Declan is responsible for Starling’s strategic and corporate development activity, which includes international expansion, capital raising, longer term financial business planning and other one-off projects to support the bank’s growth and development.
Prior to Starling, he trained as a chartered accountant at PwC where he led engagements across corporate finance and strategy for a range of financial services businesses across Europe post financial crisis.
Declan spent most of his time working on the turnaround, restructuring and sale of European banks as well as on a range of transactions involving UK challenger banks.
If he wasn’t at Starling, he would be playing bass guitar and singing backing vocals in a rock band.
