Francesca Whitehead is an investor on the G2 Venture Partners team where she focuses on identifying companies that are applying emerging technologies to improve efficiency and sustainability in traditional industries. Prior to joining G2, Francesca was part of the inaugural team of the KKR Global Impact Fund. Before KKR, Francesca began her career at Goldman Sachs in natural resources investment banking. Outside of work, Francesca is a mentor at Endeavour, Techstars, Third Derivative & New York Fashion Tech Lab, and helped launch the CELI dinner series in New York City. Francesca holds a B.A. in Economics from Brown University and grew up in Hong Kong, Vietnam, and the UK. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF For podcast queries, email [email protected]

Sam Zell is the Founder and Chairman of Equity Group Investments. He also chairs four companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Sam founded and chaired Equity Office Properties Trust, which was the largest office REIT until its 2007 sale for $39 billion in the largest leveraged buyout at the time. He is an active philanthropist with a focus on entrepreneurial education. Through the Zell Family Foundation, he has led the sponsorship of several leading entrepreneurship programs, including the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. He holds a JD degree and a BA from the University of Michigan. Sam was recognized in 2017 by Forbes as one of the 100 Greatest Living Business Minds. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF For podcast queries, email [email protected]

Nicole Quinn is a General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners focused on early stage Consumer, Healthcare and FinTech. She has invested in companies such as Calm, Zapp and Haus Laboratories. Nicole earned a BSc in Math and Economics from York University and an MBA from Stanford. She spent almost a decade at Morgan Stanley covering European and US e-commerce, retail and consumer companies. She was an angel investor in healthcare and consumer companies over those years and then went to Nutmeg, a London based FinTech company. She launched her own start-up in business school and this is where she met Lightspeed. The link to Nicole's blog post on 'The Rise of the Super App' can be found here. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF For podcast queries, email [email protected]

Bryan Meehan is the Executive Chair and former Chief Executive Officer of Blue Bottle Coffee, a global network of ninety nine speciality coffee shops in the US and Asia. Bryan graduated from Trinity College Dublin and started his career working for Guinness where he became a brand manager. He completed an MBA at Harvard Business School before starting his own company, Fresh & Wild, an organic food store in London. After selling Fresh & Wild to Whole Foods, Bryan started Nude Skincare, an all-natural skincare beauty line. Having sold Nude Skincare to LVMH, Bryan joined Blue Bottle Coffee as Chief Executive Officer. The company was sold to Nestlé in 2017 and Bryan became Executive Chair. The links to Search Funds mentioned by Bryan during the podcast can be found here: 1) Description, 2) Primer and 3) Case Study. ----- This episode is sponsored by Elkstone. Elkstone is a Family Office managing the wealth of its principals, with a focus on Real Estate, Venture Capital and Alternatives, and a Multi-Family Office, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, which provides both access to co-investing in their principal's investment portfolios and wealth management services to many of Ireland's entrepreneurs and High Net Worth Individuals.  ----- You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF For podcast queries, email [email protected]

Jane Buchan is the Chief Executive Officer of Martlet Asset Management. Prior to founding Martlet, she co-founded and was Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Alternative Asset Management or PAAMCO, a fund of hedge funds. She began her career at JP Morgan Chase in the Capital Markets Group as a quantitative fixed income analyst. Jane has been an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She also holds several board positions including AGF Management, Globe Life and Innocap. Jane has been actively involved in initiatives to advance the careers of women in finance and is a founding Angel for 100 Women in Finance. She has also been recognized with numerous industry honours and awards, including being named to the Barron’s 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance 2021. She earned a BA in Economics from Yale University and holds both a PhD and an MA in Business Economics (Finance) from Harvard University. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF For podcast queries, email [email protected]

Michael Lavelle is Head of Citi’s Banking, Capital Markets & Advisory business in the UK and Ireland. He is also Vice Chairman of the EMEA BCMA division. Prior to this Michael led Citi’s EMEA Capital Markets business including Equity Capital Markets and Debt Capital Markets. Michael currently sits on the EMEA BCMA Executive Committee. On this episode, we discuss Michael’s background in investment banking, the current M&A environment, topics such as Brexit and SPAC’s as well as his inspiring achievements outside of Citi.  Please note, this podcast was recorded on the 5th March 2021. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF For podcast queries, email [email protected]

Alison Mass is Chairman of the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs. She is a member of the Management Committee and IBD Executive Committee. Previously, she was Global Head of the Financial and Strategic Investors Group in the Investment Banking division. Before that, Alison was Co-Head of FSIG in the Americas. She joined Goldman Sachs as a partner in 2001. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Alison worked at Merrill Lynch and held several senior management positions in the securities and investment banking areas and before that, she worked at Drexel Burnham. Alison is a member of the Board of Advisors of Launch With GS, Goldman Sachs’ $500 million commitment to invest in companies and investment managers with diverse leadership and also serves as a member of the New York University Stern Executive Board. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF For podcast queries, email [email protected]

Travis Kling is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ikigai Asset Management, a hedge fund focused on crypto assets. He previously was a Portfolio Manager at Point72 Asset Management where he traded Long/Short Energy Equities. He started his career as an Investment Banker at Simmons & Company and was an Energy Long/Short Equity Analyst at Magnetar Capital. In 2012, Travis was a member of Magnetar Energy, the team that won “Specialist Hedge Fund of The Year” from Hedge Fund Magazine. Travis has a Bachelor’s in Accounting and a Master’s in Finance from Texas A&M University. Please note, this podcast was recorded on the 5th February 2021. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF For podcast queries, email [email protected]

Dr. Martin Naughton is Founder of the Glen Dimplex Group and Chairman of the Glen Dimplex Supervisory Board. He studied Mechanical & Production Engineering in Southampton, England and worked as an Industrial Engineer and Plant Manager for 12 years. In 1973, he founded the private, family-owned Glen Dimplex. Glen Dimplex now has 23 manufacturing plants worldwide. Martin is also a philanthropist with his wife Carmel and the Naughton family. In 1994, Martin and Carmel founded the private family foundation, “The Naughton Foundation.” Martin has received honorary degrees from Trinity College, University of Notre Dame, University College Dublin, Queen’s University, Ulster University, Coleraine and Griffith College Dublin. He is a trustee emeritus of the University of Notre Dame.  For seven years, he served as a member of the Irish Council of State and is past Chairman of Intertrade Ireland. Martin is on the Advisory Board of Citi Private Bank for Europe, Africa and in the Middle East. He is a member of the Provost’s Council, is a Knight of the British Empire (K.B.E) and was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur by the French government. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com.  Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF.  For podcast queries, email [email protected].

Alan Dargan is a Founder and Partner of Lonsdale Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm in London. He is also Founder and Chairman of Lansdowne Capital Limited, a corporate finance advisory firm. Alan began his career in accountancy with Stokes Kennedy Crowley, which later became KPMG in Dublin. Prior to founding Lansdowne Capital and Lonsdale Capital Partners, Alan was a Managing Director in Investment Banking at both Credit Suisse First Boston and Swiss Bank Corporation, now UBS. With over 40 years of experience in investing and investment banking on Wall Street and the City of London, he also holds several chairmanships and board positions around Europe and in addition is Chairman of the Trinity Student Managed Fund Advisory Board. He is also a trustee and ex-President of Trinity Rugby. He graduated with a BBS degree from Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. You can find more of this podcast on our website www.trinitysmf.com.  Please follow us on social media @TrinitySMF.  For podcast queries, email [email protected].