Joanne is COO and Head of Investor Relations at DunPort Capital Management. Prior to joining the Company in 2022, Joanne spent over 7 years as a senior investment manager with the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (“ISIF”)— ISIF is the Sovereign Investment Fund of Ireland, which manages a diverse global and domestic portfolio of over €9bn. In this role, Joanne led a team of investment professionals on a number of large direct private equity and private debt transactions across food & beverage, aviation, climate, financial services and also oversaw a number of investments into domestic and international fund managers.

In the earlier part of her career, Joanne worked in Corporate Finance, M&A Advisory and Transaction Services with Deloitte Corporate Finance and Smith & Williamson in Dublin and as an investment associate with KKR-Avoca Capital in their European CLO business.

Joanne holds first class honours undergraduate degree in Commerce (Economics & Finance) from University College Cork and first class honours Masters degree in Finance from Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin. She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and holds a distinction in the Diploma of Education, Corporate Governance & Company Direction from the Institute of Directors.