Eoin Kelly

Eoin Kelly is an account manager at Ripple.

He has a strong background in the sporting, corporate, and charity sectors, with a particular focus on sponsorship activation and marketing.

Eoin holds an MSc in Sports Management from UCD, where his research explored the integration of Esports into National Governing Bodies (NGBs) to enhance engagement.

At Ripple he manages major sponsorship activations and marketing campaigns for clients such as SSE Airtricity, Dublin Zoo, and Irish Life Health.

At MindaClient, he led strategic sales and client projects, developing a successful wellbeing partnership programme while before that, at Sports Travel International he has heavily involved with Athletics Ireland.

He also led corporate sales in Ireland for the global charity event Run in the Dark.

 

Previously Listed: Danielle Murray, Alex Malone, Jordan Kochanski, Sarah Murphy, Clara O’Brien, Daniel Cleary, Rachel Cuddy, Anouk Espiasse, Jamie Blanchfield, Sarah Gelletlie, Stephen Gallagher, Rory Cassidy, Ellen Byrne, Luiseach Alexander, Eoin Byrne, Sara McFadden, Jim Flanagan, Megan Ronan, Tiernan Harris, Chloe Farrell, Sophie Doolan, Jack McCarney, Hannah Collins, Heather Downey, Garry Tyler, Val Sizychas, Emma Butler, Eliana Benevento, Lucianne Killeen, Eoin Kelly 

Nominations for 2025

Nominations for this year’s 30 under 30 are now closed and have been significantly oversubscribed. We will open up the nominations for 2026 early next year.

Criteria

The criteria for submission are that the person should be working within the sports industry or in a sponsorship or agency capacity that brings sport to life and that they should have been born in or after 1995.

We are naming one new 30 Under 30 individual in our Sport for Business Morning Bulletin from Thursday, March 20th, 2025

On the morning of Friday, May 23rd, we will gather once more in the offices of PwC to meet in person, share experiences, and forge valuable connections.

We will also examine additional ways to help those nominated enhance their careers and build strong friendships across the sector.

 

 

 

 

 

The Sport for Business Membership comprises over 300 organisations, including all the leading sports and sponsors, as well as commercial and state agencies. 

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