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I am the CEO at L'Atelier BNP Paribas, a foresight business identifying investable opportunities at the intersection of technological and social change. 

Previously, I led the institutional business at London based VC firm Anthemis Group. Prior to joining Anthemis, I founded and sold two engineering companies and a capital markets startup, earning a number of entrepreneurship awards in the process. 

I was also the CEO of Swiss Network, Sandbox.
I have authored and contributed to numerous books and reports on Innovation theory and the future of retail banking published by Harriman House, Gill & McMillan and Lafferty.

I am Irish, based in Paris, having previously worked in London, New York and Zurich.