INVESTMENT BANKING

Finbarr joined Goodbody in 1999. He is Head of Investment Banking and a member of the Executive Committee. Previously with Cazenove, Lazard and PwC, Finbarr holds an engineering degree from University College Dublin and a D ComSc from Cambridge University. He qualified as a charted accountant in 1993 and is a Member of the Securities Institute.

Piers joined Goodbody in 2016 to lead the UK facing corporate advisory team. He previously worked at Canaccord Genuity, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Cazenove and Barclays de Zoete Wedd. He has over 20 years’ ECM experience across all types of equity focused advice for listed companies and for those undertaking an IPO, together with roles as financial advisor to offerors and offerees in recommended and hostile takeovers. Piers holds an MA Hons (Geography) from Cambridge University.

Jason Molins joined Goodbody in 2015. As Director of Corporate Broking, he helps companies engage with and access the capital markets. Prior to joining Goodbody, Jason spent just under 20 years in London, working at a number of Investment management firms, including Fidelity International, Legal and General and PGIM. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma from Oxford University, and a BA from University College Dublin.

Joe is Director of Origination and Corporate Broking. He joined Goodbody in 2013 and has more than 25 years equity sales, research and corporate broking experience, specialising in the agrifood and aviation sectors. He previously worked at ABN AMRO in Dublin and London, Riada, Bloxham and Ryanair. He holds an Arts (economics) degree and MSc (economics) from University College Cork and is Adjunct Professor of Business, Cork University Business School (CUBS), UCC.

Charlotte Craigie joined Goodbody in 2015, playing an instrumental role in setting up the London office and has significantly raised Goodbody’s profile in the UK with corporates and institutional investors in her Corporate Broking role., Previously, Charlotte spent 16 years in London as an equity sales specialist in Pan European Small and Mid Cap Institutional Equity.

Don joined Goodbody in 2007. As Head of the Growth Team, Don leads a team that advises high growth companies on capital raising, private equity recapitalisations, buy & sell side M&A and strategic advice on positioning and preparing for exit. Don has significant M&A and capital raising and investing experience having previously worked for Trinity Venture Capital, Davy Corporate Finance and EY Corporate Finance (UK). Don is a member of the Enterprise Ireland Seed and Venture Capital Committee. He holds a commerce degree from University College Galway. He is a qualified chartered accountant.

Cameron joined Goodbody in 2023 as a Director in the Investment Banking team, based in the Goodbody London office. He previously worked at Liberum, Canaccord Genuity, Altium and Bridgewell. Cameron has 19 years’ experience and provides corporate broking and advisory services to listed companies and those seeking to undertake an IPO. His transaction experience includes numerous IPOs, follow-on equity issues, secondary sell-downs and public company M&A deals. Cameron holds an MA(Cantab) in Classics from Cambridge University.

Andrew joined Goodbody in 2024 and is part of the UK facing corporate advisory team. He previously worked at HSBC, Numis, Ernst and Young, Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Kleinwort. With over 17 years of experience he has focused on both public and private companies across ECM, M&A and strategic advisory. In the UK listed company space Andrew has significant experience in acting as Sponsor and interacting with the FCA. Andrew holds a BSc from the University of York in Economic and Finance.

David joined Goodbody in 2023 and has over 20 years corporate finance experience. Previously, he founded EVA Consulting to advise on equity fund raising, strategic advisory, and M&A transactions, principally in the medical device and pharma sectors. He had advised on multiple venture capital M&A and licensing transactions across all stages from seed to exit. Most recently, he was CFO of Rose Pharma Inc., a venture backed drug development company. David holds a degree in biochemistry from Trinity College Dublin, an MBA from Dublin City University, and he is a member of the Institute of Directors.

Tara joined Goodbody in 2023. She has extensive renewable energy experience, having most recently worked for Lightsource bp as Head of Business Development for the UK and Ireland. Prior to that, she worked for Amey and Mott MacDonald. A Chartered Engineer, Tara holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin and a BE from University College Cork in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Tara is also a Board Director of the Irish Solar Energy Association.

Enda joined Goodbody as Debt Advisory Director in 2024 having previously spent 17 years in various Corporate Banking roles with Ulster Bank and AIB. Enda has arranged working capital, capex and M&A financing for many of Ireland’s leading SME’s, PE backed companies, PLCs and Commercial State Bodies, across a broad range of sectors. Enda has a business degree from South East Technological University.

Peter spent over 16 years at Deutsche Bank in their investment banking division in New York and London. Following this, he served as VP, Global Strategy & Development at CRH plc. Most recently he was Head of Technology Banking at Davy. Peter started his career at KPMG where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He holds a B.Comm and M.Sc (Computer Science) and attended INSEAD for his MBA.

Aidan joined Goodbody as Head of ESG Advisory in 2022. In his previous role as Head of ESG Markets in AIB Group plc, he was responsible for the construction of AIB’s ESG bond programmes (both Green and Social) and ESG Investor Engagement, while leading out on the groups ESG bond issuance. Aidan has a particular focus on helping clients to prepare themselves to access sustainable finance.

Dudley Shanley joined Goodbody in 2005. As Head of Research, he is responsible for managing the research department. Dudley is also the Head of Aviation and Travel Research covering the European airline sector and several travel related companies. Dudley is the lead analyst for four of Goodbody’s corporate broking clients. Prior to joining research, Dudley spent a number of years as a salesperson in Goodbody Equity Capital Markets and before joining Goodbody he spent four years as a Japanese equity derivatives sales trader at RW Day & Company in London and Dublin and several years working in asset management in London. Dudley holds a degree in Economics and Finance.

Dermot O’Leary joined Goodbody in 2003. As Chief Economist, he is responsible for the economics output of the research department. This role entails providing commentary and analysis for a large range of domestic and international clients through regular research reports and briefings. His work focuses on the Irish and UK economies and their respective housing and banking sectors particularly. He is also a member of the company’s asset allocation committee, assessing global macro developments that influence clients’ portfolios. He was appointed by the Minister for Housing to the Housing Commission in Ireland. In that role, he chaired the committee responsible for looking into medium-term issues around finance, viability and capacity, amongst other areas. During Ireland’s adjustment programme with the EU/IMF, he was a regular private sector participant in the missions. He is regular contributor to domestic and international media such as the Irish Times, RTE and the Financial Times.

David joined Goodbody in 2017. As Head of Gaming he is responsible for coverage of global gambling companies, maintaining and growing Goodbody’s institutional and corporate client base. Prior to joining Goodbody, David spent three years at Davy. He holds a BSc Economics and Finance Degree from UCD and is a CFA charter holder

Shane is Head of Industrials Research. He began working in equity research on the building materials team at Goodbody after completing his MSc in Quantitative Finance 2018. Shane led the expansion of Goodbody’s Irish and UK housebuilding coverage and is now a prominent voice in the space. He has expanded his coverage into the broader building materials sector and is now Head of the team. He is based in our London office and is responsible for the coverage of 15+ companies, including three of Goodbody’s key corporate broking clients (Kingspan, Grafton Group, Cairn Homes).

Zoe Karamanoli joined Goodbody in July’24 as a healthcare analyst. She started her career in pharma in 2010 working at Roche, initially in early clinical development as part of the Biomarker team in early oncology for 3 years, and then 4 years in the business development partnering team for in-licensing assets.  In 2017 she joined RBC in London and was for 6 years the lead analyst covering the SMID European Biotech/Pharma sector. Zoe holds a BSc in Genetics and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Liverpool.

Patrick joined the Goodbody Food and Beverage Equity Research team in 2012 after completing his MSc in Finance in UCD Smurfit. Over that time, he has been a key driver of the team’s coverage expansion with 20 companies now covered with operations right across the value chain from upstream suppliers to speciality ingredients, to manufacturers/processors and hospitality / food retailers. In total, the team’s coverage has a total market capitalisation of c.€150bn. As Head of Consumer / F&B Research team, Patrick is the lead analyst on companies such as Kerry Group, Glanbia, Greggs, Greencore and Origin and provides support to the wider Consumer Research team on their coverage and the development of the franchise more broadly. He is also a member of the senior management team for the department.

Patrick joined Goodbody in 2018. As Head of Technology and Growth Research, Patrick leads the research teams in the Technology; Video Gaming; Healthcare and Renewables segments. Patrick established and the Goodbody Video Gaming Research coverage in 2019 and broadened out the technology coverage from 2020-2023 expanding into verticals including software services, cyber security, and platforms. Patrick established the Annual Goodbody Video Gaming Event in London and hosts frequent events in the space and has established a leading franchise across Europe in the segment for investors and corporates through regular research product use of Goodbody analytics and franchise trackers and selective high-quality events. Prior to joining Goodbody, Patrick worked as an Investment Manager at the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, and Deloitte Corporate Finance where he qualified as a chartered accountant. Patrick holds a BSc Finance Degree from University College Cork.

Ken joined Goodbody in 2022 in the equity research team covering Cleantech and Building Materials. Prior to joining Goodbody, Ken has been an Extel/II rated analyst in both sectors, with former roles at Merrills, UBS, Jefferies, Stifel and Nomura. Repenting his emissions-intensive cement ways, Ken took a masters in Environment to build his ESG expertise, with a focus on carbon and water, after Cambridge Sciences and Genetics degrees.

Fintan Ryan, CFA joined Goodbody in 2023. He is an equity research analyst covering the UK & Irish Food, Beverage, Retail and Leisure sectors. Fintan began his career in equity research at Berenberg in 2012 covering European and North American Food and Ingredients companies, subsequently joining J.P. Morgan in 2019 to cover the European beverages sector. Prior to Equity Research, he worked for two years in Corporate Finance for J.P. Morgan Cazenove in London. Fintan holds a BA in Business & Economics from the University of Dublin and is a CFA charterholder (2014).

Janusz, Head of Data Analytics at Goodbody since 2017, has been responsible for developing the Goodbody Analytics team. He has been instrumental in advancing the use of big data, machine learning, and cutting-edge analytics tools to provide deep insights across a range of sectors and companies. Under Janusz’s leadership, the analytics team currently delivers proprietary analyses across sectors such as housebuilding, food and beverage, video gaming, travel and leisure, among others. Before joining Goodbody, he worked at Broadcom, a global semiconductor and infrastructure software company. Janusz holds an MSc in Data Analytics from University College Dublin and a BA (Hons) in Psychology from Dublin Business School.

Ciarán joined Goodbody in 2020 as a member of the Equity Research Analytics team. He holds a BSc in Actuarial Mathematics from Dublin City University and has prior experience in pricing at Irish Life. In addition to his role at Goodbody, Ciarán is a contributing lecturer for new postgraduate courses in Green Software Development at Maynooth University.

Garret joined Goodbody in 2022 having spent 2 years at Bank of Montreal Europe where he was Director of Fixed Income (FI) Trading, market making USD denominated FI product. Previously, Garret was with Bank of Ireland Global Markets for 16 years where he held the role of Global Head of Trading. Garret has many years of experience trading across Rates, Credit, FX and FI.

Frank joined Goodbody in 2015 having previously working in Investec, Depfa and UBS Investment Bank in London. He has over 20 years’ experience in Fixed Income and Debt Capital Markets distributing and originating sovereign, financial, corporate, high yield, structured bonds. Frank is a graduate of UCC with a BA in Economics and History and completed a MSc in Investment, Treasury and Banking from DCU.

Aidan joined Goodbody as Head of ESG Advisory in 2022. In his previous role as Head of ESG Markets in AIB Group plc, he was responsible for the construction of AIB’s ESG bond programmes (both Green and Social) and ESG Investor Engagement, while leading out on the groups ESG bond issuance. Aidan has a particular focus on helping clients to prepare themselves to access sustainable finance.

Killian joined Goodbody in 2024 having spent 5 years as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Rubrics Asset Management. Prior to this Killian was Head of Fixed Income and Credit Trading at Bank of Ireland where he led a team of traders focused on European government and corporate bond markets. Previously Killian was a credit trader at JP Morgan and Lloyds Bank in London focused on credit markets.

Tom Lynch is a Fixed Income Specialist with over 30 years’ experience in a number of financial institutions. Tom joined from Bank of Ireland where he was Head of Liquid Asset Portfolio and Intraday Liquidity. Prior to this Tom worked for Danske Bank with responsibility for Fixed Income and Derivatives sales to clients in Dublin, London and New York. Tom began his career in AIB as an interest rate trader and subsequently managed interest rate teams across several currencies and products.

Thomas joined Goodbody in 2022, having spent 16 years at Bank of Ireland, 12 of which were spent in Trading. Thomas has many years of experience trading interest rate and credit markets and specialises in trading European Government Bonds. He’s a graduate of Trinity College Dublin with a BA in Science and completed a MSc in Investment & Treasury in DCU.