Richard Blennerhassett is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in debt origination and derivatives transactions. Since 2011, Richard has held the position of Executive Director at Mediobanca, leading various teams focused on financial sponsor and infrastructure clients across Europe and North America, as well as debt origination in the UK and US. Prior to this role, Richard served as Vice President at JPMorgan Chase from 2002 to 2011, working in the ALM Advisory Group and UK Corporate Derivatives Marketing. Richard holds a Master of Mathematics degree from the University of Oxford, completed in 2002, and has a foundational education from St Andrew's College in Dublin.