John O'Dwyer

Founder, CEO @ Corbel Capital

About

Founder of Corbel Capital, a boutique strategic advisory and principal investment firm serving CEOs, CFOs, and CTOs of fast growth businesses, Financial Sponsors and Family Offices with corporate development, investment strategy and growth. Non-executive director and investor to a number of private businesses and funds in Europe and the US.

Country

City

Ireland

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Skill

International M&A, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Corporate Finance, Financial Reporting, Restructuring, Due Diligence, Acquisition Integration, Competition Law, Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Valuation, Investments, Management Consulting, Corporate Development, Banking, Strategic Leadership, Private Equity, Trade Finance, Business Planning

Experience

Founder, CEO

Corbel Capital

2020-1 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Ireland

• Strategic corporate advisory & investment firm supporting clients across Europe and US. • Clients range from financial sponsors, Boards and CxOs navigating strategy and growth via M&A. • Making principal investments in a range of businesses in need of hands-on strategy, M&A support.

Chairman

calQrisk

2025-9 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Dublin

calQrisk is a fast-growth GRC software platform helping organisations manage governance, risk, and compliance in a unified platform. Founded in 2006, it serves clients across multiple sectors internationally, enabling them to streamline risk management, ensure regulatory compliance, and strengthen governance oversight. More at: https://www.calqrisk.com/

Senior Advisor

Motive Partners

2023-12 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

London, New York

• Motive is a specialist PE & VC platform with offices in New York, London, Berlin and Amsterdam. • The firm invests in technology enabled financial and business services across North America & Europe. • Typical equity investments: Motive Ventures (>$0.5m – $10m) and Motive Capital ($25m+) • More information at www.motivepartners.com

Advisory Board

Pacenotes

2024-8 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Amsterdam Area

Pacenotes is a leading European fund-of-funds platform backing tier 1 VC firms globally.

Board Member

Medihive

2024-1 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Ireland

European digital healthcare platform.

Non Executive Director

Greenman Partners

2021-1 - 2023-12 · 3 yrs

Germany, UK & Ireland

• Non-real estate investment subsidiary of Greenman (€1bn German food focussed real estate fund) • Investments include: Manna Aero, Potager Vertical Farm, and others.

Venture Partner

Element SaaS Finance

2021-1 - 2023-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

US & Europe

• US headquartered Venture debt fund investing $1m to $10m in global SaaS software businesses.

Head of Strategic Investments & Ventures | M&A and Corporate Development Director

AIB

2019-1 - 2019-12 · 1 yr

County Dublin, Ireland

• Allied Irish Banks plc is a retail, commercial and corporate bank listed in Dublin and London. • Head of Strategic Investments & Ventures and led €100m AIB & Fiserv Inc acquisition of Payzone

Head of Digital Investments & Innovation

AIB

2016-10 - 2018-12 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Ireland

• Led bank FinTech strategy and Corporate VC / LP FinTech investments

Head of Technology, Media & Telecoms Banking

AIB

2012-8 - 2016-9 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Dublin, Ireland

• Led TMT Sector Banking strategy and sector focus on VC Fund-of-Funds

Group Corporate Development and M&A Manager

Dole plc

2007-10 - 2012-8 · 4 yrs 11 mos

• Dole plc (formerly Total Produce plc) is a global leader in fresh produce. • Turnover > $9 billion, 40,000 employees in c 30 countries • Corporate Development Manager - working on M&A across the group's countries • Led origination, valuation, diligence, negotiations, anti-trust clearance, Stock Exchange, legals