Professor Edel Conway, PhD, Reg. Psychol., Ps.S.I.
Professor of HRM and Organisational Psychology, DCU Business School
Professor Edel Conway (Dublin City University) is Professor of HRM and Organisational Psychology at DCU Business School. Edel is an organisational psychologist with expertise in new technology and the future of work, employee engagement, well-being and organisational change. Edel leads the Future of Work theme at the Irish Institute of Digital Business. She has managed numerous employee engagement initiatives within the Irish civil service, in addition to initiatives within wider public and private sector organisations. Edel has a wealth of experience in teaching strategic people management and employee engagement on executive education programmes. Her work is published in numerous leading international journals and books. She has both national and international editorial experience as Associate Editor of Human Resource Management Journal and as a former Editor of the Irish Journal of Management. Prior to joining DCU, Edel worked as a HR consultant with Citi and as a researcher at the London Business School.
Geraldine Gibson-Dautun
CEO and Founder, AQMetrics
Geraldine Gibson-Dautun has over 20 years FinTech experience and in November 2018 won FinTech Champion of the Year at the Women In Finance awards. Educated at Trinity College Dublin and the Sorbonne University, Paris, Geraldine founded AQMetrics in 2012. The company has won the HFM European Technology Award for Best Regtech Solution 2018 and 2019 and Best Regtech at the Deloitte Financial Services Innovation Awards.
Declan McCarthy
Senior Vice President and Head of the Global Technology Services Client eXperience Team, State Street EMEA
Declan McCarthy is Senior Vice President and the Head of the Global Technology Services Client eXperience Team for State Street EMEA. Declan has responsibility for how IT engages with our clients (both internal and external) across EMEA and is accountable to our clients for all IT Service Delivery and client change activity in the region. Prior to joining State Street in April 2011, Declan held a number of senior management roles with Fidelity Investments both in Ireland and the US for over 14 years.
Ann Prendergast
Head of State Street Global Advisors
Ann Prendergast is a senior vice president and head of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) Ireland. Joining SSGA Ireland as a relationship manager in 2000, Ann subsequently became head of this area in 2010, with responsibility for managing SSGA’s engagement activities with a client base that includes pension schemes, charities, corporate and intermediaries. Ann was appointed head of SSGA Ireland in July 2017
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Lory Kehoe
Managing Director, ConsenSys
Lory is a managing director with ConsenSys, leads ConsenSys Ireland, leads ConsenSys' global partnerships work and is a member of the global leadership team. ConsenSys is a global technology company which focuses on building new products, platforms and services, by partnering with corporates and governments around the world. ConsenSys' Dublin studio is Ireland's largest blockchain team and Ireland's largest blockchain company. Prior to ConsenSys, Lory was a Partner with Deloitte China and a Director with Deloitte Ireland where he founded, set up and ran Deloitte’s Europe Middle East and Africa blockchain Lab. Prior to Deloitte, Lory worked as a management consultant with Accenture. He has over 13 years of consulting experience. Lory has led blockchain strategy and implementation projects for corporates and governments around the globe. With the IDA in Ireland (Industrial Development Authority), Lory was the founding member of the Ireland national blockchain initiative ‘Blockchain Ireland’. This group includes over 200 entities made up of global enterprises, universities, government entities and start-ups. Lory is a Qualified Financial Adviser, registered stockbroker and is currently (and has been for the past 12+ years) an adjunct assistant professor with the Business School in Trinity College Dublin.
