Jane McCooey is Executive Director and Chief of Staff for the Chief Information Officer of Enterprise Technology & Services at Morgan Stanley. Prior, she was COO for Global Technology & Data Legal at Morgan Stanley. She is Co-Chair of the Community & Giving Back Pillar of Morgan Stanley’s Women’s Business Alliance. Jane was a Senior Associate at international law firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Jane is Founder & CEO of Women with Ambition (“WWA”), a professional network for women across industries to form a meaningful network through peer mentorship, large networking events, and opportunities to learn from expert guest speakers. It has pioneered the WWA Female Founder Expo, a Golf Society, and is expanding to Washington, DC.
Jane was a 2025 Fellow for the Centre of Democracy & Peace Building Leadership Fellowship, which brings together political, business, and civic leaders in support of the peace process of Northern Ireland.
Jane is the Global Ambassador for AwakenAngels, the first and only all-island of Ireland women-led investment syndicate with the aim of democratizing angel investing for women. Jane serves as Chair for the Board of Trustees of Ceannas House, Co-Chair of the Young Partners Board of Irish American Partnership, on the US Advisory Board for University College Dublin and Cooperation Ireland, and is the Founder of Liberty Gaels Camogie Club.
An Armagh native, Jane studied Law with French Law at University College Dublin and Université Toulouse Capitole, a Master of Law at Cambridge University, and an Executive MBA with Quantic School of Business, and worked in Brussels, at the European Commission and Freshfields.
Honors: Irish Echo Community Champion Award 2022
Irish America Business 100 2023, 2024, and 2025
Irish America Wall Street 50 2023, 2024 and 2025 (Keynote Speaker)
Irish America Legal 100 2023
“Women of Ireland” 2025 Community Leadership Award by New York Irish Center
Second place as 2025 International Irish Businesswoman of the Year in the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards
Irish Echo 40 Under 40 2026 Honoree.
