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Leading With Purpose And Ambition

By Tom Deignan

Fall 2025

October 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Jane McCooey once had a profound epiphany about her career, which so far has ventured into the fields of law, tech, and high finance.   It came while she was playing Camogie. “You don’t really talk about work when you’re there – you just go to train and play,” the Armagh native and Morgan Stanley executive said during  our recent interview. “But half the … [Read more...] about Leading With Purpose And Ambition

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