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ENGAGEMENT, COACHING, SCALING

Brian Marrinan, MBA

Passionate about innovation, Brian created one of the world’s first fintech incubators in Boston, USA, 20 years ago. He went on to establish the first startup accelerator in Ireland 13 years ago, which has since been recognized as one of the top three accelerators in Europe.

Brian’s previous roles include:

  • Head of Talent Development at the leading global professional services firm EY

  • Head of Skills Development at the top Irish business school, the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

  • Several other consulting roles in strategy and talent in Ireland, the UK and the US.  

Brian is a regular speaker at international innovation conferences including, but not exclusive to ITB Berlin, Germany, The Aviation Festival, UK, The International Conference on Tourism Technology, India, EBN Annual Congress, Italy, Host, UK, Travel Tech Israel, Travel Massive Annual Forum, Germany, ICEEfest, Romania.

Brian holds an MBA from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and a BSc in Business Information Systems.

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GLOBALIST, CONNECTOR, INNOVATOR

Clyde Hutchinson, MBA, PhD

Clyde is committed to global innovation and entrepreneurship. He has hands-on experience in the mobility, travel, tourism, bluetech, lifesciences, and sustainability industries across 5 continents.  He leads several international innovation and startup programs and acts as co-lead, Propeller Shannon. He is the founder of Viva Air Labs (Latin America’s first innovation hub for Aviation) Medellín, Colombia.  An experienced mentor and evaluator, he works with:

  • EIC Accelerator

  • BlueInvest

  • EIT Digital

  • EIT Health

  • IRIS

  • Stadia Ventures

  • Enterprise Ireland.

Clyde began his career as an academic researcher working at the University of Cambridge, Imperial College and Tokyo University.

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