In addition, Mr. O’Neill is President of Chellomedia, Liberty Global’s content division and is responsible for LGI Ventures, the group's investment arm. Mr. O’Neill is an executive officer of Liberty Global and sits on the company’s Executive Management Committee.
Mr. O’Neill joined United Pan-Europe Communications NV, now known as Liberty Global Europe NV (LGE), in 1999 as Managing Director of Corporate Development and Mergers & Acquisitions. He was appointed Chief Strategy Officer of the parent company, UnitedGlobalCom (UGC), in April 2002 and President of Chellomedia in January 2003. He became Chief Strategy Officer of Liberty Global, following the combination of Liberty Media International, Inc. and UGC. During his tenure, he has been instrumental in determining and executing the strategy that has resulted in the highly successful turnaround of UPC Broadband which comprises Liberty Global’s core European cable businesses.
From 1997 to 1999, Mr. O’Neill was an Executive Director in the Advisory Group for Goldman Sachs in London where he was responsible for providing advice on mergers & acquisitions as well as corporate finance to a number of companies in the media and communications industry, including UPC. Prior to this, Mr. O’Neill worked at Goldman Sachs in its New York, Sydney and London offices. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. O’Neill spent four years at Macquarie Bank in Sydney and three years at KPMG in Dublin.
Mr. O’Neill serves on the board of directors of group companies Telenet Group Holding NV and AUSTAR United Communications Limited and is a trustee of the Chello Foundation. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Treasury Management Agency in Ireland and is a visiting lecturer to INSEAD’s MBA program. He received an undergraduate law degree from Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Shane O'Neill will participate in The Music Show, presented by Hot Press in association with RTÉ 2FM, The Irish Independent & The Sunday Independent, runs from October 3-4th in The RDS, Dublin. Saturday 3rd October 10 am - 6.30 pm, Sunday 4th October 11 am - 6 pm.

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