Michael O'Leary Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

• The Leveraged Acquisition Finance (“LAF”) team arranges, underwrites, and participates in leveraged loans which enable private equity firms to complete buyouts, refinancings, and recapitalisations of companies across a.
• My duties include: business development/marketing LAF's offering to private equity sponsors and debt advisors/investment banks across the UK and the Benelux and Nordic regions
• Analysing lending opportunities introduced by sponsors and advisors, and providing feedback to senior management
• Leading our due diligence process for lending opportunities, including evaluating and challenging deal information (e.g. borrower/company management plans and financial/commercial/legal due diligence reports).
• Reviewing legal/loan documentation and discussing deal terms with senior management and our lawyers
• Responsible for producing credit applications for deals, including managing multiple credit underwriting deal teams, delegating and reviewing work and providing feedback, and delivering high quality final products on.

New York (Dec 2019 - Jul 2022) And London (Jul 2022 - Dec 2022)

New York City Metropolitan Area

Dublin (Sep 2015 - Jan 2017) And New York (Jan 2017 - Oct 2018)

Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

New York, United States

IIBN is a global, not for profit organisation which facilitates greater communication and connectivity between Irish business people all over the world with a view to identifying opportunities.

Cork, Ireland

Returned to university and earned an honours master’s degree.

Apple European Headquarters, Cork, Ireland

• Managed and analysed large volumes of payments data from Apple’s online stores to create daily reports for senior management
• Monitored payment flows through the online stores and interacted with financial institutions to ensure the accurate and timely processing of payments
• Handled queries concerning payments, refunds, tax, and invoices
• Supported the finance, sales, and order management teams on daily operational issues

Apple European Headquarters, Cork, Ireland

• As part of Apple’s Education sales team, I was responsible for order and logistics management for c. 15 UK universities (customers)
• Helped launch a new online store for Apple Education customers, by gathering user requirements from customers, analysing data, and testing the functionality of the new online store before it was launched
• Trained new team members
• Supported the sales team and planning departments on daily operational issues

Round The World (and Working In Melbourne, Australia)

• Travelled through Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and South America
• Worked and lived in Melbourne for seven months
• Employed as a customer advisor at Telstra, a labourer at Gig Power, an officer at Australian Red Cross, and a salesperson at Cricket Australia

Cork, Ireland

• Resolved customer issues, including order management, account management, and Kindle technical support
• Trained new team members

Cork, Ireland

• Researched mobile technologies/mobile banking apps
• Developed and tested software (Java programming language)
• Prepared supporting documentation which formed the basis of a user manual

Cork, Ireland And San Diego, California, United States

• Sales Assistant roles at Tesco, Marks and Spencer, and Mervyn's (San Diego)
• Sales & Marketing/Product Promotion role at CPM International

Master’S Degree, Corporate Finance

Honours Bachelor’S Degree, Business Information Systems

Professional Diploma, Financial Advice (Qualified Financial Advisor)

Leaving Certificate