The Team

Colum is a stockbroker with over 13 years experience within the financial markets. He is a qualified charting analyst as well as a qualified financial advisor.

Previously James was a management consultant for Accenture where he worked on a number of client engagements ranging from strategy development to operational excellence and delivery within the Financial Services industry.

Shelley is a Harvard graduate with 12 years of marketing experience. She has worked in the US, Asia and Europe launching global campaigns for large corporations as well as building new brands for young companies.

Rob is an IT Professional and founder of Perf-Util Consulting, which he setup in 2009 working with some of the world’s largest Utilities. He specialises in bringing a business-goal-focus to IT with over 13 year of experience in Solution/ Enterprise Architecture and structuring effective IT divisions. Full Profile here.

Paddy is a Chartered Accountant, as well as a Chartered Tax Advisor and has been working in the financial services sector for 12 years. He is a Partner at Nexus Taxation, a specialist financial services tax advisory firm based in Dublin, which he founded in March 2015.

Originally a marketeer, Brian has worked with a number of Irish Fintech companies as they expanded across Europe. Since completing an MBA his focus has shifted to more commercial roles, with a particular focus on Business Development and the management of culturally and geographically diverse sales teams.

Eoghan brings a wealth of experience within the Identity Verification industry where he focuses on delivering full life cycle product development, from research and specifications to guiding cross functional teams to project launch. Dedicated to understanding and solving complex user problems across the platform.

Justin has over 12 years experience with Software Technology and team leadership, working with multiple blue chip companies including Kerry Group and Tesco he has led large scale projects successfully to completion.

Fintan is a University of Ulster graduate, and since 1998 has worked in digital projects – starting with designing interactive experiences for banking and retail clients including AIB and Tesco. Previous work includes Photography and Graphic Design, and as a website designer he worked for GettyImages in New York City (USA).

Conor is the founder and Managing Director of Information Security Assurance Services Limited (ISAS), an ISO 27001 certified company. Conor has over 25 years experience in ICT Security and advises both a number of public sector bodies as well as private enterprises. Conor currently sits on the Audit Committee in the Department of Agriculture.

Sinead has over 17 years experience in regulatory compliance within the financial services sector. She is a qualified solicitor and holds a number of diplomas in legal studies including an Advanced Diploma in Data Protection Law. Sinead is a member of the Institute of Directors, Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland and the Association of Data Protection Officers in Ireland. Sinead is currently the Head of Compliance & Regulatory Affairs in ISAS.

Alex is an experienced business development & relationship manager with over 11 years history working within the Financial Services industry in London, advising clients and executing their business. He holds a BCOMM (Hons) Degree and MSc. Postgrad qualification in Management Consultancy from UCD as well as being an FCA approved individual. He recently completed Harvard Law Schools Executive Education Programme on Negotiation – PON Global.

Richard is a seasoned sales professional with solid commercial experience with start-up and established companies in global industries and markets. Richard’s customer-orientated and solution-based approach will support ID-Pal’s client’s objective of delivering robust, future proof and user-friendly solutions to satisfy their growth and data compliance needs.

Finbar brings a vast experience in product testing to ID-Pal, and specialises in QA Automation and Continuous Integration. He graduated from a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (Infrastructure) at Technological University Dublin, while working at Web Summit as a QA Co-ordinator. He also worked as a Quality Software Engineer at Zynga games Ireland where he spent time developing testing solutions for mobile games.