Niall Kennedy

Niall Kennedy is an experienced operations and continuous improvement professional, currently serving as Operations Lead, Operational Excellence and MES Lead, and Operational Excellence Manager at AbbVie since November 2019. Previously, Niall held the position of Continuous Improvement Manager at Kerry from September 2014 to November 2019, where responsibilities included developing a production system for European facilities and overseeing continuous improvement initiatives at the Tenbury Wells site. Niall's career began as a Process Engineer and Graduate Engineer at Kerry, focusing on energy optimization and efficiency. Additionally, Niall worked as an Energy Engineer at Phillips 66, conducting compressor performance analysis. Niall's educational background includes an MSc in Management from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, a program from the Irish Management Institute, and an Engineer's Degree in Energy Engineering from University College Cork.