Richard O’Donohoe

A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Richard joined Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC in 1985 as a journalist. He moved to the conference division in 1987 where he ran a series of international capital market conferences. He became Director of the Conference Division in 1990.

In 1996 he left Euromoney to start a digital financial media business with David Hawkins called InvestorAccess which was bought by Euromoney in 1999. In 2001 he and David bought out this business via an MBO and renamed it PEI Media Ltd [PEI]. Over the next 14 years Richard and David led the management team of PEI, launching a series of publishing brands, a specialist data division and growing a global conference operation all focused on the alternative asset classes of private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt.

In 2015 Lloyds Development Capital backed an MBO that saw Richard and David partially exit the company and become non-executive directors and board members. Since then Richard has invested in a small number of growth companies alongside David, helping several in an advisory role.