With Europe and US seeming to be drifting apart on a whole range of issues, Citibank’s Ireland operation must straddle two diverging outlooks – but country head Davinia Conlan says its global scope gives it a competitive edge

Citi head of country, Ireland, Davinia Conlan at the group’s HQ in North Wall ahead of their move to their new offices down river
The view of the Liffey and its docklands from the boardroom of Number 1 North Wall Quay – current home of Citigroup in Ireland – is stunning. But it is old hat to Davinia Conlan and she sits with her back to the panorama.
Citi’s Irish country manager is already thinking ahead to a new vista: the presumably even more impressive view from the ninth floor of the currently-under-construction Waterfront South Central, Citi’s soon-to-be new Irish home just down the river.