Áine Kerr

Áine is a two-time graduate of DCU with a Bachelor of Education (B’Ed) and Masters in Journalism (MAJ). She also holds an MSc in Business Practice with UCC. She is a Fellow of the Sulzberger Leadership Program, Columbia University, NYC, holds certificates with Cornell University and Harvard University, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Leadership and Executive Coaching with Kingstown College. Áine was co-founder of Kinzen, acquired by Spotify, and Managing Editor of Storyful, acquired by News Corporation. Previously, she led global journalism partnerships at Facebook, NYC. Before Facebook, she spent five years at Storyful as head of content and political editor before being appointed managing editor in 2011 at the time of the acquisition by News Corporation. Áine spent 7+ years as a political correspondent and news reporter with Ireland’s leading newspapers. Áine is also the host of her own show Reignite on RTÉ Radio One. Áine is an award-winning entrepreneur and broadcaster. She has been recognised with an Alumni Award by DCU, awarded Woman of the Year in Media by Irish Tatler 2017, VIP Eir Power of Women award in 2022 for digital and technology and a Woman of Vision award for business and technology in 2023.

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“Enterprise Ireland believes that Ireland’s economic success will depend on a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem which utilises all the skills, ambition and talent of a diverse population. Increasing the opportunities for women entrepreneurs and women in management is a key focus for Enterprise Ireland, and our six-year Women in Business Strategy aims to grow the number of women becoming entrepreneurs and leaders. We’ve set ambitious targets, including doubling the number of women-led companies in the export market by 2025, and progress is now clear. In 2022, 58 (more than one-third) of the 161 start-ups we invested in were women-led, up from just 8% in 2012. ‘Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs’ is all about reaching out to and supporting women who want to become entrepreneurs and build innovative businesses of scale, focused on export markets. I have no doubt that many of these will be leading Irish companies in the future and we look forward to supporting them on their journey.”

“KPMG has a strong track record of supporting women in business, so we are proud to be involved with Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs. We are excited to see all of the opportunities that this initiative will open for women who have a vision to harness their skills to be entrepreneurs growing scalable businesses. This tailored initiative will encourage more women to establish innovative businesses focused on growth with global ambition. In addition to the panel of Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs who will offer insights into their entrepreneurial journey, KPMG’s experts will facilitate a series of Inspiring workshops and share their expertise with this year’s ambitious entrepreneurs on a wide range of key business matters such as cyber security, corporate and tax governance, raising finance and much more.”