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Alan Foy

Alan Foy

Chairman & Founder , Venturewave

Alan Foy is Chairman & Founder of Venturewave Group, including Venturewave Capital, Venturebeam, Venturewave Partners and Rochtaine. Serving also as Chairman and Managing Partner of Venturewave Capital, he governs the group’s strategic direction and chairs its investment committee.


Previously, Alan was Chairman and CEO of Blueface, a global enterprise communications company acquired by Comcast Business, following significant growth across Europe, North America, and Asia. He also served as CEO and Non-Executive Director of StarBlue and Star2Star Communications, leading the merger of Star2Star and Blueface into StarBlue in a $500M deal and orchestrating the subsequent sale of Star2Star to Sangoma plc.


Alan’s earlier career includes executive roles at NCB Group (now Investec), focusing on corporate finance, investment banking, PE, and wealth management. He led the management buyout of Blueface with the support of Lord Iveagh from the Guinness family, transforming the company from an early-stage startup into an international market leader.
Active in board governance, Alan holds director positions in companies including DropChef, and previously Xocean and WebDoctor. He is a founding board member of Endeavor Ireland, active in YPO and an EY entrepreneur. Alan earned a first class-honors B.B.S, M.A., and M.Litt from Trinity College Dublin, and has completed executive education at Harvard Business School.

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