Chief Legal Officer
Máiréad Lyons
Máiréad Lyons joined Cafico International in 2017 and now serves as Chief Legal Officer. In this role, Máiréad is responsible for handling and overseeing legal and regulatory compliance matters for the business and for clients of Cafico International, together with a team of legal, compliance, company secretarial and corporate administration professionals. Máiréad also serves as Money Laundering Reporting Officer for Cafico International and its subsidiary companies in Ireland.
Máiréad has over twenty-five years of financial services experience, gained in both the asset management industry and in the trust and corporate services provider sectors. Having worked with a number of different client types, fund domiciles and with management companies, service providers, intermediaries, legal and other professional advisers supporting clients and operations across a range of jurisdictions from Europe to Latin America, the United States of America, the Middle East and Asia, she has extensive cross-jurisdictional legal, regulatory and compliance expertise.
Maíréad has also been invited to speak at or participate in forums hosted by supervisory authorities, including at European level, on risk and compliance frameworks, policies and procedures.
- Barrister-at-Law Degree, The Honourable Society of King’s Inns
- Called to The Bar of Ireland 2007
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Limerick
- Certificate & Diploma in Mutual Funds, Dublin Business School in association with The Institute of Banking