President’s Education Awards prize winners recognised for the 2023/2024 academic year

We were delighted to recognise the top placed IOB graduates for the 2023/2024 academic year at our recent IOB Future of Finance Awards ceremony.

President’s Education Awards are presented to professionals who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to learning and professional development and finished first place on their programme of study.

Pictured with IOB Dean & Chief Learning Officer, Margaret Fitzsimons and IOB Registrar & Chief Assessment Officer, Elena Day, are the President’s Education Awards prize winners at the IOB Future of Finance Awards 2025.

The following IOB graduates were recognised at the ceremony:

Professional Diploma in Financial Advice

Elaine McGonigle

Professional Diploma in Financial Services

Caoimhe McKernan, Bank of Ireland

Professional Diploma in Advanced Banking Risk Management

Ann Falvey, AIB

Professional Diploma in Advanced Operational Risk Management in Financial Services (Joint winners)

Georgiana Caseru, Paysafe

Eoin O’Reilly, Etsy

Professional Diploma in Applied Alternative Investments (Joint winners)

Aine Friel, PGIM Ireland Ltd

David Keane, Barings

Barry McCarthy, UBS AG, Lantern Structured Asset Management Limited

Sweta Jain, UBS Fund Management Ireland

Professional Diploma in Data & Analytics in Financial Services (Joint winners)

Mark Brady, ptsb

Mark Heraghty, Northern Trust

Alison McCormick, AIB

Professional Diploma in Digital Transformation in Financial Services

Seán Ó hAnnracháin, Broadridge Ireland

Professional Diploma in ESG and Sustainable Finance Leadership (Joint winners)

Joanne Duffy, Northern Trust

Olaf Fitzsimmons

Professional Diploma in Leading Cultural Change & Ethical Behaviour in Financial Services

Samantha Cunningham, AIB

Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services

Maria Maguire, Bank of Ireland

Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning

Michael Bambury, RBC Brewin Dolphin

Graduate Diploma in Investment Fund Services Management

Bernard Rogers, ptsb

Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Transformational Leadership (Joint winners)

George Jennings, AIB

Julie Lawton, AIB

MSc in Compliance

Kathleen Hanway, AIB

MSc in Financial Services

Seán Cotter, KPMG

Prize winners in absentia

Professional Diploma in Advanced Operational Risk Management in Financial Services

Laura Moynihan, Mackenzie Investments Europe Limited

Bachelor of Financial Services

Katherine Keane

Graduate Diploma in Digital and Data Strategy in Financial Services

Colin Clarke