Paula Downey

Paula is a Bachelor of Laws (L.LB), a qualified accountant (FCA), a Licentiate of the Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (FCSI. Paula has more than 25 years’ experience in senior Compliance roles including with ABN AMRO Stockbrokers Ireland, HSBCS Securities, Pershing Securities International Ltd and J&E Davy where she was Head of Compliance from 2000 – 2009 and a Board member from 2007-2009. Paula has worked with KPMG in its regulatory advisory practice and prior to establishing her own Compliance consultancy in 2018 spent 7 years as Business and Legal Director in Davy.

John Corcoran

John founded the company in 2016 and is the firm’s CEO. John holds a master’s degree in business law LLM (UCC) a Post Graduate Diploma in Corporate Finance from Chartered Accountants Ireland, is a Registered Stock Broker, a Registered Tax Consultant, a QFA, EFA and is a Member of Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments and a Member of the Institute of Bankers.

John has extensive experience advising both Private and Corporate Clients in pensions, Investments and corporate transactions.

James O’Connor

James is Head of Compliance and Risk. He was previously Director of Risk and Valuations with Carne Global Financial Services (Dublin) and headed the Investment Risk function on the Asset Management Exchange. He has 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry in Asset Management and Exchange transaction, he has experience in the measurement, monitoring and oversight of all areas of the Investment Risk function along with third party management company clients.

Additionally, he has considerable experience in fund accounting and global custody.

James graduated from the University of Wales (now University of Wales Trinity Saint David – Swansea) with a BA (Honours) in Business and Finance in 2003. James also holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA Dip MA), along with Specialist Certificates in both Mutual Fund Services and Treasury Operations from The Institute of Bankers in Ireland. James is also a holder of the Professional Certificate in Compliance by the Institute of Bankers in Ireland awarded by University College Dublin.

Eugene O’Callaghan

Eugene has over 30 years experience in accountancy and financial services with 28 of those spent specifically on financial compliance and regulatory work. Eugene was one of the founding equity partners in Quintas Registered Auditors, the largest CPA practice in Ireland. Eugene was Compliance and Equity Partner in the practice, not only dealing compliance and ethics matters in the operation of the practice but also advising large and regulated entities on their compliance obligations including organisations with €300m in client assets, multinationals, solicitors and charities.

As well as being the former co-owner of Quintas Wealth Management Limited, Eugene is the co-founder and director of Exstrat Limited, a company providing an advisory service to businesses centered on Governance, Ethics and Compliance.

Eugene is a member of CPA Ireland .