Daragh is a Managing Partner and serves as Global Head of Research at Tower Peak Partners, based in the firm’s London office. He is responsible for global macroeconomic and thematic research, leading the analysis that supports investment strategy, portfolio positioning and risk assessment across the firm's investment disciplines. He also directs Tower Peak’s research publications and disseminates their analytical insights through the media and engagement with the investment community.

Prior to joining Tower Peak, Daragh was the Head of the Monetary Policy Division at the Central Bank of Ireland. In this capacity, he was a member of the European Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee and advised the Governor on ECB Governing Council deliberations. During his time at the Central Bank, he also served as Head of Function for the Research Collaboration Unit and as Senior Advisor in the Economics and Statistics Directorate, providing specialist input into research and serving on the Bank's Transformation Leadership Team.

Before returning to the Central Bank, Daragh spent seven years at the European Stability Mechanism in Luxembourg. As Principal Economist, he was Research Coordinator for the three divisions in the Chief Economist's Department. During this time, he was awarded the prestigious Barrington Medal by the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. He joined the ESM as an Economist, working on the negotiation of the Memorandum of Understanding for Greece’s financial assistance programme and on post-programme surveillance of Ireland. Daragh was promoted to Senior Economist, helping lead post-programme surveillance of Cyprus, Ireland and Portugal.

Earlier in his career, he was an Economist at the Central Bank of Ireland, focused on macroeconomic model development, during which time he was also seconded to the European Central Bank as a Eurosystem visiting expert.

Daragh began his career as a Research Officer at Teagasc, Ireland's agriculture and food development authority, where he evaluated the impact of Common Agricultural Policy reform. During the euro area sovereign debt crisis, Teagasc seconded him to the Irish Department of Finance to strengthen its macroeconomic modelling capability.

Daragh holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from University College Dublin, where he was a Walsh Fellow, and an MA in Economics and a BA in Economics and History from the National University of Ireland, Galway.

He has published in leading international peer-reviewed journals, including The Review of Economic Studies, the International Journal of Central Banking and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. His research has been recognised by the European Capital Markets Institute and shortlisted for the Foundation for Fiscal Studies’ Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize. Since 2022, Daragh has been an Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick’s Kemmy Business School.