Irish Funds
Claire Fines is currently the Events Delivery Lead at Irish Funds, with previous experience as a Marketing Manager and Executive at Philip Lee LLP and Marketing at Mason Hayes & Curran. Prior to this, she worked in various customer-facing temporary roles in Toronto as part of a work/travel visa programme. Claire also has experience in audit support at KPMG Ireland. She holds a Master's Degree in Food Marketing from University College Cork and a BSc in Business and Management from Technological University Dublin.
Irish Funds
The Irish Funds Industry Association (Irish Funds) is the representative body for the international investment fund and asset management community in Ireland. Founded in 1991, Irish Funds represents fund managers, depositaries, administrators, transfer agents, professional advisory firms and other specialist firms involved in the international fund services industry in Ireland. Members come from all areas of the international funds and asset management industry and Irish Funds is well-placed to support and complement the continued development of the industry. Irish Funds vigorously pursues the goals of enhancing and promoting Ireland as the location of choice for the domiciling and administration of investment funds. Through its representation and participation on government and industry committees/working groups, Irish Funds has contributed to and helped shape the development of Ireland's regulatory and legislative framework and has proven that industry and authority can work in partnership together without compromising the essential integrity of their differing mandates. Through the development of policy and guidance papers in complex areas such as compliance, valuation, accounting, share dealing and registration, Irish Funds defines market practice. The collaboration across our member companies ensures that a wide range of industry perspectives and insights are represented in the formulation of these policy and guidance papers.