Mairead is a senior investors relations professional, leading engagement with growth capital investors in the Asia Pacific region for the Department for International Trade. Her previous roles include: Director of Investor Relations at a specialist investment bank, supporting impactful ventures with their capital raises; Head of the Innovation network at Oliver Wyman providing consultancy and thought leadership to complex enterprises with their innovation challenges; and heading the Client Services and Strategic Marketing function at an ESG (environmental, social and governance) research house, supporting both asset managers and asset owners with their sustainable investment strategies.
Mairead holds an MBA from Warwick Business School; a Master of Applied Linguistics from Birkbeck College, University of London; and BA Business Studies from the University of Liverpool.
She is passionate about deploying capital to not only make returns but to solve the challenges identified by the Sustainable Development Goals.