Luke Byrne

Luke Byrne has extensive work experience in various roles related to data management, analytics, and finance. Luke is currently working as the Head of Data Services SCA at the National Treasury Management Agency since 2023. Prior to this, they worked at KBC Bank Ireland, where they held several positions such as Head of Data Management & Analytics, Head of Data Run & Govern, Head of Demand Management, and Head of Business Intelligence from 2017 to 2023. Luke also has experience as a Senior Manager and Manager in the Business Unit Reporting team from 2012 to 2016. Before joining KBC Bank Ireland, Luke worked as a Deputy Manager in Finance, responsible for system testing, validation, regulatory reporting, and liaising with rating agencies. Luke also held the roles of Management Accountant, Project Finance Accountant, IFS Client Accountant, and Internal Auditor. Prior to their banking career, Luke was a Branch Manager at Erican Corporate Training, where they managed a team, prepared financial statements, and controlled bad debts.

Luke Byrne completed their education in a sequential manner. Luke began with a Bachelor's degree in Business from Dublin City University in 2003. In the following year, they pursued a Higher Diploma in Economics at NUI Maynooth. In 2004, they enrolled in Queen's University Belfast, where they obtained a Master's degree in Finance. Continuing their education in the field of accountancy, they joined Chartered Accountants Ireland and completed the ACA (Chartered Accountant) program from 2005 to 2008. In 2011, Luke obtained the Chartered Tax Consultant qualification from Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Further advancing their knowledge, Luke pursued an MSc in Business Analytics at University College Dublin from 2019 to 2021. Alongside their formal education, they also acquired several certifications to augment their skills. These certifications include "Introduction to Microsoft Azure Cloud Services" and "Microsoft Azure SQL" from Coursera, "STATSX0001: Statistical Learning" from Stanford Online, "Bloomberg Market Concepts" from Bloomberg LP, and "Python 101 for Data Science" from IBM.

Additionally, the summary includes several certifications obtained from different institutions, such as an "edX Verified Certificate for Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI," "edX Verified Certificate for Data Science Orientation," and "edX Verified Certificate for Querying with Transact-SQL." Nevertheless, there is no information available regarding the obtained month and year for these certifications, as well as for "DAT204x: Introduction to R for Data Science."