NIALL NORTON
BComm 1987
NIALL NORTON
Niall Norton has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of TechIreland, where he will lead the not-for-profit organisati...
Technology
DONAL MCMAHON
BAFS 2003, MSc Statistics 2004
DONAL MCMAHON
Lightspeed Systems has appointed Dr Donal McMahon as Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer to lead innovation in educati...
BRIAN QUIGLEY
MAcc 2005
BRIAN QUIGLEY
Brian Quigley's work as Head of Finance with NoFrixion led to the company taking home two awards at the 2025 National Fi...
NOELLE DOODY
BE 2001, MSc Business Analytics 2014
NOELLE DOODY
Deloitte Ireland appointed Noelle Doody as a partner in March 2026. She joined from Accenture, where she served as Irela...
DERMOT KELLEHER
BComm International 2000, MBS 2001
DERMOT KELLEHER
Solar power developer Elgin has announced Dermot Kelleher as its new Chief Executive Officer. He served as the company's...
ABEBA BIRHANE
MA Cognitive Science 2015, PhD 2022
ABEBA BIRHANE
Dr Abeba Birhane is a cognitive scientist whose work has reshaped global conversations on AI ethics, algorithmic bias an...
William O'Brien
BSc Economics and Finance 2020
William O'Brien
William O'Brien was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Transportation & Aerospace list. He is co-founder of Ulysses, wh...
NIALL NORTON
BComm 1987
Niall Norton has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of TechIreland, where he will lead the not-for-profit organisation as it strengthens its role as an independent source of data and intelligence on Ireland's technology ecosystem. A technology stalwart, he was previously CFO of O2 Ireland, and CEO of Dublin-headquartered telecoms software company Openet.
DONAL MCMAHON
BAFS 2003, MSc Statistics 2004
Lightspeed Systems has appointed Dr Donal McMahon as Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer to lead innovation in education technology. McMahon is also Head of AI and Data Science at Genstar Capital, having previously served in senior roles with Indeed and Google. At Indeed, he grew the HR tech giant's AI team to over 300 staff.
BRIAN QUIGLEY
MAcc 2005
Brian Quigley's work as Head of Finance with NoFrixion led to the company taking home two awards at the 2025 National Fintech Awards: Best Digital Banking Initiative of the Year and Best Payment Solution. A recent profile in Accountancy Ireland spotlighted his global career across big tech and start-ups, which has included roles at Meta and payments platforms Stripe and TrueLayer.
NOELLE DOODY
BE 2001, MSc Business Analytics 2014
Deloitte Ireland appointed Noelle Doody as a partner in March 2026. She joined from Accenture, where she served as Ireland Data and AI Lead. Doody has more than two decades of experience leading large-scale programmes for enterprise-level businesses. Her new role is focused on strategic growth and innovation within Deloitte's Data and AI practice.
DERMOT KELLEHER
BComm International 2000, MBS 2001
Solar power developer Elgin has announced Dermot Kelleher as its new Chief Executive Officer. He served as the company's Chief Financial Officer for 11 years prior to assuming the role. Since joining Elgin, he has played a critical role in the company's finance, fundraising, and M&A activity. This included leading the deal that resulted in Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners acquiring a majority stake in the business in 2024.
ABEBA BIRHANE
MA Cognitive Science 2015, PhD 2022
Dr Abeba Birhane is a cognitive scientist whose work has reshaped global conversations on AI ethics, algorithmic bias and data governance. Her research exposed harmful racial and misogynistic labels embedded in major AI training datasets, sparking worldwide reform in dataset curation. As Director of Trinity College Dublin's new AI Accountability Lab, she now leads groundbreaking work on AI regulation, justice-oriented audit frameworks and public-interest governance.
William O'Brien
BSc Economics and Finance 2020
William O'Brien was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Transportation & Aerospace list. He is co-founder of Ulysses, which raised $46 million in funding rounds featuring a16z. Ulysses builds small, self-driving underwater robots that tackle jobs people cannot do with ease or where it's not cost-efficient to use humans. This includes checking cables, surveying the seabed, and helping restore seagrass. The company is working to make ocean work cheaper and safer with more automation.