Sean Farrell, Head of Business Banking, PTSB.
Colin Moran, Head of Lending, Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI)
Jonathan Simmons, Director, Davy Corporate Finance
Moderator: Mary Rose Burke, CEO, Dublin Chamber
Seán Farrell Bio:
Seán Farrell joined PTSB as Head of Business Banking in February this year and in this role, Seán leads PTSB’s ambitious growth strategy for SME lending. Prior to joining PTSB, Seán held a number of senior positions in the SME lending sector.
These include Head of Product Development at the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), the State’s lending institution that has delivered over €3.6bn in funding to over 50,000 Irish SMEs.
Seán previously worked with Bank of Ireland, where he held a range of senior roles including Head of Agriculture and Regional Business Manager and ACC Bank, where he was National Agri-Business Manager.
He holds a Master’s degree in Business from the UCD Smurfit Business School and additional postgraduate qualifications in Leadership, Change, Strategy and Innovation.
Colin Moran Bio:
Colin Moran is the Head of Lending at the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), the state-owned development bank that supports the provision of lower cost and more flexible debt funding to Irish SMEs.
Since its foundation in 2014, the SBCI has supported lending of over €4.2bn to over 68,000 Irish SMEs through its on-lending partners which include a wide range both bank and alternative on-lenders.
Prior to joining the SBCI in 2022, Colin spent over 20 years working for Bank of Ireland in a range of senior positions across its Corporate Banking, Business Banking and Asset Finance divisions.
Jonathan Simmons Bio:
Director at Davy Corporate Finance with responsibility for Private Company Advisory services including equity capital raising and M&A. Over twenty three years of corporate finance experience advising entrepreneur, family and private equity owned companies across several sectors as well as larger public companies on non-core asset disposals, carve outs. Prior to joining Davy Corporate Finance worked as a Director at both Investec and NCB Corporate Finance. Degree and Masters in Accounting & Finance and a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland.