​🍀 Join us on October 1st during our Digital Irish - Irish Startup Week for our community event "From Foreign Affairs to Financial Affairs with Barry O'Brien of J.P. Morgan".

​On the evening not only will you get to learn from Barry's wide career experience but you will also get to meet, network and welcome to New York this years Irish Startup Week Cohort!

​About Our Speaker

​Barry O’Brien is the Head of Global Passport, part of the Innovation Economy team in Commercial Banking at J.P. Morgan. Barry and the Global Passport team provide a suite of solutions, services and strategic advice to venture firms, VC-backed startups and growth-stage companies expanding into the United States and international markets from innovation centers around the world.

​Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Barry spent a decade with SVB, most recently as the Head of Strategic Investment at SVB Capital. He also managed SVB’s relationships with the venture capital divisions of Fortune 500 companies, and was instrumental in setting up the company’s Dublin office.

​Before joining SVB, Barry was an Officer in the Irish Foreign Service and was posted as Consul to the United States. He began his career at BearingPoint and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

​Barry holds bachelor’s and MBS degrees from University College Dublin and a Global Executive MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He is from Dublin, Ireland and currently resides in San Francisco.

​About Irish Startup Week

​Irish Startup Week by Digital Irish is a curated series of private (and a limited number of public) events over three days to deepen the connectivity between the Irish startup ecosystem and NYC startup ecosystem.

​Bringing together Irish startups with ambition to scale in the U.S., Irish expats and Irish-American tech leaders, VCs and angel investors and ecosystem leaders.

​Please Note
- Applying to Attend does not guarantee your space at the event
- Accepted attendees will receive the full address a minimum of 72 hours in advance of the event