Aave Labs EU Director & Push Ireland CEO | Blockchain Ireland Founder & Chair | Trinity College Dublin Adjunct Asst. Prof. | Board Member
County Dublin, Ireland
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About
As EU Director for Aave Labs and CEO of Push Ireland, I lead the European expansion of regulated, fee-free access to stablecoins and onchain finance. My work focuses on tokenisation, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and decentralised finance (DeFi), bridging traditional finance and digital assets through institutional partnerships, market development and regulatory strategy under MiCA.
Blockchain Ireland | Founder & Chair
Founder and Chair of Blockchain Ireland, the country’s national blockchain ecosystem initiative. I work across government, academia and industry to position Ireland as a global hub for blockchain, crypto-assets, stablecoins, tokenisation and Web3 innovation.
Experience
- Previously CEO of MSX, a UAE-regulated stablecoin issuer, where I led the design, development and launch of the institutional stablecoin USX.
- Former Chief Commercial Officer and Head of International at M2, a regulated UAE crypto investment platform, responsible for international growth, strategic partnerships and institutional sales.
- Previously held senior roles at Coinbase as Director of EMEA Market Operations, BNY Mellon as Digital Assets and Blockchain Lead for EMEA, and ConsenSys as Managing Director of Global Partnerships.
- Earlier in my career, I was a Partner at Deloitte China and Director at Deloitte Ireland, where I founded and led Deloitte’s EMEA Blockchain Lab.
Academia & Thought Leadership
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin, teaching MBA students about emerging technology, including blockchain, stablecoins, tokenisation, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and quantum computing. Recipient of multiple teaching excellence awards, Forbes contributor and PhD candidate researching the birth and evolution of Web3 entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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Lory Kehoe shared thisLooking forward to listening and learning at the Electronic Money Association conference in Dublin on the 14th October. If you are the smartest person on the panel, you are on the wrong panel. Needless to say, I am consistently on the right panels! "Payments and the tokenisation of financial markets" - Matthew Osborne, Policy Director for Europe & UK at Ripple - Andrew Mulvenny CEO of the Trading Platform at Kraken Ireland - Mattias Levin, European Commission - Ray O’Connell, Central Bank of Ireland Link to conference in the comments
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Lory Kehoe shared thisAave Labs and Baillie Gifford - Tokenisation Was the Easy Part This report examines how tokenised funds can become productive collateral. The economic case is straightforward: investors can raise liquidity against a fund while retaining their investment. Making that work requires clear ownership rights, reliable pricing and enforceable safeguards. Five takeaways: 1️⃣ A Large Market, Limited Collateral Use - Tokenised real-world assets on public blockchains reached $38.2bn in August 2026, excluding stablecoins. Yet the research cited in our paper finds only around 5% of tokenised bonds deployed in DeFi. Issuance has advanced faster than the infrastructure for using these assets. 2️⃣ Ownership Must Move with the Token - Automated liquidation depends on a transfer delivering the underlying legal interest. Baillie Gifford’s BAGEY fund was issued natively onchain, aligning token transfers with its ownership record. Pledge documentation and enforceable rights still matter. 3️⃣ Compliance Needs to Travel with the Asset - Issuer-controlled allowlists can restrict who holds and supplies a fund as collateral across eligible markets. This offers a route to broader utility while preserving investor eligibility and transfer restrictions. 4️⃣ Daily Fund Pricing Meets Continuous Liquidation - A fund valued once a day creates a challenge for a lending market operating 24/7. NAV feeds, stale-price safeguards and collateral cushions directly affect how much investors can borrow and how positions behave under stress. 5️⃣ Public Rates Could Improve Financing - Onchain lending makes borrowing rates and pool utilisation continuously visible. Research from Brazil’s conventional equity-lending market found that a more timely public fee benchmark reduced fees and increased lending volumes. That provides evidence for exploring greater transparency in securities financing. Real Life Example In October 2023, J.P. Morgan’s Tokenized Collateral Network transferred tokenised BlackRock money market fund shares to Barclays as collateral for a derivatives trade, completing the transfer in minutes. The next opportunity is to make such transactions repeatable across a broader market. Why It Matters Selling a fund to meet a short-term cash requirement can sacrifice yield and force an investment decision driven by liquidity. Pledging eligible holdings gives investors another financing option, subject to borrowing costs and liquidation risk. What Happens Now? The next phase requires agreed approaches to ownership, NAV delivery, collateral eligibility and stablecoin redemption. Progress should be measured by how reliably investors can finance their holdings while retaining the protections of a regulated fund. Grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to this paper alongside Ian Wallis, Alexander Jones, Kathrin Hamilton and Alexandra Phillips at Baillie Gifford and Stani Kulechov, Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo and Maria Riivari at Aave Labs
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Lory Kehoe shared thisMassachusetts Institute of Technology's Approach to Entrepreneurship A good idea can have several viable markets. A startup still has to choose one. Five points stood out: 1️⃣ Entrepreneurship Is A Craft - Customer discovery, cash management and building a team are skills that can be learned and improved through practice. 2️⃣ Test More Than One Path - MIT researchers Erin L Scott and Scott Stern argue that a promising idea often has several potential customers and routes to market. Comparing them is part of the work. 3️⃣ Then Make A Choice - A startup has limited time and money. Serving two markets may require different products, partners and sales models. Strategy means committing to one path while leaving others behind. 4️⃣ Start with A Specific Customer - Bill Aulet’s questions are practical: Can they afford the product? Can you reach them directly? Do they have a compelling reason to buy? 5️⃣ Treat Partnerships As Operating Decisions - Research discussed in the paper found that corporate–university collaborations can suffer when goals and expectations differ. Both sides need to agree on the problem, the way they will work together and what success looks like. Real-Life Example PillPack’s founders saw several ways to improve how people taking multiple medications received their prescriptions. They could work alongside traditional pharmacies or build a direct customer model that competed with them. MIT uses the case to show why identifying options matters and why the choices that follow shape the business. Why It Matters For founders, the difficult question is often not whether an idea has potential. It is which customer and route to market deserve the company’s scarce resources first. So What? Test competing paths with customers, choose a market where you can deliver a complete product, and use what you learn there to decide whether expansion into adjacent markets makes sense.
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Lory Kehoe shared thisBlackRock’s 'The Machine-Native Economy' report asks: what role will digital assets play as AI agents start buying services, allocating resources and making payments? 1️⃣ Small payments could become a large use case - An agent paying for an API call, a data query or a few seconds of compute needs a way to settle low-value transactions around the clock. BlackRock sees a potential role for stablecoins and protocols such as x402. 2️⃣ Different transactions need different rails - BlackRock’s travel-booking example uses onchain payments for paid data, then existing checkout systems for the flight and hotel. The payment method follows the transaction. 3️⃣ Stablecoins already operate at scale - BlackRock cites more than $300bn in circulating stablecoins as of September 2026 and over $11tn in adjusted transaction volume in 2025. That volume includes DeFi, exchange and other transfers, so it should not be read as consumer spending. 4️⃣ Compute may become a financial asset - BlackRock estimates that the major cloud segments of AWS, Microsoft and Google could generate about $1.1tn in combined annual revenue by 2030. It envisages contracts for compute capacity that could eventually be transferred, financed or pledged as collateral. That market still needs workable standards for pricing and delivery. 5️⃣ The controls sit across systems - BlackRock describes identity and compliance checks taking place largely offchain, with verified eligibility passed to onchain transactions. Autonomous payments still require clear authority over what an agent can spend and with whom. Why It Matters The strongest near-term opportunity is where agents need to pay for digital services in small amounts, frequently and with a verifiable result. That is a concrete test of programmable money. What happens next Watch for live agent payment volumes, the cost of settling small transactions, and whether compute contracts become standardized enough to trade or use as collateral. BlackRock is explicit that agent payments and compute market liquidity remain nascent. Great work Will Su, Robert Mitchnick, Jay Jacobs, CFA, William Helm, CFA
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Lory Kehoe shared this🔥 Coinbase Tokenized Stocks are live on Aave V4 on Base. Users can deposit AAPLc, AMZNc, GOOGLc, METAc, MSFTc, NVDAc, and TSLAc as collateral and borrow USDC against them. The global equities market is valued at more than $150 trillion. As that value moves onchain, Aave V4 makes them usable as collateral, so holders can borrow against their stocks without selling. Tokenized stocks are only available in eligible jurisdictions outside of the U.S. Full Aave Labs announcement in comments
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Lory Kehoe shared thisFortune - 'Onchain finance is coming to Wall Street-and ignoring it is no longer an option'. 1️⃣ Public Blockchains, Clear Accountability. - A stablecoin can move on an open network, while its issuer remains responsible for the reserves and redemptions. 2️⃣ Some Decisions Still Need People - Putting an asset onchain does not automate investment decisions, risk management or changes to a product as markets evolve. 3️⃣ Stablecoins Show the Model Works - More than $300 billion in stablecoins are outstanding. Issuers are responsible for backing and redeeming them, while the tokens move across public blockchains. 4️⃣ The Model Extends Beyond Payments - Money market funds, Treasuries and other securities can use similar infrastructure, though each brings its own legal and operational requirements. 5️⃣ Regulation Shapes the Product - The authors point to the US GENIUS Act as a model for placing obligations on issuers while keeping the underlying networks open. Why It Matters The choice for financial institutions is becoming more concrete: which parts of a product benefit from public infrastructure, and which parts still need a firm that customers and regulators can hold accountable? What Happens Next? The test is whether institutions can bring useful products onchain at scale, with clear rights, reliable redemption and access that works for customers. The technology alone will not settle those questions. A useful take by Jake Chervinsky and Rebecca Rettig. Full article in comments.
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Lory Kehoe shared thisBank for International Settlements – BIS - 'How do you accurately measure activity in crypto, stablecoins and DeFi? The researchers analysed 100 billion records across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tron. Five takeaways stood out. 1️⃣ Transparent ≠ easy to measure - Every transaction on a public blockchain is visible. But translating technical activity into actual economic activity is much harder. The BIS finds that commonly used onchain indicators can vary significantly depending on the methodology and assumptions used. 2️⃣ Bitcoin transaction volume can vary by 6x - Bitcoin transactions often include “change” returned to the sender. Count that as economic activity and transaction volumes can be materially overstated. The paper finds Bitcoin transfer values can differ by up to six times depending on how this is treated. 3️⃣ Ethereum has 67.5m active smart contracts, most are unclassified - Of 67.5 million deployed and active Ethereum contracts, 54.2 million fall outside the technical classifications used by the researchers. Only 1.4 million are classified as fungible-token contracts. 4️⃣ The same stablecoin can have very different uses - A good real-world example is USDT. On Ethereum, more than 20% of USDT holdings have been held by smart contracts, pointing towards uses such as DeFi liquidity and trading. On Tron, the equivalent figure is around 1%, with activity more associated with smaller-value transfers, store-of-value use and exchange holdings. Same asset. Different infrastructure. Different economic activity. 5️⃣ The metric is only as good as the methodology - The broader point matters for regulators, institutions and anyone analysing onchain markets. TVL, transaction volume, market cap and stablecoin flows can look precise while embedding significant assumptions about what is actually happening economically. - The authors’ conclusion is sensible: treat onchain indicators as “noisy approximations” rather than direct measures of economic activity, and use granular data, explicit assumptions and bounded estimates. Why It Matters As stablecoins, tokenised assets and DeFi become more integrated with traditional finance, measuring the market accurately becomes increasingly important for financial institutions, policymakers and regulators. What Happens Next? The data is transparent. Making sure we measure the right things is the harder part. Great work Timothy Aerts, Ronald H., Jan Paulick and Violeta Vuleticc
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Lory Kehoe shared thisLast week, Aave Labs, Baillie Gifford and Chainlink Labs hosted a 'Future of Finance' dinner in Dublin on the fringes of Eurofi. The evening brought together leaders from across the digital assets and blockchain ecosystem for an open discussion on how tokenisation, stablecoins and onchain finance are reshaping financial markets. Guests represented digital assets and fintech, banks and financial institutions, asset and investment management, government and regulatory bodies, industry associations, real estate, professional services, venture capital and academia. A special thank you to Brian Corr, Head of the International Financial Services Unit at Ireland’s Department of Finance Ireland and IRELAND FOR FINANCE, for joining us and sharing his perspective on the opportunity that onchain finance presents for Ireland, and to Maria Riivari, Associate General Counsel at Aave Labs, for her excellent remarks. It was also great to have Alexandra Phillips and Derek McGowan from Baillie Gifford with us in person. Thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to a thoughtful and engaging evening. A few photos from the night bel
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Lory Kehoe shared thisIf you’re the smartest person on the panel, you’re on the wrong panel. Needless to say, I’m on the right one (consistently)! I’ll be moderating a masterclass on stablecoins, CBDCs and tokenised deposits with these fantastic leaders at the European Blockchain Convention: - Pavel Chichkanov, Bank of England - Patrick Hennes, The Luxembourg House of Web3 - Monika Schöning, ING
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Lory Kehoe liked thisLory Kehoe liked this👏 And that’s a wrap on the 2026 Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference! We closed out an excellent day of insights and discussion with a keynote address about the European Commission from Maria Luís Albuquerque, Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union. We then held parallel panel sessions, the first on The Future of Private Asset Structures – Ireland’s Competitive Edge, featuring Nicholas Blake-Knox, Aidan Bailey, Laura Butler and Victoria Chernykh, MBA. Simultaneously, we heard panel on Bridging Traditional and Digital – The Path to Tokenisation, with Mai Santamaria FCA MInstD Dip IoD, Barry O'Connor, Daniel Penaloza, and Nigel Khakoo, exploring the opportunities and challenges presented by the continued evolution of digital assets and financial markets. To round off the Conference, Roberto Lopes shared his remarkable journey from financial services to elite sport in his interview From Marketing Mortgages to Marking Messi in Miami⚽ In his closing remarks, Pat Lardner, CEO of Irish Funds reflected on his time as CEO as Irish Funds and the strength of the industry and its bright future. Luckily the day is not over yet, we have a drinks reception sponsored by Clearstream💫 A huge thank you to all our speakers and panellists for sharing their #knowledge, expertise and perspectives with us. We’re incredibly grateful to our sponsors, exhibitors, event partners and all 500+ attendees who helped make #IFConf26 such a great success and brought this year’s theme, ‘Ireland: Powering the Global Investment Future’, to life. 🙏 A special thank you to all our conference sponsors for their valued support (in comments below). #IFConf26 #IrishFunds
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Lory Kehoe liked thisDigital assets and tokenisation has moved quickly from discussion to real-world implementation. Keeping up with the pace of change is something we think a lot about today. That’s one of the reasons why NAV Fund Services are delighted to be sponsoring the Blockchain Ireland Summit 2026. At NAV Fund Services, we are already supporting digital asset and tokenised fund structures across multiple jurisdictions, and we see first-hand how quickly the requirements around technology, operations, regulation and investor servicing are developing. For us, being involved with Blockchain Ireland is about staying close to that change, learning from others across the ecosystem, sharing what we are seeing from the fund administration side, and helping ensure Ireland continues to be part of the conversation as this market develops. Looking forward to the Summit and to some great conversations with the Blockchain Ireland community. #NAVFundServices #BlockchainIreland #DigitalAssets #Tokenisation #FundAdministration #IrishFunds #FinTech #IrelandLory Kehoe liked thisWe are delighted to welcome NAV Fund Services as a 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿 for the 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, in partnership with TEDxDublin. Thank you for your support! Tickets available here: https://lnkd.in/dxt9V8rR
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Lory Kehoe liked thisLory Kehoe liked thisThe Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference was opened today by Andrea Kelly FCA framing this year’s theme Ireland: Powering the Global Investment Future. A valuable morning of discussion particularly on the future of funds, European capital markets and AI, with three themes consistently coming through: competitiveness, innovation and trust. An Taoiseach Micheál Martin highlighted the opportunity for Ireland to build on its position as a leading international financial-services centre — embracing AI, digital assets and tokenisation, supporting deeper European capital markets and simplifying regulation while maintaining high standards. A particularly strong message from Governor Gabriel Makhlouf was: “capital goes where the opportunity is, and stays where it is trusted.” Europe needs to mobilise more of its savings into productive investment, deepen and integrate its capital markets and create the conditions to attract and retain global capital. For Ireland, maintaining its reputation for strong governance, resilience and investor protection will be critical. The discussion with Dr Abeba Birhane on AI provided an important additional perspective: as adoption accelerates, we need to separate evidence from hype. Alongside longer-term AI safety debates, there are immediate issues requiring attention — privacy, discrimination, copyright, energy consumption and the changing nature of work. My key takeaway: Europe does not need to choose between innovation and trust. It needs both. For Ireland’s funds and financial-services industry, the opportunity is to combine our established strengths in governance, regulation and global distribution with the technologies and capital-market reforms that will shape the next phase of growth. #IrishFunds #HSBCIreland Peter M. Natasha Persad FCCA MBA Robert McDonnell Ian Sheridan Joe Tully
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Lory Kehoe liked thisLory Kehoe liked thisAfter 9 years in Trinity College Dublin yesterday we wished all the very best for the future to Neil Gordon . Neil initially joined Trinity as the first Start up Development Manager in any Irish University before becoming Head of Trinity Portal Innovation . Nothing in a trivial LinkedIn post like this can state genuinely how much Neil contributed to Trinity Innovation over the years. His work culminated in bringing the Innovation Hub to life in a very short period with almost full occupancy. Most of all we will miss the friendly morning greeting of "Hello Team" echoing around the office. Coinneáil ort agus gach rath ort sa todhchaí!
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Lory Kehoe liked thisLory Kehoe liked thisWow Sifted Summit. Lots of talk about capital, AI, scaling Europe and what it takes to build the next generation of global businesses. But for me, its always the conversations you have in between. I got to rub shoulders (literally) with some of the biggest players in tech. That included Max Junestrand of Legora - one of the most exciting businesses coming out of legal tech. He talked about growth, scale and inevitably, brand. Too many founders wait too long to think seriously about it. You raise your Series A. The product works. The team grows. More capital comes in. Suddenly you’re building a much more valuable business, but the brand and story are still sitting somewhere back at startup stage. Brand matters in that valuation conversation. It creates clarity, differentiation, trust and ultimately helps people understand why you are the business to back, buy from or acquire. One comment from the event that stuck with me: Europe doesn’t have a startup problem. The challenge is scaling those businesses into champions. That’s exactly the point where brand needs to grow up too. That's where Rowdy Studio comes in! Great first day at Sifted. And great to meet and speak to some real impact players in their field including Max, Anna Kaye , Fred Ellis , Hussein Kanji, Rubina Singh Nnamdi Emelifeonwu Faateh Dhillon Keji Mustapha
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Lory Kehoe liked thisLory Kehoe liked thisAave’s Stani Kulechov explains why Avalanche was the first expansion for Aave Labs V4. A public network connected to custom L1s for institutions, built for a future where more financial value moves onchain, and a really strong community.
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Lory Kehoe liked thisLory Kehoe liked thisWhat a morning it’s been at the Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference! The morning continued with an engaging panel discussion: Data, Distribution, and the Future – Who Owns the Client? with Greg Morris, Gemma Cowie, Nick Rosenblatt and Paul Price. We then heard the Government Address from An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who highlighted the scale and importance of Ireland’s funds and asset management sector, stressed the need to remain competitive through legislation for #tokenisation and digital assets, and emphasised that trust remains the foundation of Ireland’s continued success. 🌍 Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, followed with the keynote address about tokenisation, DLT, and retail investment participation. After a coffee break sponsored by The Panel ☕🙏, Enda Brady spoke with Sir Jeremy Hunt MP, Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer and Former Foreign Secretary, who reflected on his time in government and shared memorable stories from his encounters with world leaders and politicians. The conversation continued with the panel The Growth Challenge: Scaling Irish Success Stories, featuring Alan Meaney, John Donohoe, Marc Murphy and Sinead Fitzmaurice FCA. We then explored The New Investment Ecosystem – Products, Platforms & the Next Generation Investors, with James Costello, CFA, Anna Brading, Mark Fitzgerald and Michael Byrne. Dr Abeba Birhane, Leading AI Researcher and Member of the European Commission's #AI Act Advisory Forum, also delivered a keynote address on Human Accountability in the Age of “Rogue” AI. We hope everyone is enjoying their lunch, kindly sponsored by Northern Trust 🍽️ 🙏 #IFConf26 #IrishFunds
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Lory Kehoe liked thisLory Kehoe liked this50. Somehow, that number arrived a little faster than I expected. 🎂 I turned 50 on 18th September, and over the past couple of weeks I’ve had the chance to celebrate with family and friends, followed by a few wonderful days in Milan. Milestone birthdays have a way of making you reflect. I’ve spent much of my career talking about strategy, entrepreneurship, growth and what comes next. But reaching 50 has reminded me that some of the things that matter most can’t be measured on a business plan or a balance sheet. The people who stand beside you. The friendships that have lasted through different chapters of your life. Your family. The experiences you’ve collected. The difficult periods you’ve navigated. And having the courage to keep starting new chapters. The last few years have brought some enormous changes in my life, including saying goodbye to both of my parents. I would have loved to have had Mum and Dad here to celebrate this birthday with me, and they were very much in my thoughts. But there has also been so much to be grateful for. My three children, wonderful friends, work that continues to challenge and excite me, businesses and ideas I’m still passionate about, and the privilege of still being curious about what comes next. At 50, I certainly don’t feel as though I’m winding anything down. Quite the opposite. There are still businesses to build, people to mentor, ideas to explore, places to see, things to learn and - hopefully - plenty of adventures ahead. So here’s to 50. Grateful for everything that brought me here, excited about what’s ahead, and very fortunate to have some brilliant people sharing the journey with me. The next chapter starts now. ❤️ #50thBirthday #MilestoneBirthday #Gratitude #NextChapter #Entrepreneurship #Leadership
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Aave Labs
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Adjunct Assistant Professor in Technology Trends & Strategic Information Systems
Trinity College Dublin
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M2
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Coinbase
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Deloitte China
Education
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Trinity College Dublin
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Innovation
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Research Area: Origin and evolution of the blockchain, crypto and web3 entrepreneurial ecosystem in Ireland
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Trinity College Dublin
Master in Arts (jure officii)
This honorary Master’s degree is awarded by the University of Dublin to academic, administrative, and technical staff in recognition of distinguished service, seniority and tenure.
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UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Post Graduate Diploma Advanced Management Performance
- The post graduate diploma in Advanced Management Performance provides participants with the skills and knowledge to support their organisation’s vision and strategy with a view to driving short-term
and long-term performance.
- Develop a personal vision and personal development plan that reflects enhanced knowledge, capabilities and insight
- Expand capacity to lead cross-functional initiatives and corporate projects
- Gain in-depth knowledge of business functions and the key…- The post graduate diploma in Advanced Management Performance provides participants with the skills and knowledge to support their organisation’s vision and strategy with a view to driving short-term
and long-term performance.
- Develop a personal vision and personal development plan that reflects enhanced knowledge, capabilities and insight
- Expand capacity to lead cross-functional initiatives and corporate projects
- Gain in-depth knowledge of business functions and the key skills necessary to integrate them across the organisation, from working with people and driving growth and innovation right through to executing and delivering results -
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Post Graduate Diploma High Performance Sales & Business Development
- The post graduate diploma in High-Performance Sales & Business Development provides participants with leading-edge sales management models, concepts, tools and action learning that will make a significant difference to their business efficiency and performance levels.
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UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Post Graduate Diploma Strategy, Innovation & Change
- The post graduate diploma in Strategy, Development and Innovation provides the knowledge and skills required to reach the highest level, whether in a commercial or public sector context
- It offers business managers and directors with a versatile, strategic toolkit to bring coherence and direction to the actions and decisions of the organisation -
University College Dublin
Institute of Banking - Professional Diploma in Financial Advice Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA), European Financial Advisor & Registered Stockbroker
- Professional Certificate in Stockbroking
- Professional Certificate in Financial Advice - Loans
- Professional Certificate in Financial Advice - Life Assurance
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INSEAD
Gender Diversity Programme Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
- The INSEAD Gender Diversity Programme provides the understanding, concepts and tools to develop a strategic and practical plan to reach gender balance in an organisation
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Harvard Extension School
Professional Development Program Innovation and Strategy
The Harvard Innovation and Strategy programme covers the following:
- Tools, methodologies and frameworks to strengthen an organisation’s capacity to drive innovation and achieve greater results
- Building innovation into the strategy development process
- Designing innovative, go-to-market strategies that create value for customers and fuel growth
- Orienting your business for speed in order to secure a competitive advantage
- Identifying and exploiting new markets that are…The Harvard Innovation and Strategy programme covers the following:
- Tools, methodologies and frameworks to strengthen an organisation’s capacity to drive innovation and achieve greater results
- Building innovation into the strategy development process
- Designing innovative, go-to-market strategies that create value for customers and fuel growth
- Orienting your business for speed in order to secure a competitive advantage
- Identifying and exploiting new markets that are uncontested
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Digital Marketing Institute
Specialist Diploma in Digital & Social Selling
- Fundamentals of social selling
- Finding and targeting prospects
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Digital Marketing Institute
Professional Diploma Digital Marketing
- Understand the key concepts of digital, how it has changed customer behaviour
- Achieve business goals by understanding how to devise, implement and measure digital campaigns that engage and convert
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Hyper Island
Digital Acceleration Materclass Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
- Understanding of the implications and disruption of the networked society to businesses, individuals and society as a whole. Ability to see changes in consumer behaviour and the impact of digital on client journeys.
- Ability to build and test prototypes to create deeper customer relationships in a digital world
- Ability to identify and address consumer behaviours and needs in a networked society, apply tactics for growth and consumer engagement, and use the tools available for…- Understanding of the implications and disruption of the networked society to businesses, individuals and society as a whole. Ability to see changes in consumer behaviour and the impact of digital on client journeys.
- Ability to build and test prototypes to create deeper customer relationships in a digital world
- Ability to identify and address consumer behaviours and needs in a networked society, apply tactics for growth and consumer engagement, and use the tools available for collaborative ideation and innovation processes. -
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
CIMA Certificate In Business Accounting Management Accounting
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Dublin Business School
Diploma in Investment & Capital Markets Investments and Securities Result - 1.1
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Gonzaga College SJ
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Activities and Societies: Rugby - Senior and Junior Cup Team member, Cricket - Senior and Junior team member
Licenses & Certifications
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Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Option B: Building Resilience
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Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing Institute
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Qualified Financial Adviser (QFA) - Institute of Banking
University College Dublin
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Registered Stockbroker - Irish Stock Exchange
University College Dublin
IssuedCredential ID 132939/1539
Publications
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Future Proofing Real Estate: An Insight Into The Potential Use of Blockchain In Real Estate Funds
Deloitte - Performance Magazine
This article will explore existing real estate property management solutions, focusing on the top private equity real estate platforms in the marketplace, including subject matter expert’s viewpoints on the existing software infrastructure. Blockchain technology and its core distinctive characteristics, will be discussed as an alternative solution whose unique features are well suited to the real estate funds industry. Lastly, future considerations will be addressed in order to assist industry…
This article will explore existing real estate property management solutions, focusing on the top private equity real estate platforms in the marketplace, including subject matter expert’s viewpoints on the existing software infrastructure. Blockchain technology and its core distinctive characteristics, will be discussed as an alternative solution whose unique features are well suited to the real estate funds industry. Lastly, future considerations will be addressed in order to assist industry players consider and understand the value of incorporating a blockchain solution for the whole asset management process.
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Amundi In Talks With Rivals To Set Up Blockchain Group (featured)
Financial Times - Ignites Europe
See publicationLory Kehoe, a blockchain lab lead at Deloitte, adds: “Asset managers want to work on [blockchain] in a specific area and in a specific timeframe.” Mr Kehoe says fund groups within R3 may feel held back by the fact that the group “is not working at the pace they want it to” due to its large size. “If asset managers were to splinter off, it would be more focused and move faster.” Mr Kehoe says such a move, which would see fund groups join forces without the contribution of custodians and transfer…
Lory Kehoe, a blockchain lab lead at Deloitte, adds: “Asset managers want to work on [blockchain] in a specific area and in a specific timeframe.” Mr Kehoe says fund groups within R3 may feel held back by the fact that the group “is not working at the pace they want it to” due to its large size. “If asset managers were to splinter off, it would be more focused and move faster.” Mr Kehoe says such a move, which would see fund groups join forces without the contribution of custodians and transfer agents, would be “incredibly audacious”. Asset managers are understandably keen to develop a joint blockchain platform and monetise so they “can reap the commercial rewards if it was to be adopted by other parties”, he says. “They want to own the intellectual property,” says Mr Kehoe.
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Fund Houses Taking Data 'Risks' With Cloud Tech (featured)
Financial Times - Ignites Europe
See publicationLory Kehoe, senior manager at Deloitte, says: “Ultimately when it comes to compliance, if an organisation has good, clean data they can shoot off a report whenever they need to – it doesn’t really matter what the regulation.“The problem for firms now is many of them have these old legacy systems, which are very clunky and difficult to manoeuvre when it comes to generating new compliance reports. “When a new regulation comes out they basically have to start again. Fintech companies don’t have…
Lory Kehoe, senior manager at Deloitte, says: “Ultimately when it comes to compliance, if an organisation has good, clean data they can shoot off a report whenever they need to – it doesn’t really matter what the regulation.“The problem for firms now is many of them have these old legacy systems, which are very clunky and difficult to manoeuvre when it comes to generating new compliance reports. “When a new regulation comes out they basically have to start again. Fintech companies don’t have any of these legacy issues.”
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Listed: Six FinTech Startups To Watch (featured)
Financial Times - Ignites Europe
See publicationIgnites Europe lists six of the FinTech startups aiming to revolutionise asset management.
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Video - Deloitte EMEA Grid Blockchain Lab Community of Practice Event
Deloitte EMEA Grid Blockchain Lab
See publicationVideo highlights of our 1st Deloitte EMEA Grid blockchain lab CoP event in Dublin
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Video - Deloitte EMEA Grid Blockchain Lab Conference with The Inno-Crowd
Deloitte & The Inno-Crowd
See publicationVideo - Deloitte EMEA Grid Blockchain Lab Conference with The Inno-Crowd
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Is RegTech the Answer to the Rising Cost of Compliance? (featured)
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See publicationFrom man hours spent digesting and implementing new regulations to hiring specialist help and investing in IT change, the cost of compliance is really starting to bite. FX-MM unearths the biggest culprits behind soaring compliance costs and examines the new wave of RegTech solutions that could help ease the burden.
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Is RegTech the New FinTech? - European Version
Deloitte - Performance Magazine
Performance magazine - Tri-annual digest for investment management professionals. Performance brings you the latest articles, news and market developments from Deloitte’s professionals and clients.
Is RegTech the New FinTech: How agile regulatory technology is helping firms better understand and manage their risksOther authorsSee publication -
Podcast - How Do New Regulations Affect Banks vs. New FinTech Start-ups?
BrightTALK
Is Regtech the new Fintech? The definition of Regtech differs depending on who you speak with. New fintech companies are now finding themselves having to comply with regulations for the first time. How will these affect them and how does this differ from incumbent organisations?
In this panel session, we will discuss:
-what are the existing regulated entities?
-how do new regulations affect banks vs. fintech start-ups
-how should fintech start-ups prepare for these…Is Regtech the new Fintech? The definition of Regtech differs depending on who you speak with. New fintech companies are now finding themselves having to comply with regulations for the first time. How will these affect them and how does this differ from incumbent organisations?
In this panel session, we will discuss:
-what are the existing regulated entities?
-how do new regulations affect banks vs. fintech start-ups
-how should fintech start-ups prepare for these regulations?
-the difference between new regtech companies and existing tech companies providing regulation services
-do regulators have the scope to accommodate Fintech companies?Other authorsSee publication
Honors & Awards
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Teaching Excellence Award - MBA & EMBA Technology Trends Module
Trinity Business School
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Teaching Excellence Award - MBA & EMBA Technology Trends Module
Trinity Business School
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Thomas Kettle Award for Economics and Public Policy
University College Dublin
What Is the Thomas Kettle Award?
- An honorary lifetime membership to the UCD Economics Society and the UCD School of Economics
- It is presented annually to an individual in recognition of their contribution to the field of economics and public policy, in honour of Thomas Kettle
- Kettle in 1908, was the first Professor of National Economics at University College Dublin, and one of the founders of the Legal and Economics society
- Previous winners include Nobel laureates Professor…What Is the Thomas Kettle Award?
- An honorary lifetime membership to the UCD Economics Society and the UCD School of Economics
- It is presented annually to an individual in recognition of their contribution to the field of economics and public policy, in honour of Thomas Kettle
- Kettle in 1908, was the first Professor of National Economics at University College Dublin, and one of the founders of the Legal and Economics society
- Previous winners include Nobel laureates Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Professor Esther Duflo, as well as Bob Geldof, Peter Sutherland SC, David McWilliams, T.K. Whitaker -
Teaching Excellence Award - MBA & EMBA Technology Trends Module
Trinity Business School
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Teaching Excellence Award - MBA & EMBA Technology Trends module
Trinity Business School
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Teaching Excellence Award - MSc in Marketing
Trinity Business School
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Teaching Excellence Award - MSc. Marketing Technology Trends module
Trinity Business School
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Winner - Dublin Docklands FinTech Award 2019
Dublin Docklands Business Forum
http://docklandsbusinessforum.ie/
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Winner - Emerging Business Investment of the Year Award
Invest in Ireland Awards
https://www.investinirelandawards.ie/awards-shortlist-2019/
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
Organizations
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Institution of Banking (IoB)
Licentiate of IOB (LIB), Qualified Financial Adviser (QFA), European Financial Adviser, (EFA)
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