Governance
Board of Directors
Montgomery Asset Holding is governed by an independent board with deep experience in capital markets, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance. The board meets quarterly and provides independent oversight of the firm's investment activity, risk management, and client protection standards.
Seamus O'Brien
Seamus has spent four decades at the forefront of Irish and European capital markets. He served as a senior partner at two of Ireland's leading investment banks before co-founding Montgomery Asset Holding in 2019. He chairs the investment committee and sets the strategic direction of the firm.
Aoife Murphy
Aoife brings extensive governance and regulatory expertise gained across senior roles at the Central Bank of Ireland and in private practice. She chairs the firm's audit and risk committee and provides independent oversight of compliance frameworks and investor protection standards.
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Ciarán leads deal origination, investment committee analysis, and portfolio management. He joined Montgomery from a technology-focused private equity firm in London, where he spent twelve years evaluating late-stage venture and secondary positions across the US and European technology landscape.
Siobhán Gallagher
Siobhán oversees all regulatory and compliance obligations, including AML/KYC programmes, investor suitability assessments, and reporting obligations under Irish and EU law. She has held senior compliance roles at regulated firms in Dublin, Frankfurt, and Luxembourg.
Pádraig Connolly
Pádraig is an independent non-executive director with a background in corporate governance, institutional fund administration, and Irish company law. He brings an external perspective to board deliberations and chairs the firm's remuneration and nominations committee.
Majority independent non-executive directors in line with best practice governance standards.
The full board convenes four times per year. The audit and risk committee meets separately on a bi-annual basis.
The firm operates under Irish law and is subject to oversight in accordance with its registration (Co. No. 723010).