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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.
KARL HANLON
CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER
Karl has over 20 years' experience helping financial institutions create value through technology and process solutions, with a particular focus on the disruptive changes arising from FinTech and LegalTech.
Prior to joining FinTrU, Karl was Head of Regulatory Response Projects at Factor's Belfast CoE where he had overall responsibility for the delivery of complex contract remediation projects resulting from regulatory change. As part of the leadership team Karl also helped to develop solutions to scale complex legal processes.
Before Factor, Karl worked for Deloitte in Ireland where he supported organisations to develop their IT strategy and governance models. Prior to this Karl held leadership roles within a number of financial technology companies helping them to innovate, scale and enhance their delivery functions and associated commercial opportunities.
At FinTrU, Karl is the Chief Commercial Officer and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Karl has overall responsibility for client success, ensuring that FinTrU's offerings drive value for our clients and also that the resulting projects and services are successfully delivered.
Karl has a degree in Engineering from Trinity College Dublin and an MSC in Engineering Computation from Queen's University Belfast. Karl is a Certified Management Consultant and is PMP certified.