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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.
Shortlist revealed for Belfast’s ‘Best New Business’ – sponsored by FinTrU
BY CONOR DONNELLY
FRIDAY 5 APRIL 2019
Congratulations to Brown O’Connor Communications, Halo Healthy Kitchen, Honeycomb Jobs, Karcher Center Belfast, Memento Floral Designs Ltd and Pride & Pinion who have been shortlisted for the ‘Best New Business’ category at this year’s Belfast Business Awards. FinTrU is delighted to sponsor this category.
After much success last year and winning accolades for ‘Business Growth’ and ‘Best Company to Work For’ 2018, FinTrU wants to empower new businesses to aim for success in 2019.
FinTrU understands the potential challenges that emerging businesses face in their first few years. As a relatively new company, FinTrU has experienced the same journey that all new companies undertake.
The key reason FinTrU is sponsoring the Best New Business Award is because we want to support and more importantly inspire new businesses to achieve success. We hope to motivate new and upcoming businesses to achieve excellence.
The Belfast Business Awards are hosted by Belfast Chamber and have become synonymous with recognising, promoting and rewarding the excellence of Belfast-based companies. The black-tie gala awards ceremony take place on Friday 10 May 2019.
Congratulations to all the nominees and good luck in the next stages.
Read the full shortlist for the Belfast Business Awards.
About FinTrU
Founded in December 2013, FinTrU is a multi-award winning financial services company that is committed to giving local talent the opportunity to work on a global stage with the largest international investment banks. FinTrU provides its clients with high quality, cost-effective, near-shore resourcing solutions. FinTrU’s products are: Legal, Risk, Compliance, KYC, Operations and Consultancy. Its clients are all Tier 1 Investment Banks based in London, New York, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Paris. FinTrU currently employs 360+ staff at its two Belfast city centre offices and Derry/Londonderry.
