Niall Ocallaghan

Background

About Niall Ocallaghan

Niall O’Callaghan leads Limerick Enterprise Development Partnership (LEDP) as CEO, an organisation synonymous with Limerick’s transformation over the past 25 years. LEDP is a unique model, a self funded charity which generates revenue from its commercial property portfolio and reinvests these funds in community projects of impact across Limerick’s most disadvantaged communities. Recently appointed to the Governing Authority of Mary Immaculate College (2024), he is a member of a number of regional social and economic inclusion committees and boards, including Our Lady of Lourdes CSG (Ballinacurra/Weston) and UL Student Life, amongst others. Niall chairs Limerick Regneration’s Employment and Work sub-committee and also sits on UL's Citizens Assembly Expert Panel. Niall is a graduate of UL, with a Masters in Marketing from UCC, and was identified as ‘Global High Performing Talent’ in his early years with consumer goods giant, Unilever. Following his tenure with IDA Ireland, leading the Mid-West through its most successful period of foreign direct investment on record, Niall took on the role of transforming the Shannon Heritage portfolio of tourist attractions in 2017 as part of the Shannon Airport Group Executive Team. He brought profitability to the semi-state company for the first time whilst implementing a transformational change management and innovative digital program. Niall was named All Ireland Business Foundation Public/Private Sector Executive of the Year in 2022, in recognition of his considerable contribution to trade and commerce in the Mid-West region. Niall is a former past Chairperson of AVEA – The National Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions and was also previously appointed to the Irish Government’s Tourism Leadership Group and Covid Emergency Response Group.