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Nicola McCabe

Head of Human Resources Scotiabank Ireland DAC

As the Head of Human Resources for Scotiabank in Ireland, Nicola McCabe is responsible for leading a team that covers the complete HR and Talent lifecycle in Ireland.

Nicola has more than 20 years of Human Resources experience, primarily in the Financial Services and Technology sectors. She is passionate about providing employees with an inclusive environment that fosters high performance, where employees can bring their whole selves to work and feel empowered to deliver to their highest potential.

Scotiabank Ireland is part of Scotiabank’s Global Banking and Markets (GBM) business which provides corporate clients with lending and transaction services, investment banking advice and access to capital markets. A full-service wholesale bank in the Americas, GBM serves clients across Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Through our Dublin operations, we serve the Bank’s EU 27 clients, facilitating trade and investment flows between Europe and the Americas.

Paul O’Loughlin

Head of Financial Services Compliance An Post, General Post Office

An Experienced Regulatory Compliance, AML and Risk professional with significant experience influencing and developing strategies and solutions to address complex operational and regulatory challenges. Paul has performed various AML, compliance and regulatory roles in the public and private sector representing the Irish Stock Exchange, the Central Bank of Ireland, State Street, AIB Merchant Services and is currently Head of Financial Services Compliance and MLRO at An Post.

Paul holds a Degree and Masters in Law from Trinity College, Dublin; a Professional Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance from Manchester University Business School, and is a Licentiate of the Compliance Institute.

Laura Trimble

CEO and Head of Wholesale Banking HSBC

Laura joined HSBC Ireland in May 2022 as CEO and Head of Wholesale Banking, following a 20-year career with HSBC based in London. Laura is responsible for all of HSBC’s operations in Ireland, which encompass a corporate banking business that supports Irish corporates with their local and international operations, as well as a subsidiary banking business that provides transactional banking services such as trade finance and cash management solutions to global multinationals with operations in Ireland. HSBC also has a large securities services business in Ireland supporting asset managers with fund administration, custody and fiduciary services.

Prior to joining HSBC Ireland, Laura worked for HSBC in various senior roles in the UK and Europe, most recently as European Head of HSBC’s Origination business. In this role, she was responsible for advising clients on all aspects of their strategic financing needs, including structuring their capital base appropriately via debt and equity solutions and advising on strategic events such as acquisition financing, capital markets activity and initial public offerings. This role included coverage of HSBC’s corporate clients in 22 countries including Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Israel and South Africa, supported by a team based in London, Paris, Frankfurt and India. Laura has an extensive investment banking and commercial banking background with prior roles in leveraged finance, investment grade debt, convertible bonds and equity capital markets.

Over the last decade Laura has played a leading role in driving HSBC’s activities to provide an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For example, in 2020 she founded HSBC’s European Shadow ExCo, a development programme for colleagues to work with senior leaders on business challenges such as sustainability, the future of work, and Europe’s position as an international connector. She also co-founded HSBC’s “Inclusive Europe” employee resource group in 2021, which leads activities to promote cultural diversity and to ensure colleagues supporting inclusivity are recognised and rewarded.