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Michael D’Arcy was appointed CEO of the Irish AIM in October 2020.  He had previously been a member of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) from 2007. He served on a number of committees including Finance and Public Accounts and was appointed to the statutory Banking Inquiry which investigated the collapse of the Irish banking sector prior to 2008.

In 2017, Michael was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Finance with responsibility for Financial Services and Insurance.  During his term in office, he led the Irish government’s campaign to relocate the European Banking Authority from London to Dublin.  He launched a new 5-year strategy for the IFS sector (Ireland for Finance, April 2019).  He chaired both the Government’s Industry Advisory Committee and High Level Implementation Committee.  Michael attended Eurogroup and Ecofin meetings on behalf of the Government of Ireland. 

Andreas Pfunder is the managing Director at Allfunds Data Analytics where he founded instiHub to pursue a mission with his full passion. The mission is to serve the institutional asset management community with actionable market and business intelligence that betters the commercial and investment outcome for all stakeholders.

Andreas Pfuner holds an excellent track record in building effective, commercially focused teams in an internationally diverse setting. He also has an extensive experience in sales, strategy, product, marketing, operations and P&L management, along being an accomplished public speaker and consultant to a vast network of senior investment industry executives and analysts. Finally, in his work, he successfully created the dominant institutional and sub-advisory intelligence firm in Europe and Asia. 

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance. She was appointed to this role in December 2022.

She is a TD for the Dún Laoghaire Constituency, elected in February 2020. She is Vice Chair of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party and Spokesperson for Equality. She is also Vice Chair of the Justice Committee as well as being a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement Committee. She was also a member of the Special Dáil Committee on Covid prior to its disbandment into sectoral Committees. Previously she was a Councillor for the Killiney-Shankill ward. Since first being elected as a public representative, she has prioritised families experiencing homelessness and domestic abuse awareness. She has supported, and personally assisted a number of homeless women with small children to find appropriate accommodation. She has also worked closely with Coercive Control Ireland to raise awareness of this issue.  

Giorgio Carlino has been the Head of Multi-Management at Mediolanum International Funds since August 2022. He is responsible for Mediolanum’s Manager Selection team as well as the multi-manager portfolio management unit.

Based in Dublin, Giorgio reports to the firm’s Chief Investment Officer, Christophe Jaubert, and is part of the firm’s Investment Committee.

Carlino started his career in Italy selecting active funds for high-net-worth clients. He then moved to Frankfurt, and subsequently New York City in 2013, where Giorgio lead a Multi-Asset division of Allianz Global Investors.

Eoin Lane is the Global Head of Ai at BNYMellon. He has been appointed at this role since 2020. 
 
A big data AI executive with a track record of delivering transformative enterprise class AI solutions. At BNY Mellon Eoin leads a global team of data scientists and engineers, leveraging state-of-the-art AI, design thinking, and engineering best practices to deliver scalable AI applications for our clients and the bank. Ten years' experience in the financial and utilities industry and recipient of multiple IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement awards. Previously Eoin was a chief architect for IBM's Intelligent Energy and Water platforms, responsible for innovation, architecture, and design. Expert at incubating disruptive technology, recruiting top talent, growing and leading AI and engineering teams. An IBM Master Inventor with over 70 patents and patents pending and several dozen publications.

Karoline Keane is Head of Product Development and Management for Mediolanum International Funds covering both funds and insurance. Karoline has extensive background in developing products and bespoke solutions across all asset classes and for retail and institutional clients.

Prior to Mediolanum, Karoline worked at Man Group plc, Citibank Europe plc and The Children’s Investment Fund. Karoline was also a Lecturer for the Institute of Bankers for Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Applied Alternative Investments. She is an active member of various industry groups and was former Chair of the AIMA Ireland Steering Group. Karoline is also a member of the Steering Committee for the Dublin Chapter of 100 Women in Finance.