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Gavan Corr
NYSE Technologies
Gavan Corr is a director of
NYSE Technologies, the commercial
technology division of
NYSE Euronext. Growing up in
Ballyhegan, Co. Armagh, he was
educated at Queen’s University,
Belfast and the
Ulster Business
School. He has
over 12 years
experience
working at the
leading edge of
financial technology.
He lived and worked in
Vienna, Stockholm, Frankfurt,
Paris, Palo Alto and London
before moving to New York full
time in 2003. Gavan began his
career with Irish based First
Derivatives working with Morgan
Stanley, JPMC and Bank of
America amongst others. This
was followed by three years at
Gemstone Systems before moving
to NYSE Euronext.
Gavan travels often to Belfast
where the firm has a substantial
core engineering center serving
the global needs of NYSE
Technologies. He also works with
Invest NI promoting Northern
Ireland as a destination for high
tech and financial companies.
Gavan spends as much time as
possible with his wife Aveen and
sons Matthew and Dara. Since
moving to NY, he admits to missing
family, friends, Ballyhegan
Gaelic football and a decent pint
of stout.
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Christopher
Crotty
Farina & Associates, Inc.
Christopher C. Crotty, Esq. is
vice president and director of
convertible trading at Farina and
Associates, Inc. Born in Toledo,
Ohio, Chris was raised in
Hamburg, NY, and studied at
Fordham University and the New
York Law School. During his
time at Fordham, Chris was
offered a position as an assistant
research analyst at McMahan
securities. After suggesting the
company place someone on the
floor at the New York Stock
Exchange, Chris found himself
right in the heart of the NYSE.
Chris later joined Cuttone and
Company, who made him a broker
in 1998. Chris joined Vincent
Farina & Associates in 1994. The
firm has since branched into the
futures markets, prime brokerage,
research, and
compliance consulting.
Chris traces
his roots back to
County Clare,
Kilrush and
Kilkee on his
father’s side and Ennis on his
mother’s. Chris resides in
Pelham, NY with his wife
Jennifer, daughters Delia and
Emma, and son Will.
In September 2008, Chris gave
a human face to the economic
crisis when this photo of him on
the NYSE floor appeared on front
pages of newspapers nationwide.
John Daly
Goldman Sachs & Co.
John Daly is co-head of the Industrial and Natural
Resources (INR) Financing Group sector and head of
the INR sector in Equity Capital Markets New York.
He joined the firm in 1989 in Global Finance after
working as a summer associate in 1988. John became
a managing director in 1998 and a partner in 2000.
After a three-year period in Hong Kong as co-head of Capital Markets,
Asia ex-Japan, John returned to New York in his current role in late
2003. Before moving to Hong Kong, he had responsibility for Energy
and Power transactions in the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Group in
New York. John worked for four years in the Corporate Finance Group
within the Investment Banking Division prior to his transfer to ECM.
John is a member of the Trinity College Dublin Foundation Board, the
Trinity School of Business Advisory Board and the Financial Services
Advisory Board of Enterprise Ireland. He earned an MBA from Wharton,
a BAI in engineering, and a BA in mathematics from the University of
Dublin, Trinity College. A Dublin native, John lives in New York City
and is married with four children.
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Hillary Cullen
UBS
Hillary Cullen joined UBS Financial Services in
1998 through its predecessor firm Paine Webber and
currently works as the vice president of investments
at UBS. She is a member of the Sager/Swasey
Group in the Private Wealth Management office at
UBS and works as a private wealth advisor.
Hillary graduated from Wheaton College with a BA in mathematics.
She is a former director of business development, RGE monitor and
associate director of international sales for International Strategy &
Investments (ISI), both leading macroeconomic research firms. She
started her career as a portfolio assistant at Morris & McVeigh, LLP, a
trust and estate law firm. Hillary then worked for the Archdiocese of
New York with charitable fundraising and development. She is a member
of the board of advisors for Cathedral High School in New York
and a member of The American Ireland Fund.
Hillary is a third-generation Irish American. Her father’s family hails
from Blackwater, County Wexford and her mother’s family from
County Clare. Hillary says that her Irish heritage gives her pride in
where she comes from, in her family and her faith.
David Dempsey
Bentley Associates L.P.
David Dempsey, who has over
28 years of experience as an
international investment banker
specializing in private equity,
mergers and acquisitions, is a
managing director at Bentley
Associates L.P. in New York.
Prior to joining Bentley, David
worked with a number of banks
in New York and London, on
the merger and acquisition and
corporate finance sides and also
with a major management consulting
firm. He began his
career at the
Chase Bank in
London after
completing his
term as Secretary
General of
AIESEC
International in
Brussels, and also serves as the
director of The New Ireland
Fund, Inc., a closed-end diversified
investment company with
80 percent of its assets in a portfolio
of Irish securities.
David is an advisory board
member for the Pennell Venture
Partners Marathon Fund L.P.,
and the founder of the China
Investment Group, LLC. David
grew up in Dublin and earned a
bachelor of commerce degree
from University College Dublin
and his MBA from Fordham
University. He lives in New
York City with his wife
Deborah and their daughter.
Craig Donohue
CME Group Inc.
Craig S. Donohue has served as
CEO of CME Group and its predecessor
company,
CME
Holdings Inc.,
since 2003. He
joined CME as
an attorney in
1989. During his
20 years at
CME, Craig has held a range of
positions with increasing responsibilities,
including general counsel
and CAO.
In 2009, Craig was named to
Institutional Investor’s “Power
50” list of the world's most influential
people in finance. He is a
member of the Wall Street
Journal’s CEO Council and
serves on the steering committee
for its Future of Finance
Initiative, as well as serving on
the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission’s Global Markets
Advisory Committee.
Craig holds an MBA degree
from Northwestern’s Kellogg
Graduate School of Management,
a JD degree from John Marshall
Law School, an ML degree in
financial services regulation from
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
and a BA degree in political science
and history from Drake
University.
Craig is a third-generation Irish
American with roots in County
Cork. He lives in Northbrook,
Illinois, with his wife and their
three children.