Sinead Halhed-Moran Walsh

Sinead is a regulatory compliance and risk expert, with a background in the fields of data protection, competition law, risk and governance. She has over 15 years post-qualification experience, and now advises fintechs in her role as Senior Consultant on a wide range of regulatory affairs. Sinead  worked for five years in a leading Irish retail bank, following her initial post-qualification practice at the Irish courts. Following her time working in compliance at the Bank, she then moved on to lead teams in the compliance, legal and risk divisions of a global unicorn fintech organisation. During that tenure, she held a PCF Head of Risk role, approved by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), before then joining our team at Electric Money Association. Sinead is a qualified barrister, registered with the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA). She holds a masters in European and Comparative law (LLM), bachelor of laws (LLB), a professional Diploma in Compliance and a diploma in management studies.