Barry O'Callaghan’s
Biography
Barry O’ Callaghan is an Irish financier who serves as Executive Chairman of AKLO Capital, his private investment vehicle. AKLO controls operating assets in the areas of international education, 3rd-Party Logistics & Fulfilment, Irish hospitality and commercial real estate. It also has investments in a broad range of sectors including IP and TV production, financial technology, agribusiness, retail and social enterprise. AKLO is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Previously, Barry served as Chairman and CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a leading global education company and as CEO of its predecessor company, Riverdeep Interactive Learning. Barry remains the Chairman and CEO of Rise Global, the successor education company to HMH and a leading ELT company with operations in Asia and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Prior to this, Barry was an M&A and Capital Markets banker at Morgan Stanley and latterly at Credit Suisse.
He graduated from Trinity College in Dublin with a Bachelor of Legal Science degree (LLB) in 1991.
Barry O’ Callaghan is an Irish financier who serves as Executive Chairman of AKLO Capital, his private investment vehicle. AKLO controls operating assets in the areas of international education, 3rd-Party Logistics & Fulfilment, Irish hospitality and commercial real estate. It also has investments in a broad range of sectors including IP and TV production, financial technology, agribusiness, retail and social enterprise. AKLO is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Previously, Barry served as Chairman and CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a leading global education company and as CEO of its predecessor company, Riverdeep Interactive Learning. Barry remains the Chairman and CEO of Rise Global, the successor education company to HMH and a leading ELT company with operations in Asia and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Prior to this, Barry was an M&A and Capital Markets banker at Morgan Stanley and latterly at Credit Suisse.
He graduated from Trinity College in Dublin with a Bachelor of Legal Science degree (LLB) in 1991.
