Eileen O’Connell, Partner at EY Financial Services APAC
Eileen is a leader in the EY APAC FSO Markets team, focused on the financial
services industry including financial market infrastructures (FMIs).
As the FSO
Alliances leader, she works closely with our technology alliance partners to drive
digital transformation for our clients. She has more than 25 years of business
development and consulting experience in I.T. across markets world-wide,
including Europe and the US, with 20 of those years in Asia-Pacific, and based in
Hong Kong.
She specializes in Go-To-Market strategy, digital transformation,
Ecosystem development, business transformation and stakeholder management.
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As a passionate Champion of DEIB, Eileen has been the Chair of the British Chamber’s Women in Business committee since 2019. During that time, she has driven growth in membership and increased the focus on Advocacy and Policy work with government. Eileen was a mentor on the 2021/22 cohort of The Women’s Foundation (TWF) mentoring programme inspiring the next generation of female leaders, and was a member of the 2014 cohort of the Women’s Directorship Programme with HKU. She has been a Director on the international fundraising board of the Christina Noble Childrens Foundation since 2011, supporting disadvantaged children at risk in Mongolia and Vietnam.
A Permanent Resident of Hong Kong SAR, Eileen attempts to speak Cantonese and to play mahjong (both rudimentary!) and has been involved in a number of local community initiatives. Eileen is originally from the UK, of Irish ancestry, has a BSc in from London University, three step-children, two rescue dogs and a full boat driving licence.
