In 2017, Leo Casey got a call from the recruiter Marcus Kelly. A chartered accountant and former investment banker, Casey was working as a financier with IBI, the grand old dame of Irish corporate advisory. He had worked on some of the biggest Irish corporate deals – from the Madison Dearborn buyout of Smurfit to the flotation of drinks company C&C. He had also had a ringside seat of the sale of Aer Lingus to the parent company of British Airways. Kelly, however, was trying to tempt him to switch gears. A new investment house was opening in Dublin, and…

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