Kieran Donoghue is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Invest Northern Ireland. He was previously a member of the Executive Leadership Team of IDA Ireland where his responsibilities included strategy, public policy, and international financial services. He has extensive international experience and served overseas in Washington DC.

He is a graduate of University College Cork (UCC) and has also studied at Boston College, the University of Toronto and at Oxford. He is a member of the Institute of Directors, the Ireland-United States Alumni Association and serves on the corporate advisory group of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA).