The Award for Outstanding Contribution to Finance was established in 2015 to mark the fund’s 5th anniversary. The award seeks to acknowledge the achievements of a business leader or academic who has inspired and contributed to the education of our fund’s membership. As a recipient of this award, we acknowledge the phenomenal work they have done in their specialist area, and their decision to make this work public, for the enjoyment and learning of students across the globe. The Trinity Student Managed Fund has been an example for student investment funds across the UK and Ireland. In accepting this award, they acknowledge the importance of students in the future of the world economy.

Denis O’Brien
Founder and Owner of Digicell



Rupal Bhansali
Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Ariel Investments’ international and global equity strategies



Annie Duke
Author, corporate speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space.



Anne Richards
CEO of Fidelity



John O’Farrell
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz(a16z)



Bill Browder
Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management



Jim Rogers
American Economist and Financial Commentator



Burton Malkeil
American economist and writer



Joshua Pearl
Author - "Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions"



Joshua Rosenbaum
Managing Director - RBC Capital Markets



Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen
Founder & Managing Partner - Nova Partners Capital



Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairperson & M.D. - Biocon LTD, Chairperson - India Institute of Management



Aswath Damodaran
Professor of Finance - Stern School of Business, New York University



Governor Howard Dean
Former Chair - Democratic National Committee (DNC)



Brian Sullivan
Anchor - CNBC's “Worldwide Exchange ”



Fahmi Quadir
Founder & Chief Investment Officer - Safkhet Capital



David Swensen
Former CIO - Yale University



James Rickards
Author - Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis



Patrick Lynch
Founder - First Circle



Mohnish Pabrai
Founder & Managing Partner - Pabrai Investments Funds, Founder & CEO - Dhandho Funds, Author - The Dhandho Investor and Mosaic: Perspective



Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland