Ruth McCarthy is CEO of FEXCO Corporate Payments and a director of Goodbody stockbrokers. FEXCO Corporate payments and Goodbody form part of the FEXCO Group: a financial services and outsourcing specialist that processes 100 million transactions on its systems each year and employs more than 2,300 people in 29 countries.

Prior to joining FEXCO Ruth worked with Arthur Cox where she specialised in financial regulation. Ruth is a solicitor and a member of the advisory council of the Fintech and Payments Association of Ireland and the Industry Advisory Group for the Irish government’s IFS2020 strategy for financial services. Ruth recently contributed to the Kerry SciTech initiative which is promoting employment in science technology and engineering in Kerry.