Delivery

The programme is delivered on the mornings of 8th, 9th, 10th December 2020, from 8.30 to 10.30am. The masterclass is a live event delivered via Zoom.

Fee

• €210 for IOB members

• €250 for non-members

CPD

• Accredited Funds Professional - 4 hours

• Chartered Banker - 3 hours

• CIFD - 4 hours

• FCOI - 4 hours

• LCOI - 4 hours

• Professional Banker - 3 hours

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Speakers

Alastair Sewell CFA - Head of Fund and Asset Manager Ratings for EMEA and Asia-Pacific at Fitch Ratings

Alastair Sewell is head of fund and asset manager ratings for EMEA and Asia-Pacific at Fitch Ratings. He has been in this role since 2017, having previously held roles with increasing levels of responsibility in the fund and asset manager rating group since 2008. In this role he has overall responsibility for all ratings and research on funds and investment managers in these regions. Alastair’s coverage includes all areas of investment management, with specialisms in money market funds and liquidity risk.

Prior to his current role, Alastair was an analyst in Fitch’s structured finance division, responsible for rating collateralized debt obligations and similar vehicles. Alastair joined Fitch in 2004. Prior to Fitch he began his career at a UK local authority.

Alastair earned an MBA with distinction from the University of Bath and a BSc from the University of Bristol. He is a CFA charterholder. Alastair is based in London.

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Antonio Barattelli - Team Leader for Investment Management within the Investors and Issuers Department

Antonio Barattelli joined ESMA in August 2011 and he's Team Leader for Investment Management within the Investors and Issuers Department. Since May 2018 Antonio leads the work of the Investment Management team dealing with the EU legislation and asset management (including the UCITS Directive, AIFMD and MMF Regulation), while previously he worked in the team with focus on various topics, including remuneration and depositary-related matters.

Prior to joining ESMA, Antonio was a senior associate at a major law firm in Luxembourg where he advised a wide range of international clients on setting up investment funds. He qualified as a lawyer in Italy and was registered as an EU foreign lawyer in Luxembourg.

Antonio holds a law degree from the University of Padua, a master degree (DESS) in European Litigation from the University of Luxembourg and the University of Strasbourg "R. Schuman" as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law from the King's College (London).

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Conor Kilroy - Regulatory Affairs Manager at Irish Funds

Conor Kilroy is a Regulatory Affairs Manager at Irish Funds. Since joining in September 2019, Conor has been working closely with a number of asset management working groups with liquidity being a particular focus for the Investment Risk working group.

Prior to joining Irish Funds, Conor worked as Head of Investment Servicing for DMS Governance within their MiFID entity. Previous to this role he also worked within the DMS risk team. Conor began his career in fund administration working across multiple fund types in both the mutual and hedge fund space.

Conor is FRM certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals and a member of the EFAMA Management Company Regulation and Services standing committee.

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Eoin FitzGerald - Managing Director and Country Head of Brown Brothers Harriman in Ireland

Eoin FitzGerald is a Managing Director and Country Head for Brown Brothers Harriman in Ireland. Eoin has over 30 years of financial services experience having previously served as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and as a Director of AIB/BNY Fund Services (Ireland) Limited (now BNY Mellon Fund Services (Ireland) Limited).

Eoin is a member of the Consultative Working Group at the Investment Management Steering Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). He is also a member of the Council of Irish Funds and of the IFSC Funds group.

Eoin is a director of Brown Brothers Harriman Trustee Services (Ireland) Limited, Brown Brothers Harriman Trustee Services (Hong Kong) Limited and Brown Brothers Harriman Institutional Trust Company of New York, LLC. He also serves on the board of the funds industry charity, Basis Point.

Eoin is a graduate of University College Dublin.

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Martina Kelly - Director of Funds at IOB

Martina Kelly is Director of Funds at IOB having joined in January 2020. Prior to that she was Head of Markets Policy Division within the Central Bank of Ireland with responsibility for the formulation of policy in relation to investment funds, investment firms, markets and market infrastructure.

Martina has considerable experience in investment funds policy and regulation having led the Central Bank's work in this area for many years. In that capacity she was directly involved with the development of the Irish regulatory regime applicable to funds and fund service providers.

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Patricia Dunne - Head of Securities Markets Supervision Division in the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank)

Patricia Dunne is Head of Securities Markets Supervision Division in the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank). This division is responsible for the supervision of securities markets including market transparency, market integrity and market abuse and the authorisation and supervision of Irish authorised investment funds.

Patricia has held various roles within the Central Bank including the authorisation, supervision and policy of investment firms and investment funds. She has also been directly involved in the development and implementation of the Central Bank's risk based approach to supervision (The Probability Risk and Impact System - PRISM). Patricia has also worked extensively with the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) in the development of the European regulatory and policy framework for Investment funds and their service providers.

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Robin Creswell - Managing Director at Payden and Rygel

Robin Creswell is a Managing Director at Payden and Rygel and is a member of the firm's board of directors. He is responsible for the firm's London office; Payden & Rygel Global Ltd.

Creswell's 38-year career in the financial industry began in banking. He was then a leading figure in the development of the global hedge fund and derivatives industry in the 1990s. He was responsible for launching the first publicly offered hedge funds in a number of jurisdictions, including Japan, Australia and Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Payden & Rygel, Creswell was responsible for global distribution at ED&F Man. Subsequently he established the fund management company, Greystone International Ltd., for Chicago-based futures broker Gelderman, Inc. later acquired by the Man Group.

Robin Creswell was a Trustee of the Charities Aid Foundation until 2018 where he chaired the Investment Advisory Committee and is also a Trustee of a number of other non-profit organisations. He is a Fellow of the Securities & Investment Institute and a member of the CFA Society of the UK.