Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has hired Eoin FitzGerald as managing director and country head in Ireland.
FitzGerald joins from Morgan Stanley, where he was managing director and a senior member of the fund services global leadership team, including oversight of Irish operations.
He has over 20 years of industry experience and is a member of the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) funds group in the Irish government.
In his new role, FitzGerald will report to BBH partner and co-head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Jean-Marc Crepin.
Crepin said: "We are very pleased to welcome Eoin to BBH as both a leader of our Irish business and a senior contributor to our global team.”
He continued: “With assets in Irish domiciled funds growing over 50 percent in the past three years, Ireland is a cornerstone for asset managers with global distribution objectives. BBH is committed to supporting Ireland’s growing role in this global industry and to sourcing the local senior talent and expertise that allows us to generate trusted, valued, differentiated partnerships with our clients."
FitzGerald said: “I could not be more excited to join Brown Brothers Harriman. The firm has a longstanding reputation for excellence within and outside the cross border fund community, and I see tremendous opportunity for growth going forward.”
