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Kevin Murray
AXA Financial, Inc.
In 2005, Kevin E. Murray was
appointed executive vice president
and CIO of AXA Financial,
Inc. and member of the company’s
Executive Management
Committee. As executive vice
president and CIO, Kevin directs
all systems strategy and delivery
towards the execution of its mission
to become the industry
leader. Over
the past 25
years, Kevin
has held a
number of
leadership roles
in the technology
industry
with a significant focus on retiring
legacy technologies and successfully
implementing new
strategic business systems. Prior
to joining AXA, Kevin served as
CIO of the American
International Group.
Kevin is a member of the
American Ireland Fund New
York Regional Advisory Board,
the AT&T Technology Advisory
Board, Hewlett Packard
Advisory Board and the
Enterprise Ireland’s Advisory
Board.
Kevin earned a BS in computer
science with an emphasis in
finance at Penn State University.
He is a second-generation Irish
American. All of his grandparents
were born in West Cork and
migrated to the Bronx, NY in the
early 1900s. Kevin resides in
New York City.
Alfred Nunan Jr.
Capital One Bank
Alfred Nunan, Jr. is a senior vice
president of Business Banking at
Capital One Bank. He manages
over one hundred business banking
relationships for the bank
and coordinates a team of bank
product specialists. Despite the
economic slowdown, Alfred continues
to successfully develop
new business for the bank, and
credits his contacts within the
Irish-American community for
his continued success.
Prior to joining Capital One
Bank, Alfred worked for
Deutsche Bank in the Leveraged
Finance Portfolio Group and
Allied Irish Bank in New York.
Alfred is the president of the
Irish Business Association and
serves on the Board of Directors
of the Morris Center YMCA. He
served nine years on the active
roll of the First Troop
Philadelphia City Cavalry, a unit
within the Army
National Guard,
and continues to
serve as a nonactive
member.
Alfred is a thirdgeneration
Irish
American who
traces his Irish roots to
Castletown Conyers, Limerick.
He is a graduate of The Hun
School of Princeton and received
a BS degree in economics from
Monmouth University. He
resides in Maplewood, NJ with
his wife Anne and three children
Bridget, Freddy and Denis.
John O’Donoghue
Cowen & Co. L.L.C.
John F. O’Donoghue is the head of equities at
Cowen & Company L.L.C and a member of the
firm’s Executive Committee. As such, John oversees
the firm’s research sales, sales trading, and all
trading areas of the firm, along with strategic planning
and expansion of the firm’s franchise.
Prior to joining Cowen in 2005, John was managing director and
co-head of trading at Credit Suisse First Boston and was a member of
that firm’s Global Equity Operating Committee. Before that, he was a
partner at Schroders PLC and spent 17 years working with Schroders,
including six years as managing director.
A native of County Down, John received an honors BSc degree in
economics from Queen’s University in Belfast. He moved to the
United States in 1980 and has been active in the American Ireland
Fund, serving on the last seven chairman’s committees for the annual
New York Gala. John also serves on the QUB Advisory Board (US)
and is married to Debbie with two sons, John Patrick and Brendan.
Anthony O’Callaghan
Credit Suisse
Anthony “Tony” O’Callaghan is a director and relationship
manager for Credit Suisse Private Banking
USA, based in New York. Tony has over 26 years of
experience as an investment professional. Prior to
joining Credit Suisse (DLJ) in 1994, he was with
Kidder, Peabody & Co. for 12 years. Tony’s focus is on providing
wealth management solutions for corporations, foundations and pension
plans as well as senior corporate officers, family offices and ultra
high net worth and high net worth individuals. Tony is among the most
senior advisors in Credit Suisse’s Private Banking USA with particular
expertise in asset allocation and fixed income. He earned his BA in
economics from Michigan State University.
Tony is a fourth-generation Irish American whose great grandfather
came to the United States in the late 19th century. His branch of the
O’Callaghans traces back to County Mayo, where you can still see the
ruins of the once great O’Callaghan castle. Tony and his wife Patti
have three children: Anthony Ryan, Julia Britten and Bonnie Diane.
They have all visited Ireland and speak to their friends there regularly.
James O’Sullivan
UBS
James “Jim” O’Sullivan is a
managing director and senior
economist for UBS. While the
collapse in US housing was
more dramatic than expected, he
had been forecasting significant
weakening in sales and prices
and spillover to the overall economy.
Jim was co-ranked first in
economics in the Institutional
Investor survey of fixed-income
investors in 2007 and 2008. He
was named Forecaster of the
Year for 2008 and 2006 by Dow
Jones MarketWatch.
Born in New York, Jim grew
up in Co. Offaly.
His father is
from Limerick
and his mother
is from Cork.
Jim says,
“People in
Ireland take an
exceptional interest in political
and socioeconomic developments.
Growing up there stimulated
that interest in me. As an
economist, I am focused on the
interactions among government
policy, financial markets, and the
economy.”
Jim holds a BA in economics
from Trinity College Dublin,
where he achieved the distinction
of Scholar, and an MA in
economics from Queen’s
University in Ontario. He lives
in Manhattan with his Offalyborn
wife, Margaret Molloy, a
marketing executive, and their
sons, Finn and Emmet.
Declan Quirke
Cowen & Co. L.L.C.
Declan Quirke grew up in
Dalkey and moved to the US for
studies at
Columbia.
Declan, head of
health care
M&A for
Cowen and
Company,
joined the firm
in 2001 from Robertson Stephens
where he was co-head of their
East Coast M&A activities. Prior
to Robertson, he was a managing
director in PaineWebber’s M&A
Group responsible for all of their
technology and healthcare M&A.
Declan focuses on Cowen’s
Biotechnology, Specialty
Pharmaceutical and
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
Services sectors in Europe and
North America. He has originated
and executed a large number
of transactions across a range of
geographies and sectors, including
mergers, acquisitions, divestitures,
exclusive sales, spin-offs
and other assorted defense and
financial advisory assignments.
Declan received an MBA from
Columbia University Graduate
School of Business and a BE in
mechanical engineering from
University College Dublin,
Ireland. Prior to business school,
he was a project engineer for
Babcock Power PLC, a nuclear
and defense contractor in the
UK. Declan is married to Karen
Murphy and they have four
daughters and one son.
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