FinRes Bios
John M. Hannon - Managing Director
John founded FinRes in 2010 and is an experienced corporate finance practitioner.
Since founding FinRes John has advised on over $500m of corporate transactions both on the advisory and principal side.
John played a key role in the buildup of platforms in the staffing and talent sector (BPVA), the insurance broker sector (BHP), and the technology sector (Kubicle / Xtremepush / Broadway).
Before founding FinRes John worked at Key Capital in the areas of Private Equity and Capital Markets. John was a fund manager of a quantitative Long/Short equity hedge fund at NCB and has also worked in the Irish and global insurance and reinsurance sectors.
John is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and has a BBS from Trinity College.
John J. Lacy - Partner
John joined FinRes in 2014 as a Partner having previously worked with FinRes on a number of discrete projects. John has experience in investment banking, corporate law and senior operational management.
John was the Head of Corporate Development at the leading international healthcare services company, Centric Health from 2008-13. As a member of the Senior Management Team John was involved in managing 450 employees and €40m in annual revenues. John was involved in Metric Capital's €18m investment in Centric.
Prior to Centric John was a TMT investment banker with JP Morgan Cazenove in London (2005-2006) and a lawyer with Matheson in Dublin (2000-2005).
John has an MBA from Harvard Business School (2006-2008), and an M.Phil in International Relations from Cambridge University (St. John’s College) – British Government Chevening Scholar.
John is a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), International (UCD), Member of Irish Law Society.