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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 and Women in Business Announce 3-Year Partnership to Empower NI’s Women in Tech
MONDAY 23 MAY 2022
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Global financial services firm FinTrU has announced a new partnership with Women in Business, Northern Ireland’s leading business network for women in the workplace, to support female opportunities in the local tech industry.
The three-year partnership will see FinTrU and Women in Business explore the barriers facing women in the tech industry and how best to overcome them, with a particular focus on the sector’s longstanding gender imbalance.
Despite investment in Northern Ireland tech firms crossing £100m in 2021, an all-time high, women are still largely underrepresented, with STEM workforce statistics revealing the percentage of women employed in the UK tech industry today is just 17%, up from 15.7% in 2009.
In becoming a Women in Business partner, FinTrU is reinforcing its commitment to attract, retain and support women working in Northern Ireland’s tech industry and, in so doing, further build on successful campaigns such as the Women in Business Press Refresh programme.
Commenting on the three-year partnership, Lorraine Acheson, Managing Director at Women in Business, said: “Northern Ireland’s thriving tech sector is a key priority for the Women in Business Group moving forward. By creating accessible tech opportunities, we can not only address NI’s current skills shortage, but also work to generate economic prosperity.
“Our inaugural Women in Tech Awards served as a pointed reminder of the world-leading tech talent here on our doorstep and we’re delighted to welcome FinTrU, an indigenous NI company, as our latest partner. Having collaborated closely on the innovative Press Refresh programme, this is an exciting next step that will see FinTrU continue to open doors and unlock opportunities for women in tech locally.”
Sinead Carville, Chief Human Resources Officer at FinTrU, added: “Encouraging and supporting women to fulfil their potential in business is something that we, at FinTrU, are incredibly passionate about.
"As a tech firm with deep roots in Northern Ireland, we’ve seen first-hand how quickly the sector has grown, after investment in NI tech firms reached record highs in 2021. By harnessing this rapid growth, we can continue to enable women across the broad spectrum of technology. We’re proud to support the great work being carried out by Women in Business within this sphere.”
FinTrU now joins a roster of Women in Business partners which includes Allstate NI, Amazon, Danske Bank, Glandore, MCS, NIE Networks, Pinsent Masons and Virgin Business, as well as educational partners Ulster University, Queen’s University and Belfast Met.
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