Executive Management Committee

Neil Hosty

Neil was appointed CEO of Fexco Group in January 2022 having previously served in the roles of Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Neil had previously held the role of CEO of Metamo DAC, a first of its kind 50:50 joint venture company between Fexco and Irish credit unions. Neil has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector and has held various senior executive positions in the Irish and US banking sectors including Consumer Banking, Business Banking, Wealth Management and Business Transformation.

Gerard Murphy

Gerard joined the Fexco finance department in May 1989 having previously worked in private practice. He held the position of Group Finance Director from 1997 to 2001. From 2001, up to its sale in February 2009, Gerard had responsibility for the Western Union Money Transfer Division in the Group. Then following a 12 month secondment to the Western Union Corporation in February 2010 he was appointed Head of the Consumer Services Division. He also acts as Group Secretary and is a board member of a number of Group companies. Ger is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Anna Savage

Anna was appointed to the role of CFO of Fexco in October 2021. Anna has more than 19 years’ experience in Banking and Finance, most recently as the CFO for AIB Group (UK) plc. Prior to that she held senior positions in AIB as Head of Finance for AIB Retail Banking Ireland and Head of Group Management Reporting. Throughout her career Anna held key roles in strategic and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions and the AIB IPO process. Anna is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accounts (CGMA) and the Irish Tax Institute (CTA).

Karl Aherne

Karl Aherne was appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer of Fexco in 2021. Karl initially joined Fexco in January 2018 as Director of Strategic Business Development with responsibility for innovation, software engineering, IT and group marketing. Combining both corporate and startup experience, Karl has built and brought to market both B2B and B2C financial services and mobile products, invested in and accelerated the development of over 30 startups, and founded a business which he sold to Deloitte. Karl is a board advisor to several scaling startup businesses and has been a non-executive director of Boardmatch Ireland and a founding director of Startup Ireland.

Paula O’Sullivan

Paula joined Fexco in March 2004 and was appointed Head of Group Human Resources in 2009. Prior to joining Fexco Paula previously worked in Human Resource Management for Dunnes Stores in the UK and Ireland. She has a Bachelor of Business Studies, a Masters in Work and Organisational Behaviour (UL, 2012) and is qualified in Occupational Testing with the British Psychological Society (BPS). Paula is also a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development.

Paula was appointed to the Fexco Executive Management Committee in 2015.

Denis Cleary

A graduate of Computing and Mathematics from University College Cork, Denis joined Fexco in 1990 where he was a member of the team credited with originating the Dynamic Currency Conversion concept.

Denis played an integral role in Fexco’s DCC success story though product development and in bringing the concept to market establishing an international business (B2B & B2C) across 29 countries. In 2010, Denis was promoted to Head of DCC and subsequently to Managing Director of Fexco DCC in 2014.

Following a Group-wide change in structure in 2017, Denis was appointed to the new role of CEO of Fexco’s Payments & FX Business Division, overseeing the company’s suite of payments products and solutions across; DCC, Corporate Payments, Tax Free Shopping and Fexco’s new OpenConnect business.

Denis also holds a Diploma in International Sales from DIT. He has a keen interest in global current affairs and a passion for sports, particularly Gaelic Games.

Martin Ryan

Martin joined Fexco as Managing Director of our Managed Business Solutions, Outsourcing and Consulting Division in 2021. Martin has spent most of his career working in Consultancy, Service Management, Service Delivery and Commercial Management Roles across several clients in Ireland and Internationally helping to address the various Business, Operational and ICT challenges they face.

From Cork, he studied Computer Science in UCC and is a Certified Service Management and Project Management Professional.

Martin’s focus for our Managed Business Solutions, Outsourcing and Consulting Division is to bring a relentless focus on doing the right thing for our clients; ensure our colleagues have excellent career opportunities within Fexco; deliver new and improved product and service offerings for our clients; and continue to drive the culture of continuous improvement across the business.

Martin will also play a pivotal role as a member of the wider Fexco Executive Management Team.

Bertie Murphy

Bertie joined as Chief Strategy Officer of Fexco Group in late 2021. His career prior to Fexco spans 15 years having held executive roles in both professional services and industry working across the technology and financial services sectors primarily. Bertie has a BSc in Business Information Systems from University College Cork; he is a Chartered Accountant having trained with KPMG in Dublin and he completed the Executive Programme at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2015.

Sean Crowe

Sean Crowe joined the Fexco Group Executive in July 2022, with responsibilities including leadership of the Financial Services Division. Prior to Fexco, Sean served as Group Treasurer for Bank of Ireland and CEO for the Group’s Market and Treasury Division. He was a member of the Executive Committee steering the Bank of Ireland Group from 2014 to 2020 and a member of the Board for New Ireland Assurance. His previous career was spent in leadership positions in the financial markets, investment management and insurance industries.