UCD I&E Podcast Series

Dr David Kelly is the Chief Global Strategist and Head of the Global Market Insights Strategy Team at JP Morgan Asset Management.

Andrew Lynch is the founder and CEO of Mason Alexander, an exciting company founded in 2013, simplifying the process of expanding your workforce, enabling businesses to scale at speed.

Shane Monks O'Byrne is the founder and former CEO of Aikido Finance, an algorithmic trading platform. Founded in 2018, Aikido Finance's mission has been to bring quantitative trading strategies and portfolio from the institutional investor space to the general public, so that anyone can invest using trading algorithms.

Karl Whelan has been Professor of Economics at University College Dublin since 2007. Previously, he worked for the Central Bank of Ireland and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC. Currently, Professor Whelan acts as an advisor to the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.

The speaker series hosts Marc O'Dwyer, one of Ireland's serial entrepreneurs. Marc was an award winning salesman with AIB, Pitney Bowes, and Panasonic, before moving into entrepreneurship and launching Irish International Sales. He has also started mobile phone and web design businesses, before buying a majority stake in his current venture BigRedBook, an accounting software business, and following this launched BigRedCloud back in 2012. Alongside his career in entrepreneurship, Marc has also represented Leinster rugby at U-16 and U-20, and competed in numerous marathons, triathlons, and ironman events across multiple countries.

Ronan Dunne is the CEO of Verizon Consumer Group, who serve over 100 million customers in the US and have lead the way in the development and deployment of 5G technology. Prior to this, Ronan was the CEO of Telefonica UK.

In this episode, Patrick speaks to Ronan about virtual and augmented reality, leadership and more.

Andrew Kilgallen is a recent graduate of UCD, the CFO of Covid Interns and a Corporate Finance Analyst at Davy. Covid Interns is a social enterprise that has been featured in the Financial Times, the Irish Times and on CNBC.com. 

In this episode, Patrick speaks to Andrew about his time in college, his experience with Covid Interns and more.

Kathryn Spain has been the Head of European Equity Sales in North America for Credit Suisse for the last nine years. Currently based in New York, she previously managed the international distribution platform for the Western U.S. out of San Francisco for 12 years. Prior to Credit Suisse, she held positions with Investec Asset Management, Barings Asset Management, and Bank of Ireland. Born in Dublin and a graduate of University College Dublin, Kathryn has worked in the U.S. for over two decades and found that being Irish has been a real door opener in life and business. She and her husband, Tom, live in Connecticut with their three children.

Cahal Murphy, SMF Chief Investment Officer interviews Dr. David Kelly, J.P. Morgan's Chief Global Strategist and Head of the Global Markets Strategy team. Dr Kelly studied economics in UCD before moving to the US where he studied in Michigan State University achieving a Masters and a PhD in economics. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry having worked for firms such as McGraw Hill, Lehman Brothers and Putnam Investments before joining J.P. Morgan Asset Management in 2008. Dr Kelly also runs the J.P. Morgan 'Insights Now' podcast and we would highly recommend it to all of our listeners. 

Anna Guthrie, SMF CEO interviews Ronan Carr, CFA regarding Natural Capital.  

Ronan is a BComm International with French graduate from UCD. He worked in Morgan Stanley for 16 years as an Equity Strategist researching macro trends and implications for equity strategy in Europe and Emerging EMEA. He also managed the European derivative strategy team before assuming the role of European Equity Strategist and joining the Global Cross Asset Strategy team in Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Last year, Ronan joined BeZero Carbon, a multidisciplinary consultancy firm focused on decarbonisation and natural capital advisory services. Now Ronan holds the role of CFO and Director of Natural Capital.

More educational information on natural capital can be found here: http://www.dieterhelm.co.uk/natural-capital/