Karl Aherne is a renowned Senior Business Manager with a proven track record of executing innovative business strategies and delivering value creation and revenue growth. He is a graduate of Dublin Business School, Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, and The Marketing Institute of Ireland. He has served on the Board of several startups and is a seed capital investor in 31 successful startups that have delivered market-leading fund returns.

Karl has held several high-profile leadership positions throughout his career, including Director of Strategic Business Development at Fexco, Director of Consulting at Deloitte, Co-Founder & CEO at Red Planet Ventures, Non-Executive Director at Telfin Limited (a Telefonica company), Managing Director of Wayra, and Business Owner of Telefonica O2 Ireland.

He is also a renowned Board Advisor / NED with several leading companies such as SalesOptimize, Taxamo, RDIHub, Declaron, and Buymie. Karl holds extensive knowledge and expertise in areas such as Strategic Business Development, Consulting, Startups, Innovation, and Telecommunications.