The Award for Outstanding Contribution to Finance was established in 2015 to mark the fund’s 5th anniversary. The award seeks to acknowledge the achievements of a business leader or academic who has inspired and contributed to the education of our fund’s membership. As a recipient of this award, we acknowledge the phenomenal work they have done in their specialist area, and their decision to make this work public, for the enjoyment and learning of students across the globe. The Trinity Student Managed Fund has been an example for student investment funds across the UK and Ireland. In accepting this award, they acknowledge the importance of students in the future of the world economy.
Denis O’Brien
Founder and Owner of Digicell
Rupal Bhansali
Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Ariel Investments’ international and global equity strategies
Annie Duke
Author, corporate speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space.
Anne Richards
CEO of Fidelity
John O’Farrell
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz(a16z)
Bill Browder
Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management
Jim Rogers
American Economist and Financial Commentator
Burton Malkeil
American economist and writer
Joshua Pearl
Author - "Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions"
Joshua Rosenbaum
Managing Director - RBC Capital Markets
Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen
Founder & Managing Partner - Nova Partners Capital
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairperson & M.D. - Biocon LTD, Chairperson - India Institute of Management
Aswath Damodaran
Professor of Finance - Stern School of Business, New York University
Governor Howard Dean
Former Chair - Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Brian Sullivan
Anchor - CNBC's “Worldwide Exchange ”
Fahmi Quadir
Founder & Chief Investment Officer - Safkhet Capital
David Swensen
Former CIO - Yale University
James Rickards
Author - Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis
Patrick Lynch
Founder - First Circle
Mohnish Pabrai
Founder & Managing Partner - Pabrai Investments Funds, Founder & CEO - Dhandho Funds, Author - The Dhandho Investor and Mosaic: Perspective
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland
Dr. David Kelly
Chief Global Strategist and Head of the Global Market Insights Strategy Team for J.P. Morgan Asset Management.With over 20 years of experience, David provides valuable insight and perspective on the economy and markets to the institutional investor
Peter Bellew
COO Riyadh Air
Adaire Fox Martin
Head of Google Ireland & President Google Cloud Go to Market
Michael McGrath TD
Minister for Finance
Andy Cronin
CEO of Avolon