Sinead O'Sullivan

Experience

1. Current role 2026 — present January 2026 — Present

   Conference Host & Moderator

   Freelance · Self-Employed

   Conference MC, moderator, awards host and event host, specialising in corporate conferences, awards ceremonies, executive panels, customer events and industry conferences across financial services and technology.

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   Also works as a corporate MC and executive event facilitator. Comfortable hosting live events with C-suite executives, industry leaders and senior audiences — opening and closing conferences, introducing keynote speakers, moderating panel discussions, facilitating audience Q&A and maintaining the energy and flow of events throughout the day.

   Selected hosting engagements

   MC — Securities Finance Symposium, Black Knight Media, One Great George Street, Westminster, September 2026.

   MC for a one-day symposium with 200+ attendees from agent lenders, asset managers, investment banks, brokers, technology and operations providers and market infrastructure — opening the event, introducing five panels, running audience Q&A and keeping the day on time. Praised by Black Knight Media CEO Justin Lawson for holding the room, engaging storytelling, tone and quick thinking.

2. 2020 — 2025 January 2020 — December 2025 · 6 years

   Enterprise Sales Director, EMEA

   Fenergo · Greater London

   Sold complex, high-value enterprise software to global financial institutions, leading the full sales lifecycle from business development through evaluation, negotiation and contracting.

   • Achieved 250% of quota in 2024 and 200% of annual quota in 2021 against a €1.5m individual target. Ranked 2nd top performer globally in 2025 and top-performing female sales director.
   • Led complex, multi-year enterprise sales cycles with tier-one financial institutions, involving senior stakeholders across front office, operations, compliance, technology, procurement and legal.

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   Trusted to lead strategic opportunities across new business, renewals and upsell, with deep expertise in commercial structuring and deal economics. Regularly selected to represent the business at industry conferences, analyst events and panel discussions.

   Hosting engagements while employed at Fenergo

   Panel Moderator — Moody's & Fenergo Industry Event, Moody's, Canary Wharf, June 2025.

   Moderated a banking-audience panel on taking perpetual KYC (pKYC) from concept to capability, leading senior leaders from Northern Trust, Bain & Company and Moody's through the real-world blockers and how peers overcome them.

   MC — Global Client Conference, Fenergo Client Council, June 2023.

   Master of Ceremonies for Fenergo's flagship three-day international client conference, bringing together 300+ senior banking and financial services leaders from organisations including UBS, Santander, PwC, Accenture, Deloitte, Amazon and Shell — opening and closing each day and anchoring a complex multi-day agenda.

   Host & Moderator — Industry Panels and Executive Roundtables, Fenergo, London & North America.

   Moderated customer case study discussions at Fenergo's London Roundtable and Annual Analyst Day with senior leaders from SMBC, Mizuho, Vistra and State Street, showcasing client outcomes to analysts from Gartner, Celent and Chartis Research, and hosted panels across a North American client roadshow in New York, Toronto and Pittsburgh.

3. 2017 — 2020 March 2017 — January 2020 · 2 years 11 months

   Senior Client Solutions Consultant

   Fenergo · London

   Built out the London Client Solutions (pre-sales) presence, working closely with prospective clients to present and demonstrate the Fenergo platform. Drew on deep industry experience in client lifecycle management and global regulation — including KYC, AML, derivatives reform and tax — to align clients' tactical and strategic challenges with the product.

4. 2012 — 2017 September 2012 — March 2017 · 4 years 7 months

   Director, Business Solutions (4sight Securities Finance)

   Broadridge · London

   Worked with 4sight (acquired by Broadridge in 2016) helping new and prospective clients globally define solutions across Securities Finance, Swaps, Collateral Management and Collateral Optimisation.

5. 2010 — 2012 September 2010 — August 2012 · 2 years

   Business Studies and Economics Teacher

   UCL Institute of Education · London

   Took time out from financial services to qualify as a school teacher in Business Studies and Economics. Awarded Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) by the National College for Teaching and Leadership following a successful NQT year — the experience that shaped the communication style and room-engagement skills now central to her work as a conference host.

6. 2009 — 2010 July 2009 — July 2010 · 1 year 1 month

   Prime Services and Equity Finance Project Manager

   Barclays Capital

   Responsible for projects, change management and process re-engineering across the Prime Services and Structured Capital Markets (SCM) Middle Office groups.

7. 2004 — 2009 October 2004 — June 2009 · 4 years 9 months

   Prime Services (Securities Lending), Product Development

   UBS Investment Bank

   Facilitated the implementation of business projects, providing innovative ideas and solutions for new business ventures and existing business problems across the Equity Finance business.