Finbarr Murphy is a Lecturer in Finance in the Kemmy Busisness School in the University of Limerick. Before taking up his position in UL, Finbarr was a Vice President of Convertible Bond Trading with Merrill Lynch London. Instruments traded included CBs, equities, equity derivatives and US Treasury Futures contracts to actively manage complex hedging strategies. Finbarr was a Fulbright Awardee to the University of Texas at Austin in 2012-2013. He was a speaker at TEDxFulbrightDublin 2016, during his talk Finbarr discussed the profound social and economic implications of autonomous vehicles. Finbarr was Fulbright Alumni Ambassador at UL from 2017-2019.