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Associate Faculty

Dr. Monika Sosa Smatralova
Director - Portfolio Manager, Internal Audit at Barclay's Europe

PhD Financial (Risk) Management and Services (FMUK, Bratislava)

MSc Treasury, Investment and Banking (DCU)

Dr Monika Smatralova is a senior practitioner covering a financial services area. Her current role is an Internal Audit Director at Barclays Europe. Her academic background is in 'Financial (Risk) Management’ and ‘Banking, Treasury and Investments’. She has been working in risk functions of major high street and captive banks over 13 years focusing mainly on Credit and Operational Risk Management and Measurement; Capital, Liquidity and Funding Risk and Enterprise Risk Management.

Monika is actively involved in the senior leadership at the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA), successfully leading the Irish Chapter since 2013. In 2014 she was elected as the EMEA Regional Directors Committee Co Chair and in 2020 as a member of PRMIA Global Council. She is lecturing at various universities in Ireland and abroad and published articles in technical magazines and journals. Monika is also an active international speaker covering Risk Management topics.
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Rachel Woolley
Head of Financial Crime Regulation at Palantir Technologies

Rachel Woolley is the Head of Financial Crime Regulation for Palantir Technologies. Rachel focuses on evolving legislation, financial crime typologies, and anti-financial crime deployments. Working for some of the world’s largest institutions across various divisions and product lines, Rachel began her career as a compliance officer focusing on anti-money laundering and broader risk management. Prior to Palantir, Rachel was the Global Director of Financial Crime at a regulatory technology vendor where she researched financial crime trends, legislation, and identified product enhancements and technology-driven solutions. Rachel is CAMS, LCOI, CFCPP, and CDPO certified.

Prior to joining Fenergo, Rachel held several AML/Compliance roles throughout her career and has developed a strong perspective on aspects of financial crime – from transaction monitoring, client onboarding, compliance monitoring, and as a Central Bank of Ireland approved head of compliance in a regulated entity.
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Hesus Inoma
Head of Strategy & Innovation i13 Ventures

Hesus is a seasoned Financial Services, FinTech & Tech Strategist, combining expertise in value creation, value preservation, growth optimisation and ecosystem strategy in advising Financial Services firms, Startups and Scaleups and Governments. Hesus has deep expertise, gained across multiple organisations, in identifying and working closing with High-Potential Tech companies, supporting Founders, CEOs and Boards in building strategies to realise their growth opportunities, operationalising scaling their businesses and raising captial. Hesus has held numerous Senior roles in the top Management Consulting Brands in Ireland with a focus on Digital and Tech Strategies.

At Grant Thornton, Hesus led the establishment of the Open Finance Hub whose goal is to enable clients to research, innovate, test, implement and optimise tech solutions to address business problems in a safe and secure environment. At EY Parthenon, Hesus built the Technology and FinTech strategy arm in Ireland. EY Parthenon is one of the Top 5 Management Consulting Strategy Firms in the world.  Hesus is a proven Entrepreneur and a well-recognised Leader within the Irish and European FinTech ecosystem. He is also a recognised Speaker and Thought-Leader across Europe and US having spoken and published on numerous FinTech and Tech topics. Hesus is passionate about the digitalisation of Financial Services and the collaboration between the financial services and technology sectors with an excellent understanding of financial products and smart technologies underpinning emerging FinTech and Web3 solutions. Qualifications: Chartered Banker, Chartered Insurer (ACII), Qualified Financial Adviser (QFA), Certified Agile Coach, Certified Agile Facilitator, Post Grad in Financial Services from University College Dublin, BA Honours Degree in International Insurance & European Studies from University of Limerick
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Tracy Tookey
Experienced GRC Consultant

Tracy has over 25 years global regulatory, compliance, governance and risk management experience, having worked as a senior practitioner, primarily within financial services and regulatory sectors since 1998. Areas of expertise include Data Protection, Digital Services Regulation, IAF, AML, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, Regulatory Policy, Management, Leadership, ESG and Corporate Governance. Regulatory approvals and registrations to date include CBI (Ireland) - PCFs 12, 13, 14 and 15 and equivalent registrations in the UK, Bermuda and Cayman Islands as Head of Risk and Compliance, AMLCO and MLRO. Tracy currently provides governance, advisory, training and consultancy services to businesses and organisations across a number of sectors.

Mark Ryan, BBs, FCCA
TU Dublin Programme Coordinator for Fintech Programmes

Technological University Dublin Collaborative Partner Faculty

Mark is our TU Dublin Programme Coordinator for our Fintech Programmes.  Mark qualified as a professional accountant following training JPMorgan Bank Ireland, and has 19 years’ experience in the financial services sector, mostly working with JPMorgan and prior to that as a fund accountant with Bisys Fund Services.

Mark's time in JPMorgan has been primarily within the Trust & Fiduciary department, working in project roles through to leading the site visit team within the trustee group, responsible for due diligence visits and oversight of multiple fund administrators, until moving into Finance & Business Management.