Our Leadership
Our leadership team has worked globally, driving transformation with restless energy at the most senior levels in the Financial Services industry.
Featured
Partner
A highly respected risk and strategy consultant with over 35 years of financial services industry expertise. Justin is trusted by C-suite and industry leaders for resolving complex operating problems and delivering unambiguous advice. Leading Valentia Partners' Insurance practice, he is renowned for driving transformation across global Lloyds, specialty, and general insurance markets. Actively engaged in understanding the global impact of Climate Change and Transition Risk, Justin contributes to market-wide conversations on Sustainable Finance, the 'Protection Gap,' and Public-Private Partnerships.
Senior Manager
With over 15 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry, Hayley has worked for several top tier banks in roles ranging from Derivatives Operations, Risk, Project, and Client Experience Management. She has an expanse of project delivery experience including process, tech, data, risk, and location strategy change. In her spare time, Hayley enjoys walks in the beautiful Chilterns with her family.
Manager
Cathal has worked within professional services providing advisory and consultancy services on solutions and long term strategic digital transformations and implementations. Cathal has experience across digital journeys, operational efficiency, automating existing manual processes and helping to define target operating models for entities across Asia Pacific, EMEA and the US. Currently, in the process of building out a currency frame for my home office with the different currencies from countries I have visited ranging from the Mexican Peso to the Australian Dollar to the Icelandic krona.
Manager
Andrew is an accomplished Financial Services Management Consultant and is experienced in leading and delivering projects across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations and Technology functions for Tier 1 Banks, Insurance and Asset & Wealth Management firms. He particularly enjoys data management and delivering software for clients but also is experienced in leading consulting and client teams, supporting clients in understanding issues and providing guidance on solutions, product and project management, strategy development and delivery, business analysis, regulatory implementation, and operating model design.
Executive Director
Donal is a highly experienced executive that has driven transformational and sustainable change over the past 20+ years. Having operated as Head of Enterprise Change and Delivery functions in some of world’s leading organisations across various industries, he an expert in building and shaping enterprise change functions that deliver real value. Donal previously established a successful management consulting firm operating across North America and the Bahamas – Managing Director responsible for all aspects of the company.
Senior Manager
An accomplished Change Management, Regulatory, Payments and Data SME, Uma has worked in some of the major tier 1 banking institutions across Europe and the UK. She led and delivered a complex multi-year global regulatory programme spanning 40 countries affecting 23+ systems for a tier 1 global bank.
Director of Operations
Having spent his career in financial services with a blend of both industry and consulting experience, Steven is an accomplished manager known for his expertise in operational design, regulatory compliance, and human resources. He prioritises the consolidation and optimisation of operations and business processes to fuel the firm’s growth and cultivate a positive work culture that attracts and retains top talent. Raised on a working farm in rural Texas, his affinity for honey was such that he studied and became an apiarist – with two working hives to produce honey for friends and family.
Senior Manager
With over 10 years of experience in the Financial Services industry, Maximilian has focused on large scale and complex programmes from industry changing regulatory directives to digital transformations. His extensive international experience includes working with clients in the US, Switzerland, Netherlands, and the UK, managing teams across multiple locations. Fluent in French and with a strong command of Polish, Maximilian combines his business experience and knowledge of capital markets to deliver impactful solutions for his clients.
Away from work, life gets into gear with the next sporting challenge, from white collar boxing, triathlons, hiking and snowboarding (and more in between).
Executive Director
With a 15+ year career in Financial Services, Russ has extensive experience across Change and Transformation, and has spent the latter half of his career in the Transactions space, working on some of the largest portfolio sales in Ireland. Russ has led the migration of numerous Portfolios across multiple institutions dealing with Sellers, Buyers, Advisors and Servicers. In his spare time Russ can often be found on a beach on the West Coast of Ireland playing on his kite in the howling wind and sideways rain.
Manager
A Financial Services and Fintech professional with 25 years experience, working in Product Design, O&T, Implementation, Transformation and RM functions for Tier 1 Banks, Regtech companies, Asset Management firms, and Public Sector entities. He has led multi-year global programs focusing on Process Digitization, KYC/AML & Tax optimisation, developing Centres of Excellence, designing Cloud-based Portals, and Investor/Client Onboarding for Global organisations.
When at rest, he helps to raise 4 children, while watching whichever sport happens to be on.
Chief Talent Officer
With a passion for people management, Olive brings a deep understanding of how to manage, recruit, mentor and coach people at all levels to achieve business success. With 20 years of experience in management consulting, Olive joins Valentia Partners as the Chief Talent Officer to shape and enhance our hiring functions and people management.
Partner
Eoghan works on both the Technology and Business sides of large-scale, complex product and strategic change management programmes in the US and the UK. With 23 years experience in Technology and Financial Services he has consulting projects for some of the world’s largest banks, with much of his recent work focused on addressing the challenges of working with legacy technology in banking operations.
Partner
Cathal is a strategic transformation specialist and has worked with Financial Institutions across Europe, the US and Australia to deliver complex change and growth programs. He has supported Banks and Fintechs, including Digital Assets firms and Challenger Banks, to obtain regulatory approvals, define and embed operating models, refine value propositions, and deliver strategic transformation to drive growth. Outside of work and spending time with his family, his main passion is sport although his sporting capabilities have deteriorated over time from representing Tipperary on the hurling field to a casual stroll on the golf course!
Manager
Ross is a Manager at Valentia Partners with extensive experience in both business and transformation roles, is skilled in Project Management methodologies such as Prince 2 / Waterfall and is legally trained having been called to Bar in 2010. He has accumulated over 10 years of experience in the legal & compliance field with particular focus on the FS sector. He has supported both start-ups and established large companies with company operating models, supplier negotiation, systems/process implementation and legal rights of bespoke products and services. Ross’s spare time is largely taken up supporting his two children’s activities such as football, basketball, swimming, and piano.
Executive Director
With a 20+ year career in Financial Services, Colbert is a technical Finance specialist with extensive experience in Treasury, Financial Control, Capital, and Liquidity. He has designed and built Finance Data Warehouses, redesigned Treasury and Finance business models, created a Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) model, and led large Finance transformation programmes. At the weekend you’re likely to find him at a sporting event (he’s been known to turn up for the toss of a coin!) or doing one of the many hikes around the Dublin mountains.
Partner
In his 25+ year career, John has delivered complex product and strategic business and technology transformations for some of the world’s largest Financial institutions, working across Europe and North America. With a laser sharp focus on delivery execution, he specialises in remediating distressed transformation programmes. John lives in an old farmhouse by the sea with his wife and 5 children; the family is coming to terms with being abandoned recently by their pet cat Charlie, who left for a quieter, better fed, life with an old lady who lives across the road.
Manager
Leading mission critical projects in Wealth & Asset Management, Banking, and Capital Markets, Viviana's experience includes leading global transformation programmes impacting 60+ countries, front-to-back re-platforming of businesses, and acquisition integration design. In her spare time, look for her out on long walks with her Beagle, Luna.
Partner
Working across business and technology advisory and transformation in Banking and Capital Markets, Andrew's experience includes designing new business units, leading complex multi-year transformation programmes, and re-shaping global operating models. As Deputy COO, he worked at C-level on an interim basis, running a technology function ($800m+ annual budget) in one of the world’s largest Universal Banks. When he turned 28, he celebrated by visiting 28 countries over the course of the year… somehow he also managed to do his day job.
Manager
Calum works across Banking and Capital Markets, shaping and delivering strategy and transformation projects. His broad experience includes recovery of distressed programmes, design of data strategy and architecture, and new product delivery in Treasury Front Office. With a love of the Scottish Highlands, he is probably the only person in Valentia to enjoy camping… !
Manager
Moray has extensive experience leading transformation across trading and capital markets. He is adept at managing and delivering strategic change, successfully leading projects for back, middle and front office functions. Moray has strong experience in lean and agile delivery frameworks and has a keen interest in implementing process improvement and operating model changes to maximise efficiency. He also enjoys watching and playing sport at what could generously be described as an amateur level.
Senior Manager
Peter has extensive experience designing and delivering operating model structures for Sovereign Funds, Pension Funds, and Asset Managers; and leading global engagements with the world’s largest Trust and Universal Banks to strengthen their Global Custody services to drive growth. He has led work designing mergers and joint ventures, including technology integration and operating model definition, in both Banking and Capital Markets – working across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Away from the office, he spends his time skiing as many mountains and sailing as many oceans as possible to find some peace and quiet away from his 11 siblings!
Manager
Ed has delivered Payments, Treasury, and Regulatory projects across the UK and Europe. A Certified Scrum Master and a Prince2 Practitioner, he is equally comfortable shaping and leading agile and waterfall deliveries on both the business and technology sides of transformation. A keen scuba diver, Ed has a professional qualification and experience of working at a dive centre in Honduras.
Senior Manager
With extensive experience in both Banking and Wealth & Asset Management, James has led large (200+ people) cross-functional teams to deliver complex business and technology transformation, and post-merger integrations. A data specialist, much of his recent work has focused on data strategy in Banking and Fintech – advising organisations on building customer lifetime journeys, underpinned by deep analytics and data decisioning. Away from his desk, James enjoys white collar boxing and has jumped into the ring in aid of Mind and Cancer Research UK.
Manager
An operating model specialist, Jethro leads front-to-back solution design and operating model transformation in Banking a Capital Markets. With a particular interest in green and sustainable Finance, Jethro also leads the firm's research in this space. He once got stuck in Iceland’s worst snowstorm in decades with nothing but homemade mojitos and crisps, while visiting the Golden Circle – what more could you need, if you’re not the driver?
Partner
Having worked in Europe, North America, and Asia at senior levels for some of the world’s largest Financial Services Institutions, Neil has led operations teams of 700+ spanning multiple locations and delivered large ($30m+) strategic transformation programmes across business, operations, and technology. While he would not profess to be a cricketer of any standard, he did once bowl out Sachin Tendulka with the second ball of his first over.