Kevin McConnell

Biography

Over a career spanning 20 years in the investment and banking industry, Kevin has worked with both the executive management of a range of public companies and within the international institutional investment community in capital markets across Europe and the US. During this time, he has acted as a corporate advisor to a range of listed and non-listed companies, involving capital raising initiatives through to rights issues, corporate debt raisings and stress testing business models. He has provided key strategic consultancy and advisory services to senior board level executive management across a range of banking and insurance groups.

Kevin has worked in a range of senior roles which have helped develop a deep knowledge of both the investment and banking industry, and a critical understanding of market behaviour and its impact on the risk/return relationship for investments in the asset management industry. He has also acted on behalf of a range of international investment groups, most lately in the private equity area, in sourcing and constructing transactions across a range of industries.

He was a member of Committee on Collective Investment Governance (CCIG) of Central Bank of Ireland (2014) which supported the development of CP86. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute (2016) and is a Senior Associate of Faculty, Institute of Banking Executive Education - Certified Bank Director Program since 2012.

He developed and delivers the Alternative Asset Investment program for the IOB, University College Dublin and in Wealth Management on the Masters in Finance, Trinity College Dublin.