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DARRAGH MCCARTHY
FOUNDER & CEO
Darragh McCarthy is the CEO and Founder of FinTrU. He started his career at Morgan Stanley in 1994 and remained there until late 2012. During his time at Morgan Stanley, Darragh was based in London, Frankfurt and New York and held various responsibilities including Global COO for Institutional Securities, COO for EMEA, Head of Fixed Income Sales North America and Head of Fixed Income Sales EMEA.
In 2013 Darragh founded FinTrU recognising the increasing demand from Global Investment Banks for high-quality resources to navigate the ever-increasing regulatory landscape. Whilst managed as a profit-driven organisation, Darragh also considers FinTrU as having a social purpose to create high-quality professional employment on the island of Ireland.
Darragh has a First Class Honours BComm International from University College of Dublin, Ireland. He has been nominated for EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018. Darragh speaks fluent German and Dutch.
DARRAGH MCCARTHY
FOUNDER & CEO
Darragh McCarthy is the CEO and Founder of FinTrU. He started his career at Morgan Stanley in 1994 and remained there until late 2012. During his time at Morgan Stanley, Darragh was based in London, Frankfurt and New York and held various responsibilities including Global COO for Institutional Securities, COO for EMEA, Head of Fixed Income Sales North America and Head of Fixed Income Sales EMEA.
In 2013 Darragh founded FinTrU recognising the increasing demand from Global Investment Banks for high-quality resources to navigate the ever-increasing regulatory landscape. Whilst managed as a profit-driven organisation, Darragh also considers FinTrU as having a social purpose to create high-quality professional employment on the island of Ireland.
Darragh has a First Class Honours BComm International from University College of Dublin, Ireland. He has been nominated for EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018. Darragh speaks fluent German and Dutch.
FinTrU announces appointment of Emma Pollock as Chief Technology Officer
MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2021
FinTrU has today announced the appointment of Emma Pollock as Chief Technology Officer.
Emma has over 16 years' experience in Technology and Leadership roles, spanning Financial Services, Telco and Cloud Storage domains.
Prior to joining FinTrU, Emma was Global Head of Communications Surveillance R&D and Head of Global Functions Technology at Citi Belfast. She was responsible for a group of 200 people across Technology and Operations, supporting corporate functions such as Compliance, HR and Risk & Finance in addition to delivery of a Big Data/Behavioural Analytics platform to perform surveillance across Trade and Communication data sources. Emma was also a member of the Citi Belfast senior leadership team, responsible for growth and development of the Citi Belfast site.
At FinTrU, Emma is a member of the Executive Leadership team with responsibility for leading the Technology strategy for the company. She will lead the Technology Department, which is currently based across both Belfast and the North West.
Commenting on the appointment, FinTrU Founder & CEO, Darragh McCarthy, said "We are delighted to welcome Emma to the FinTrU team. As a RegTech company in the Financial Services sector, FinTrU's Technology offering is at an exciting place and with her experience, Emma will provide invaluable leadership to us in this area. We have recently invested £1million+ in a new Technology tool - ClientOutreach, with future plans for further R&D and product development."
For media enquiries please contact Conor Donnelly, Vice President – Marketing, on: +44 (0) 28 9076 7798 or conor.donnelly@fintru.com