‘Change cannot be controlled but it should be embraced’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s foremost corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Matthew Kennedy of IERC

Matthew Kennedy: ‘I believe that openness should be encouraged’

Matthew Kennedy is head of strategy and business at the International Energy Research Centre (IERC), a position he has held since November 2015. Hosted in Tyndall National Institute in Cork, the IERC collaboratives with businesses in Ireland and overseas, helping them to build and commercialise new technologies, products and services with the potential to impact positively on the environment. Prior to 2015, he led national and international energy R&D initiatives and strategy functions ...