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Central Banking Series: Dublin

Date: Monday, May 15, 2023 - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Dublin, Ireland

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Central Banking Series: Dublin

Register today! GIC invites you to join us at the Central Bank of Ireland on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, to explore Central Bank Digital Currency, digitalization policies, trade interdependencies, policy implications of climate change, and more. We will be joined for keynote remarks by Gabriel Makhlouf, the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and Loretta J. Mester, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Included with registration, GIC Members are invited to attend a Private Members’ Roundtable Discussion on Monday, May 15, 2023 at the Iveagh House at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

 

Agenda

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

8:00 a.m. | Registration and Coffee

9:00 a.m. | Welcome

  • William McLaughlin, President, McLaughlin & Morgan, Inc., Founder of the Irish American Business Chamber, and Member of GIC Board of Directors

9:15 a.m. | Morning Central Banker Keynote Address

  • Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
  • Moderator: Kathleen Stephansen, Vice Chair of the GIC College of Central Bankers

10:00 a.m. | Session I: Central Bank Digital Currency (Fed/ECB)

  • Dave Altig, Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • William Molloy, Director of Financial Operations, Central Bank of Ireland
  • Moderator: Stephen Sexauer, Chief Investment Officer, San Diego County Employee Retirement Association

10:45 a.m. | Break

11:00 a.m. | Session II: Digitalization Policies

  • Leland Miller, CEO, China Beige Book and Member of GIC Board of Directors
  • Joe Callahan, Founder and Chairman, Ciright
  • Moderator: Kevin Dooley Kent, Member, Clark Hill Law and Board Member, Irish American Business Chamber & Network

11:45 a.m. | Networking Lunch

1:15 p.m. | Afternoon Central Banker Keynote Address

  • Loretta J. Mester, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
  • Moderator: Kathleen Stephansen, Vice Chair of the GIC College of Central Bankers

2:00 p.m. | Session III: Trade Interdependencies in the Balance (IRA, Brexit, and Energy)

  • Patrick Honohan, Former Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and GIC College of Central Bankers Fellow
  • Moderator: Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading and Member of GIC Board of Directors

2:45 p.m. | Break

 3:00: p.m. | Session IV: Policy Implications of Climate Change

  • Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
  • Timo Tyrvainen, Chief Economist, Climate Leadership Coalition
  • Lawrence Vesey, Partner, Sia Partners 
  • Moderator: George Tsetsekos, Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at Drexel’s LeBow College of Business and Member of GIC Board of Directors

 3:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks

Event Location

Date: Monday, May 15, 2023 - Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Central Bank of Ireland
New Wapping Street. North Wall Quay. Dublin 1. D01 F7X3

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Speakers

Gabriel Makhlouf

Gabriel Makhlouf

Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland

Gabriel Makhlouf took up his position as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland on 1 September 2019. He chairs the Central Bank Commission, is a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, a member of the European Systemic Risk Board, and is Ireland's Alternate Governor at the International Monetary Fund.

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Loretta J. Mester, Ph.D.

Loretta J. Mester, Ph.D.

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Loretta J. Mester is president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. In that role, she participates in the formulation of U.S. monetary policy and oversees more than 1,000 employees based at the Bank’s Cleveland office and Branch offices in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh who conduct economic research, supervise banking institutions, promote community development, and provide payment services to depository institutions and the U.S. Treasury. Mester represents the Fourth District on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

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Patrick Honohan, Ph.D.

Patrick Honohan, Ph.D.

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland

Patrick Honohan was Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank from September 2009 to November 2015.  He is an honorary professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. 

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David E. Altig, Ph.D.

David E. Altig, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

David E. Altig is executive vice president and chief economic adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He serves on the executive leadership team for the Bank's economic mobility and resilience strategic priority, is an executive cosponsor of the Working Families Employee Resource Network, and is an adviser to the executive leadership committee.

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Joseph Callahan

Joseph Callahan

CEO, Ciright

With over 30 years experience in developing mobile technologies and leading various teams, Joe is a perpetual innovator, serial entrepreneur, and true visionary. He is looked at as an industry expert in digital currency technology matters as an advisor and service provider to several countries, regulators and policy makers— specifically in matters of cyber security, digital wallets, and biometric card technology. 

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Sharon Donnery

Sharon Donnery

Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation, Central Bank of Ireland

Sharon Donnery was appointed Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation on 1 July 2022. She is an ex-officio Member of the Central Bank Commission and is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB).

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Kevin Dooley Kent

Kevin Dooley Kent

Member, Clark Hill Law and Board Member, Irish American Business Chamber & Network

Kevin Kent prides himself on deftly guiding his clients through litigation, disputes, and regulatory actions while also working closely with them to identify and minimize future risk exposure.

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Michael Drury

Michael Drury

Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments

Michael Drury is the chief economist for McVean Trading & Investments, LLC. He joined the firm in 1992, after serving for five years as senior economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers and its successor firms. Michael began his career in New York in 1982 as senior economist at A. Gary Shilling and Company. He received his B.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Michael Fox

Michael Fox

CEO, J.P. Morgan EU Merchant Services

Michael is the CEO for J.P. Morgan EU Merchant Services, as well as being the Ireland Country Payments Head. He has also served as branch manager for J.P. Morgan’s bank in Luxembourg while leading its Securities Services business, including all aspects of strategy, client service, product delivery and operations.

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William McLaughlin

William McLaughlin

President, McLaughlin & Morgan, Inc. and Founder, Irish American Business Chamber & Network

William (Bill) McLaughlin is president of McLaughlin & Morgan, Inc., a Philadelphia-based growth strategies company that assists American firms entering Europe via Ireland, and Irish companies entering the U.S.

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Leland R. Miller

Leland R. Miller

Chief Executive Officer, China Beige Book International

Leland is the co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book, the world’s leading data analytics and economic-forecasting firm focused on China, as well as operator of the largest proprietary data-collection network ever developed to track a closed economy.

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William Molloy

William Molloy

Director of Financial Operations, Central Bank of Ireland

William Molloy was appointed Director of Financial Operations on 1 August 2019 and is responsible for the Financial Markets and Payments and Securities Settlements divisions. The Directorate is responsible for implementing Eurosystem monetary policy (including the Asset Purchase Programme), managing the Central Bank's investment assets, operating the Irish component of the Eurosystem's real time gross settlement system (TARGET2), promoting the safety and efficiency of payments and securities settlement systems operating in Ireland and managing the Deposit Guarantee Scheme.

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Stephen Sexauer

Stephen Sexauer

Chief Investment Officer, The San Diego County Employees Retirement Association

Stephen Sexauer is SDCERA’s Chief Investment Officer and oversees SDCERA’s $14 billion Trust Fund, investment team, and investment consultants. In addition to the day-to-day operation of SDCERA’s Investment Division, he also assists SDCERA’s Board with determining the Fund’s investment policies, strategy and asset allocation.

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Kathleen Stephansen

Kathleen Stephansen

GIC Chair Emerita, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust Funds

Kathleen Stephansen is GIC Chair Emerita, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust Funds. She is the former Chief Economist of Huawei Technologies, Chief Economist of the American International Group (AIG) and AIG Asset Management’s Senior Strategist and Global Head of Sovereign Research. Prior to joining AIG in 2010, Kathleen was Chief Economist at Aladdin Capital Holdings, Credit Suisse’s Head of Global Economic Research, and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation’s co-head of Fixed Income economic research and Chief International Economist.

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George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.

George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.

Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus Drexel’s LeBow College of Business

Dr. George Tsetsekos, serves as the Francis professor of Finance and Director of the Risk Management Center at the LeBow College of Business. He served as Dean of LeBow (2002-2012) and under his transformative leadership the college achieved national rankings and quality milestones in research and teaching.

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Timo Tyrvainen

Timo Tyrvainen

Chief Economist, Climate Leadership Coalition in Finland

Since 2017, PhD Timo Tyrväinen is the Chief Economist of Climate Leadership Coalition, Finland. He also chairs CLC´s Finance theme group.

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Lawrence Vesey

Lawrence Vesey

Partner, Sia Partners

Lawrence has over 30 years of consulting experience, working across a range of industries including Financial Services, Regulatory Compliance, Life Sciences, Agribusiness, Transport & Utilities.

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Partners

Central Bank of Ireland
Irish American Business Chamber & Network

Sponsors

Ciright
Sia Partners