »»Consultancy John Hume is co-founding partner of Hume Brophy. He has over 20 years’ experience working with EU institutions managing pan-European media and political campaigns. Prior to co-founding Hume Brophy, he served as deputy director general of Airports Council International (ACI) Europe and director of European public relations for the International Duty Free Confederation Focus 99, a consortium of airports, ferry companies and consumer goods companies. He also worked as an adviser to the European transport trade union federation and began his career as a management consultant with Deloitte.

Investment Committee. He also serves on the boards of Autism Speaks, The American Ireland Fund and the Galway University Foundation.

EDDIE JORDAN »»Entrepreneur/pundit »»BBC »»Media/motorsport Former motorsport team boss Eddie Jordan is also a successful entrepreneur and businessperson. He was the founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005. He has owned several companies and made numerous investments over the years. He has also had a successful TV career reporting for the BBC’s F1 coverage.

ADRIAN JONES »»Managing director »»Goldman Sachs »»Banking Roscommon-born Adrian Jones is a former lieutenant in the Irish army, currently managing director in the Principal Investment Area of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, New York. He is co-head of the Americas Equity business and a member of the Global

ALAN JOYCE »»CEO »»Qantas »»Aviation

Alan Joyce was appointed CEO and managing director of Qantas in November 2008. Joyce previously served as founding CEO of Jetstar for five years from 2003, establishing its operations in Australia and across Asia. He is a director of the Business Council of Australia, a member of the Male Champions of Change, ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation NSW, and presiding officer of the board of management for Charles Sturt University’s Associate Degree in Policing Practice. He is also a director of a number of controlled entities of the Qantas Group.

COLM KELLEHER »»CEO »» Morgan Stanley International Banking Irish-born Colm Kelleher is President of Morgan Stanley Institutional Securities and CEO of Morgan Stanley International. He joined the firm in 1989 and played a key role in steering it through the financial crisis as CFO.

CATHY KEARNEY »»Director »»Apple »»Technology Cathy Kearney is head of Apple’s European operations, overseeing the tech giant’s headquarters in Cork where there are approximately 4,000 employees. Kearney has been cited as playing a defining role in turning around Apple’s fortunes, given that in 2011 $22bn came from Apple’s Cork operations. She is also reportedly director of operations at Beats Electronic Services, following Apple’s purchase of the headphone business from Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre this year. An accountant by profession, the lowprofile Kearney is regarded as one of the most powerful female executives in Europe.

DECLAN KELLY »»Chairman and CEO »»Teneo »»Consultancy Declan Kelly is the chairman, CEO and co-founder of Teneo, a global advisory firm that boasts clients including the CEOs of many Fortune 100 companies across a diverse range of industry sectors. Prior to Teneo, Kelly served as the US Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland and was appointed Economic Envoy by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009.

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and the House Committee on Financial Services.

»» Group managing director »»Selfridges »»Retail Paul Kelly is group managing director of Selfridges, the prominent chain of department stores in the UK owned by the Weston organisation. Kelly has enjoyed a successful career in retail and was previously MD of Brown Thomas for 20 years.

JOE KENNEDY »»Congressman »» Democratic Party representative »»Politics Elected in November 2012, Joe Kennedy III serves the Fourth District of Massachusetts in Congress. A son of former representative Joseph P Kennedy II, he served the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as an assistant district attorney in the Middlesex County and the Cape and Islands District Attorneys’ Offices.

PEARSE LYONS »»President and founder »»Alltech »»Life sciences

GARETH LAMBE »»Managing director »»Facebook Ireland »»Technology Gareth Lambe was appointed head of Facebook Ireland in May of this year, after a career that has seen him rise to become managing director of Pigsback.com, director of Merchant Services EMEA at PayPal, and then director of Advertising Operations EMEA at PayPal. He joined Facebook in 2011.

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KEALAN LENNON »»CEO »»Cleverbug »»Technology Bringing greetings cards into the 21st century, the CleverCards app harnesses social media to create and send highly personalised greetings cards anywhere in the world. Seasoned media entrepreneur Kealan Lennon’s firm is tipped as one of the highest-potential Irish startups in the tech space, featured on global tech giants CNET and Techcrunch.

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»»Congressman »»Republican Party »»Politics Republican Congressman Peter King was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1993. A member of the Homeland Security Committee and chairman of the Sub-Committee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, he also serves on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

chain after a 23-year career with Forte Hotels. He is also a prominent member of a number of travel trade organisations, including the World Travel and Tourism Council.

»»Owner »»The Irish Post »»Media

GERALD LAWLESS »» President/Group CEO »»Jumeirah Group »»Travel and hospitality Gerald Lawless is president and Group CEO, Jumeirah Group. He has played a defining role in growing the business into a leading international luxury hotel

Cork-born businessman Elgin Loane purchased The Irish Post in 2011 following its closure by Thomas Crosbie Holdings. Loane – a Londonbased publisher – also owns a number of titles in the UK, including Loot. He has also taken a stake in Niall O’Dowd’s Irish Voice and Irish America.

Dr. Pearse Lyons is the founder and president of Alltech, a global animal health company founded in 1980. Lyons received his bachelor’s degree from University College Dublin and obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Birmingham, England. He worked as a biochemist for Irish Distillers before founding Alltech. Since then, he has authored more than 20 books and numerous research papers in scientific journals.

COLIN MACDONALD »»Managing director »»Fine Grain »»Real estate Colin MacDonald founded Fine Grain Property in 2006, and has since led its successful investment strategy in Singapore. He has over 23 years of banking and real estate experience in Asia. He is former international manager with HSBC, working in Singapore, Taiwan, Bahrain and Hong Kong between 1989 and 2006. He was president of Singapore’s Irish Chamber of Commerce for 10 years, and is vice chairman of the Singapore Ireland Fund.

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GLOBAL 100 JOHN MALONE »»Chairman »» Liberty Media Corporation »»Media John Malone is chairman of Liberty Media Corporation, a position he has held since 1990. He is also the chairman of the Board of Liberty Global Inc. Liberty owns UPC, which recently rebranded as Virgin Media in Ireland in a highprofile campaign. Malone has also purchased a number of Irish properties including Humewood Castle in Co. Wicklow and Dublin’s Westin and Trinity Capital Hotels.

MICHAEL MAYE »»CEO »» Connaught and Whitehall Capital »»Investment services Michael Maye is CEO of investment company Connaught and Whitehall Capital, a company he cofounded in 2007.

BOB MCCANN »»President Americas »»UBS Group Americas »»Investment services Bob McCann is President Americas and President Wealth Management Americas at UBS, and a member of UBS’s Group Executive Board. Prior to joining UBS he had a 26-year career at Merrill Lynch, during which he held a variety of leadership positions.

SHEA MCCARTHY »»Vice president »»Thorn Run Partners »»Consultancy

Shea McCarthy is vice president at Thorn Run Partners, a Washington DC-based government affairs firm whose clients include large and midsized corporations, major investment funds, stakeholder coalitions, nonprofits and local governments.

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WILLIAM MCKIERNAN

»»Executive chairman »»Butterfield Group »»Banking

»»Founder »»CyberSource »»Financial services

Brendan McDonagh was named executive chairman of Bermuda-based Butterfield in September 2015, having previously been chairman and CEO since 2012. He is a former CEO of HSBC North America Holdings and was also group managing director for HSBC Holdings and a member of the HSBC Group management board.

William McKiernan founded CyberSource in 1994 and served as its chairman and CEO for 16 years. CyberSource is one of the largest payment processors of internet transactions. In July 2010 CyberSource was acquired by Visa for $2bn. McKiernan currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Boston College and is chairman of the Boston College West Coast Technology Council.

STAN MCCARTHY »»CEO »»Kerry Group »»Food Stan McCarthy was appointed chief executive of Kerry Group plc in 2008. Prior to this appointment he was president and CEO of Kerry Ingredients Americas from 1996, and became an executive director of the group in 1999. He joined the group’s graduate recruitment programme in 1976 and worked in finance in Ireland until his appointment as financial controller in the US on establishment of Kerry’s representative office in Chicago in 1984.

GARY MCGANN »»Chairman »»Paddy Power plc »»Betting

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This year Gary McGann retired as group CEO of the Smurfit Kappa Group, having been vital to the global firm’s success since being made group CEO in 2002. He is now chairman of betting giant Paddy Power plc, which recently agreed a merger deal with the UK’s Betfair exchange. Once completed, this will create one of the world’s biggest betting companies, with Betfair’s Breon Corcoran as CEO and McGann remaining as chairman.

»»President and CEO »» The Worldwide Ireland Funds »»Philanthropic Kieran McLoughlin is president and CEO of the Worldwide Ireland Funds, a position he has held since 2010. He previously served as director for the Ireland Funds in Dublin from 1996 to 2004, and on moving to New York become president of the American Ireland Funds in 2004.

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GLOBAL 100 Kevin Murray is a financial advisor employed by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in New York. He has over 20 years of experience as a financial professional.

Roscommon native Shane Naughton is a technology entrepreneur based in New York City. He was founder and served as chief technology officer at OneSource Tax Provision TaxStream, a market leader in tax provision solutions for the corporate tax marketplace, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2008.

FERGAL NAUGHTON MARGARET MOLLOY »» CMO/head of business development »»Siegel+Gale »»Consultancy Margaret Molloy is global chief marketing officer and global head of business development for branding firm Siegel+Gale, which was founded in 1969 by Alan Siegel and Robert Gale. Molloy has been recognised among the Top 100 Irish Americans in business by Irish America magazine. She is also on the advisory board of Sightsavers International and is an active member of the American Ireland Fund.

JOHN MOORE »»CEO and co-founder »»3D4 Medical »»Technology The ground-breaking medical education app developer 3d4 is responsible for App Store hits such as Essential Anatomy, downloaded over 9m times and featured in iPad commercials. Co-founder John Moore and his team have recently developed new products and raised capital, including the sale of a 38% stake to Irish life sciences company Malin for a reported $16.4m.

THOMAS MORAN »»Chairman and CEO »»Mutual of America »»Insurance Thomas Moran is chairman of the Board, president and chief executive officer of Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, having originally joined the company in 1975 as a pension underwriter. Since that time Moran has played a key role in Mutual of America’s growth to a multibillion dollar company.

BRIAN MOYNIHAN »»Chairman and CEO »»Bank of America »»Banking Brian Moynihan is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Bank of America. Moynihan leads one of the world’s largest financial institutions, and in his over 20-year career at Bank of America has led each of the bank’s lines of business, including consumer and small business banking, wealth management and corporate/ investment banking.

KEVIN MURRAY »»CFM Financial Advisor »»Merrill Lynch »»Financial services

»» Deputy CEO and operations »»Glen Dimplex »»Manufacturing Fergal Naughton is deputy chief executive and operations at his family’s business, Glen Dimplex, with responsibility for design, manufacturing, purchasing, new technologies and also the group’s manufacturing operation in China. He is a trustee of the Naughton Foundation, a charitable organisation which supports worthwhile causes in education and the arts. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees and the Ireland Council at the University of Notre Dame, a Director of Science Gallery International, and is on the Trinity College Commercial Revenue Board. He was the Founding President of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce.

RICHARD NEAL »»Congressman »» Democratic Party Politics Congressman Richard Neal represents the First Congressional District of Massachusetts in the United States Congress and was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1988. Congressman Neal is the Democratic Leader of the Friends of Ireland Caucus.

ROBERT NEALON »»Senior partner »»Nealon and Associates »»Law

SHANE NAUGHTON »»Entrepreneur »»Investment

Robert Nealon is the senior partner at Nealon & Associates, with a focus on corporate law and litigation, commercial litigation, government relations, financial institution law, real estate law and tax law. Nealon also currently serves as chairman of the Advising

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BARRY O’BRIEN »»Managing director »»Silicon Valley Bank »»Investment services Barry O’Brien is a managing director within SVB’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Group. His primary focus is corporate venture capital. O’Brien is responsible for globally developing and fostering long-term relationships with the venture units and innovation teams of Fortune 500 companies to enhance their access to pioneering startups.

which has radio interests in Ireland and eastern Europe, and has numerous additional projects and investments.

CIAN O’CARROLL »»Founding partner »»OCL Capital »»Investment services Cian O’Carroll is a founding partner of OCL Capital. Prior to setting up OCL he was a founding partner of Hermes OCL, the Hermes fund managers’ credit boutique. Prior to Hermes, O’Carroll worked at Fortis Investments for six years, where he held various positions. Before joining Fortis Investments he ran the corporate bond trading desk at Lehman Brothers and his career has also included positions at Fidelity Investments and Mitsubishi Finance.

DAN O’CONNELL »»President and CEO »» Massachusetts Competitive Partnership »» Business representative body

DENIS O’BRIEN »»Founder and CEO »»Digicel »»Media Denis O’Brien is one of Ireland’s best-known entrepreneurs. His telecommunications company Digicel has operations in 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. Digicel employs over 6,000 staff and continues to explore new global market opportunities. O’Brien is also the founder and owner of Communicorp Group Ltd,

Daniel O’Connell is president and CEO of Massachusetts Competitive Partnership – a non-profit public policy group comprised of chief executive officers of some of the Commonwealth’s largest businesses.

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IKON, a talent management company specialising in sports and entertainment. Since 2008 he has negotiated premiership contracts, international rugby contracts and various sponsorship agreements.

giant Smurfit Kappa. Appointed in December 2008, he had a lengthy career at global building material player CRH, where he was chief executive of CRH from January 2000 until retirement. He is a former chairman of IDA Ireland. A civil engineer and barrister, he is also on the board of the PM Group.

KEVIN O’MALLEY »»Ambassador »» Democratic Party representative »»Politics

NIALL O’DOWD »»Founder »»IrishCentral »»Media Niall O’Dowd is the founder of IrishCentral, Irish America magazine and the Irish Voice newspaper. He is also responsible for publishing IrishCentral.com, a global Irish website; and The Irish Emigrant, a newspaper in Boston. He founded the Wall Street 50, Top 100 Irish Americans, Business 100 and more recently the Top 50 Women in Business as well as the Irish Legal 100. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin for his work on the Irish peace process, which was a subject of a book, Daring Diplomacy, and a PBS Special, An Irish Voice.

LIAM O’MAHONY

»»Founder »» Ikon Talent Management »»Sports consultancy

»»Chairman »»Smurfit Kappa »»Packaging

A qualified contract lawyer, Damien O’Donohoe founded

Liam O’Mahony is chairman of international packaging

A second-generation Irish American, Kevin O’Malley is the 31st United States Ambassador to Ireland. A lawyer by profession, his appointment was confirmed by the United States Senate last year and he was officially appointed by President of the United States Barack Obama.

MARTIN O’MALLEY »»Former governor »»Democratic Party »»Politics Martin O’Malley is an American politician and was Governor of Maryland from 2007 until earlier this year. He has announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election. Prior to being elected as governor he served as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007.

THOMAS O’NEILL »»Chairman »»Kimberlite »»Financial services Thomas O’Neill is a founding member of the Kimberlite Group and co-CEO of October 2015 Business & Finance

GLOBAL 100 Kimberlite Advisors, having served as CEO of predecessor company Ranieri Financial Services. Previously he was founding principal of Sandler O’Neill + Partners. His Wall Street career began at LF Rothschild & Co in 1972 and he is on the NASDAQ board of directors.

Tony O’Reilly has been chief executive of Providence Resources plc – an Irelandbased upstream oil and gas company – since 2005, having founded the company in 1997. He was previously CEO of Wedgwood and a director of Independent News and Media.

the company acquired US topup network iSend, in a deal that doubled the size of Ding’s business in one fell swoop. The company, set up in 2006, has built up ties with over 350 operators in 130 countries worldwide.

FERGUS ROONEY MARY ROBINSON »»President »» Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice »»Philanthropy

CAMERON O’REILLY

PAUL O’SULLIVAN

»»CEO »»Bayard Capital »»Investment services

»»Chairman »»Optus »»Telecoms

Cameron O’Reilly is CEO of Bayard Capital, an investment partnership focused on acquiring, managing and growing an established privately held business in the US. Bayard sold smart meter company Landis+Gyr to Toshiba for $2.3bn in 2011.

Paul O’Sullivan was appointed chairman of Australian telecoms company Optus in 2014. He was previously CEO of Singtel Group Consumer from 2012 to 2014, and CEO of Optus from 2004 to 2012. He has a degree in economics from Trinity College Dublin.

Mary Robinson was president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and UN high commissioner for human rights from 1997 to 2002. She founded the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice to offer a response to the effects of climate change on the disempowered and marginalised, and is active with the UN and on the international stage.

»» Executive vice president »»BNY Mellon »»Financial services

»»Managing director »»SOSV »»Investment

TONY O’REILLY JR »»CEO »»Providence Resources »»Energy

Fergus Rooney is the CEO of Chicago-based AgencyEA, a company he co-founded in 1999. The company provides strategic counsel and direction to connect businesses and their brands with clients across the world.

BRIAN RUANE

SEAN O’SULLIVAN

High-profile investor Sean O’Sullivan is founder of investment group SOSV, which provides seed funding for around 130 companies per year. The former Dragon has had numerous careers over the year, having pioneered street mapping on computers and helped to coin the term ‘cloud computing’. He is based in New York.

»»Co-founder/CEO »»AgencyEA »»Brand Strategy

MARK RODEN »»CEO »»Ding »»Technology Mark Roden is EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014. His company allows customers to send mobile phone credit to up to 3.5bn phones worldwide. This year

Based in New York, Brian Ruane is executive vice president of BNY Mellon. He is a member of the Executive Committee for Pershing LLC – a BNY Mellon company – and Pershing Limited, and a member of BNY Mellon’s Operating Committee. Ruane is responsible for BNY Mellon’s broker-dealer services and US tri-party services as well as strategic enterprise-level relationship management. October 2015 Business & Finance

GLOBAL 100 THOMAS RYAN »»Managing director »»ING US »»Financial services Thomas Ryan is managing director, regional head of structured solutions group at ING US. A member of The American Ireland Fund, Ryan has a degree in business studies, economics and law from the University of Limerick along with awards from NUI Maynooth, Tilburg University and Columbia Business School.

EMMET SAVAGE »»Co-founder/CEO »»Rubicoin Emmet Savage is CEO and co-founder of Rubicoin, a financial technology startup that allows people to invest in shares using their smartphone. It has offices at NovaUCD and in New York. Savage has taught stock investing for 20 years, and the audited average annual return of his personal stock portfolio was over 24% for 11 years, and 44% in the last five years.

Commerce in Thailand. Scales has also founded a number of companies in Thailand, including Jones Lang Wootton (now LaSalle), Pacific Investments Asia Ltd and Thai Consumer Distribution Co. He is also a founder and fund manager of the Pacific Thai Property Fund.

JOHN SHARKEY »»Chairman and CEO »» Kane, Saunders & Smart John Sharkey is chairman and CEO of New Yorkheadquartered global technology and commerce company Kane, Saunders & Smart. His career has encompassed roles at Litton Industries, General Electric, the ROLM Corporation and MCI Communications Corporation.

Paul Scales is president of the Irish Thai Chamber of Commerce and a board director of the Thai Board of Trade. He is also an active board member of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand and a former board member of the British Chamber of

Sachs International, retiring from the role this year to concentrate on his responsibilities as special representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for migration and development.

TONY SMURFIT »»CEO »»Smurfit Kappa »»Packaging Recently appointed group chief executive of global packaging giant Smurfit Kappa, Tony Smurfit has worked in several roles within the group in Europe and the US since joining over 20 years ago. The company has 43,000 employees on 350 production sites in 33 countries in Europe and the Americas, and Smurfit is the third generation of the family at the helm following the retirement of CEO Gary McGann this year.

EAMONN SINNOTT »»General Manager »»Intel »»Technology Eamonn Sinnott has been a major player in Intel’s Irish operation since 1991, becoming a plant manager in 2006. He is also an Intel vice president within the corporation’s technology manufacturing group. He is this year’s president of

JOHN TUTTLE »» Head of Corporate Affairs »»NYSE »»Trading John Tuttle has been head of corporate affairs at NYSE since summer 2014. Previously he was managing director, Global Affairs and Government Relations at NYSE Euronext.

JAMES WALSH »» Government Affairs Counsellor »»K&L Gates »»Consultancy

PETER SUTHERLAND

PAUL SCALES »»President »» Irish Thai Chamber of Commerce »»Representative body

the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland.

»»Special representative »»United Nations »»Politics Peter Sutherland is a highly successful Irish figure in business and politics. He was the founding director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), an EU Commissioner and attorney general of Ireland in two governments, and chairman of BP for 13 years until 2009. He was most recently chairman of Goldman

Walsh is a government affairs counsellor in K&L Gates’ Washington DC office. He was elected to the US House of Representatives where he served from 1989 to 2009. During his tenure in Congress Walsh served as a deputy Republican whip from 1994-2006.

WILLIE WALSH »»CEO »» International Airlines Group »»Aviation Willie Walsh became chief executive of International Airlines Group (IAG) in January 2011, joining from its subsidiary British Airways where he was chief executive from October 2005. IAG is the holding company of

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GLOBAL 100 British Airways and Iberia, and completed the landmark purchase of Aer Lingus, Walsh’s former employer as a pilot and CEO, this year.

ZACH WEBB »» Managing partner EuroCredit Exchange »»Financial services Zachary Webb is managing partner at The EuroCredit Exchange, a fully independent arranger

of private-debt funding solutions on behalf of medium-sized European corporate borrowers.

where they built up an impressive and hugely profitable retail empire with retail giants such as Brown Thomas, A-Wear, BT2 and Selfridges in London included in their portfolio. A former lieutenant governor of Ontario, Weston now mainly focuses on her philanthropic projects, such as Angel’s Quest in Ireland, an organisation that supports disabled children and their carers based in Dublin. n

HILARY WESTON »»Founder »» Worldwide Ireland Fund »»Philanthropy Born in Ireland, Hilary Weston is considered one of Ireland’s richest people according to The Sunday Times’ Rich List. The former model married Canadian grocer Galen Weston and in 1974 moved to Canada,

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