Bridget Walsh

EY Global Head of Private Equity at EY

Chair

Bridget is EY’s Global Head of Private Equity (PE) where she leads a team of PE professionals across 45 countries, advising on the most prominent global PE deals. She is widely recognised and respected across the PE industry as a commercial and influential leader, and she is a sought-out chair and speaker at leading international conferences. Bridget is a Senior Advisory Partner to many prominent PE clients. Since joining EY, Bridget has developed and grown several successful businesses, currently incubating a PE Sports offering and our PE GenAI practice. Bridget sits on the board of BritishAmerican Business (and Chair of their RemCo), is Chair of The Ireland Funds Great Britain (a prestigious global philanthropic network that raises funds to support Irish communities around the world) is deeply engaged in promoting international business and is the host of the EY NextWave PE podcast series.