Tony Moroney

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Top Voice LinkedIn & Thinkers 360 | Co-founder, Access CX | Strategy, AI & CX Transformation Advisor | Keynote Speaker | Senator, WBAF | Co-founder, Digital Transformation Lab

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I work at the intersection of strategy, foresight, and transformation, helping boards and senior leaders navigate the complexity of AI, digital disruption, and systemic change. My focus is on turning emerging technologies into strategic clarity—equipping decision-makers to act with confidence at the edge of disruption.

As Principal at The Digital Explorer, I advise global brands on digital disruption, innovation, and board-level enablement. I also serve as Co-Founder and Managing Partner for EMEA at Access CX, where we help organisations design and operationalise world-class customer experiences through strategy, technology, and transformation.

I write extensively on AI, governance, and enterprise transformation. My newsletter, The Digital Explorer Chronicles, is widely read by boards and C-suite leaders seeking independent foresight. Recognised as a Top Voice by LinkedIn and Thinkers360, and a Top 50 EMEA Thought Leader, I rank in the Top 10 for Digital Disruption, AI Ethics, and the Metaverse, and in the Top 25 for Digital Transformation, Agentic AI, Generative AI, and FinTech.

Over the past 17 years, I have advised boards and executive teams across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean. My roles include Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group and directors at Grant Thornton UK LLP and Navigant Consulting. Before my advisory career, I held CEO and executive leadership roles in retail banking, mortgages, and investment management—firsthand experience that continues to shape my work on transformation challenges.

I serve as Senator for Ireland at the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), affiliated with the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion, and as a board member of the WBAF Global Science, Technology & Innovation Committee. I also co-founded the Digital Transformation Lab at Cork University Business School (UCC), a think tank focused on digital transformation. In executive education, I am Programme Director for Digital Leadership at the Irish Management Institute and a faculty member at the Institute of Bankers in Ireland.

Currently a PhD candidate researching board and executive understanding of digital disruption, I hold dual MBAs in Banking and General Management. I am a Chartered Director, Chartered Banker, and Chartered Marketer, and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, the Institute of Banking, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and the Marketing Institute of Ireland.

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    Principal

    The Digital Explorer

    - Present 16 years 3 months

    Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

    - Advise global boards and C-suites on AI strategy, digital disruption, and innovation.
    - Publish The Digital Explorer Chronicles, a top-performing newsletter on enterprise transformation.
    - Deliver keynote talks and executive education on strategy, digital transformation and FinTech.
    - Lead strategic research into board-level understanding of digital disruption (PhD focus).

    For more information: www.digital-explorer.net
    The Digital Explorer is a trading name of Saburai…

    - Advise global boards and C-suites on AI strategy, digital disruption, and innovation.
    - Publish The Digital Explorer Chronicles, a top-performing newsletter on enterprise transformation.
    - Deliver keynote talks and executive education on strategy, digital transformation and FinTech.
    - Lead strategic research into board-level understanding of digital disruption (PhD focus).

    For more information: www.digital-explorer.net
    The Digital Explorer is a trading name of Saburai Consulting.

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    Co-founder, Managing Partner, EMEA and Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

    Access CX

    - Present 1 year 6 months

    Miami, Florida, United States

    - Co-lead strategic advisory and next-gen managed services for global CX transformation.
    - Architect plug-and-play AI operating models across people, process, and technology.
    - Embed Human-First AI and Trustworthy AI frameworks into CX strategy.
    - Partner with enterprises to drive measurable outcomes in CX and operational efficiency.

    For more information: https://accesscx.com/

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    Co-Founder & Secretary - The Digital Transformation Lab

    Digital Transformation Lab IE

    - Present 5 years 7 months

    Cork, Ireland

    The Digital Transformation Lab (DT-LAB) is an independent think-tank comprising like-minded individuals from academia, business, and consulting that are interested in generating, validating, and sharing best practices in Digital Transformation.

    The DT-LAB is hosted and supported by Cork University Business School at University College Cork. For more information: www.dt-lab.ie

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    Senator - Ireland

    World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF)

    - Present 2 years 5 months

    Istanbul, Turkey

    Senator representing Ireland in the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum.

    As an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) is committed to collaborating globally to empower the world's economic development. For more information: www.wbaforum.org/

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    Board Member & President of the STI Emerging Tech and Cybersecurity Subcommittee

    WBAF Global Science, Technology and Innovation Committee

    - Present 2 years 5 months

    Istanbul, Türkiye

    Member of the Board of the Global Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Committee. The STI is committed to connecting innovators with smart finance, creating a better environment for innovation, helping inventors commercialise their inventions, fostering the kind of creative thinking that leads to innovation by open learning and skill development, and accelerating technology transfer worldwide.

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    Board Member

    World Smart Cities Economic Development Commission

    - Present 2 years 5 months

    Istanbul, Turkey

    Member of the Board of the World Smart Cities Economic Development Commission. This commission's collaborative approach aims to have a multiplier effect in terms of enabling innovation and digital transformation, stimulating the digital economy, and supporting the global entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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    Programme Director - Digital Transformation & Member of the Associate Faculty

    Irish Management Institute

    - Present 6 years 7 months

    Dublin, Ireland

    Programme Director for Digital Leadership. In addition to custom programmes, lectures on Generative AI, Digital Disruption, Organisational Transformation, and the Future of Financial Services.

    IMI holds an AACSB accreditation, positioning it in the world's top 5% of business education providers. In the prestigious Financial Times Executive Education Global Business School rankings, IMI is ranked first in Ireland for quality of teaching.

    For more information: www.imi.ie

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    Founder & Managing Director

    Saburai Consulting

    - Present 16 years 3 months

    Dublin & London

    Saburai Consulting is a boutique Financial Services and FinTech strategic advisory firm. Our clients include established financial institutions evolving in the digital era, disruptive FinTech start-ups seeking to redefine the industry, and companies intent on revolutionising their business model through digital transformation.

    For more information: www.saburaiconsulting.com

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    Beta Digital

    - 4 years 2 months

    Dublin & London

    Founded Beta Digital as a specialist strategy and digital transformation advisory firm to empower boards and executives to bring about meaningful, transformational change in their business, culture and operating model and equips organisations with the skills and insights to compete in a dynamic and increasingly digitalised world.

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    Managing Director - International Financial Services

    Berkeley Research Group LLC

    - 4 years 9 months

    London, United Kingdom

    Leading financial services advisor for Board and C-level clients in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Latin America and the Caribbean on strategy, digital transformation, conduct risk and cyber security preparedness. In addition, principal liaison officer to law firms in Ireland for economic disputes, litigation and global investigations. BRG is a leading global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm. For more information: www.thinkbrg.com

  • Chairman

    IoD Chartered Director Network (Ireland)

    - 4 years 5 months

    The IoD Chartered Director Network represents the interests of Chartered Directors in Ireland.
    - Appointed Chair November 2014 having previously held the role of Nominations Officer

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    Director - Banking & Mortgages

    Grant Thornton UK LLP

    - 1 year 7 months

    Finsbury Square, London

    Lead advisor for the UK mortgage market and Account Director to a number of leading UK banks, building societies and mortgage companies. Grant Thornton is a leading independent audit, tax and advisory firm. For more information: www.grantthornton.co.uk

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    Director - Financial Services

    Navigant

    - 1 year 9 months

    UK & Ireland

    Focused on markets and clients facing transformational change across Banking, Insurance and Investment Management in the UK and Ireland. Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) was a specialised, global professional services firm and was listed on the S&P 600. It was acquired by Guidehouse in 2019. For more information: https://guidehouse.com/

  • Chartered Independent Non Executive Director and Chairman

    IFSC Companies

    - 2 years 2 months

    • Bridgeston Financial Limited
    • Camarck Financial Limited
    • Cirranger Financial Limited
    • Invictus Financial Limited

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    Chief Executive

    Haven Mortgages Ltd

    - 2 years 3 months

    Dublin

    Established Haven as a green field retail credit firm in mid-2007; appointed Director in July 2007 and Managing Director in November 2007. Haven Mortgages Limited is part of the AIB Group and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. For more information: https://www.havenmortgages.ie/

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    Executive Vice President (Ireland) & Member of General Council

    European Mortgage Federation

    - 3 years 9 months

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    Council Member

    Banking & Payments Federation Ireland

    - 5 years 9 months

    Member of Irish Mortgage Council for 6 years and Chair in 2006

  • EBS Building Society

    EBS Building Society

    6 years

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      Director

      EBS Building Society

      - 1 year 8 months

      Appointed Managing Director of the Societys wholly owned trading subsidiary, Haven Mortgages Ltd, in November 2007 and in this capacity continued as a Board Director of EBS until June 2009.

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      Executive Director

      EBS Building Society

      - 4 years 5 months

      Joined EBS in July 2003 and was appointed to the main Board June 2005 with executive responsibility for the EBS Membership Business (Retail Bank) which encompassed all the retail customer businesses in EBS including products (mortgages, savings, investments and insurance), channels, sales and marketing.

      For more information: www.ebs.ie

  • Director

    Summit Mutual Funds Plc

    - 1 year 6 months

    Umbrella fund established as an open-ended investment company with three sub-funds: Balanced, Global Leaders and Growth Fund

    For more information: https://www.ilim.com/funds/ucits-funds/

  • Director

    Summit Investment Funds Plc

    - 1 year 6 months

    Umbrella fund established as an open-ended investment company with five sub-funds: Stable, Balanced, Growth, Technology and Global Leaders Fund

    For more information: https://www.ilim.com/funds/ucits-funds/

  • Executive Director

    ICS Building Society

    - 1 year 5 months

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    Executive

    Bank of Ireland

    - 4 years 5 months

    Executive, Retail Banking & Head of Market Management, Bank of Ireland Mortgages

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