Global Shares brokers US deal

CLONAKILTY-based Global Shares has brokered a groundbreaking deal with US finance house Citi Smith Barney to administer shares ownership schemes which paves the way for more deals with world leading financial institutions.

The agreement was announced by Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin during the Enterprise Ireland trade visit to the east coast of the US. Global employs 15 people at its west Cork base, supporting corporate clients on four continents.

The two firms will be working together to service select clients around the globe. Global Shares chief operating officer Maoiliosa O Culachain said: “Global Shares greatly appreciates the support the company has received from the minister and from Enterprise Ireland when setting up and developing a world class service for companies globally from west Cork, thereby providing excellent career prospects for many well educated young people in Ireland and the United States and the other countries in which Global Shares has operations.”