Kieran McLoughlin: 'We’re like private wealth managers, albeit with a not-for-profit objective'

As president of the Ireland Funds, McLoughlin occupies a special place between the currents of corporate clout, national identity and political prominence

Kieran McLoughlin Pic: Fergal Phillips

CV: Kieran McLoughlin

Role: president of the Ireland Fund

Family: married to Sarah with three kids - Malachy, Vivienne and Alice

Hobbies: running and hiking

Currently reading: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, for substance; Puckoon by Spike Milligan, for gloriously absurd humour

Surprising fact: completed the first of six inter-rails at 16, often sleeping on park benches, shop fronts, railway stations etc

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