Elaine Breen has been appointed by INDOS Financial, an independent fund depositary and oversight business, as Head of Legal & Compliance for its Irish operations. Breen was formerly the General Counsel at BlackBee Investments, an investment firm in Cork City, Ireland and prior to this, held senior roles at IFG Group PLC and Willis.
Breen is a member of the judging panel for the global Women in Compliance Awards, the Early Irish Career Awards and is an assessor for the Good Governance Awards for the not-for-profit sector. Elaine was also recognised in the 2019 Ireland General Counsel Powerlist.
“We are very pleased that Elaine has chosen to join INDOS in Ireland where she will be establishing and developing our in-house legal and compliance capability,” says Bill Prew, CEO INDOS Financial. “Elaine’s first task will be to complete INDOS’ application to gain Central Bank of Ireland authorisation to provide depositary services to Irish domiciled private equity and real estate funds.”
Breen is qualified as a Solicitor in Ireland with the Law Society of Ireland and is also a qualified Solicitor under the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales. Elaine’s qualifications include a BA(Hons) in Business & Law, LLB (Hons), a Masters in Law (LLM Practitioner) and certificates in International Risk Management & Compliance.
Breen will be based at INDOS Financial’s offices in Enniscorthy, County Wexford.
