Michael Walsh
CEO Ireland & Head of Distribution
Michael Walsh is the Executive Chair Ireland.
Michael has more than 30 years’ experience of Financial Markets both on the sell side where he ran global institutional sales teams at RBS, Lloyds, and BNPParibas, and on the buy side as CEO of White Marigold Capital UK, an alternative investment manager specialising in relative value volatility trading. Michael is a CIFDI qualified Fund Director and a member of the Global Irish Economic Forum / The Global Irish Network.
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