Meet the Team
Stephen Cox M.B.A (Director)
Stephen Cox is a Registered Stock Broker & self directed investor. Stephen has got over 10 years experience researching, trading and educating people in the ways of the stock market. Stephens’s passion is to continually find new ways of helping self directed investors to understand the complex nature of the stock market. Stephen is asked to contribute regularly to RTE radio, Newstalk and East coast FM.
Stephen received a first class honours MBA from the UCD Smurfit Business School were he majored in Financial Services. He also holds the Certificate in Stock Broking from the Irish Stock Exchange and is a graduate member of the Institute of Bankers. Stephens’s area of research and study includes Risk Management in Finance, Corporate Finance, Treasury and Derivatives and valuation of Financial Assets.
Aidan Bodkin M.B.A, A.C.M.A. , B.B.S. (Director)
Aidan is a qualified accountant who has a successful track record working for Multi nationals in Ireland and has international experience in the telecommunication industry. Aidan worked for Denis O’Brien’s telecommunication company Digicell as Head of Finance for Business Development in the Caribbean and South Pacific.
Aidan also worked as a European Financial Analyst for Icon Clinical research, and was a senior accountant with Oracle for the Southern Mediterranean Region in its shared service centre in Dublin.
Aidan holds an MBA from the University of Dublin, Trinity College and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Aidan also completed a Bachelor of Business Studies Degree, Waterford .I.T. Aidan has spent the last five years researching and analyzing the stock market.
Paddy Stronge A.C.C.A., B.Econ., Dipl in P.A., I.T.I. (Lecturer)
Paddy is a Chartered Accountant. Paddy has 45 Years Experience in Banking Industry and held senior positions such as Head of Group Financial Planning & Head of Retail Bank Finance. Paddy is a lecturer in UCD Smurfit Business School. He also lectures for Ulster Bank, Arthur Cox & the Irish Banking Federation.
Brendan McGinn BSc (Sales – Munster Area, Ireland)
Brendan holds a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from ITT and since graduating in 2004 has worked in sales and marketing in various industries. He has recently become interested in the financial markets and has spent the last two years training in stock market equities. He joined Share Navigator as a member in 2010 and is now committed to establishing affiliated investment clubs throughout the Munster area.
Alex Yang MSc BSc (Software & Product Development)
Alex is a senior IT leadership and professional software developer with over 10 years extensive experience in large Database Performance tuning, Data Warehouse (using Ralph Kimball methodologies), ERP and Client-Sever applications. Alex is very familiar with the full Software Development Life Cycle and has a proven track record of problem solving.
Alex Yang holds a Master of Science in Quantitative Finance UCD, a Masters in Computer Science from DCU and also has Degree in Industry and Foreign Trade. Alex recently completed research in the area of “Valuing Bermuda Swaptions using Least-Squares Monte Carlo method”.
Daisy Zhou M.Sc., B. Sc. (R&D)
Daisy is a native of China but also speaks fluent English and moderate German. Daisy also gives up much of her spare time to help others. Daisy holds a Master of Science in Quantitative Finance from UCD a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from Fudan University, Shanghai.
Daisy’s area of research includes:
“Implied volatility” and “Option Pricing” “Applied Portfolio Optimization”; “Butterfly Strategy”; “Fund Performance Evaluation”; “International Diversification of Applied Portfolios”; “Gold as Hedging Fund” “Zero-coupon Yield and Forward Rate by Nelson Siegel Model”; “Interest Rate Derivatives Pricing by BDT Model”; “Spot Rate by Vasicek Model and Hull White Model”.