Aidan Connolly was appointed to the Origin Board on 1 October 2021. Aidan is Chief Executive of Cainthus, an Irish agtech start-up using artificial intelligence to deliver data-driven solutions to dairy farms. He is also president of U.S.-based AgriTech Capital, a strategic consulting and investment firm in the agribusiness sector and Non-Executive Director at other companies. Previously, Aidan held multiple senior leadership positions at Alltech over a period of 25 years, most recently in the role of Chief Innovation Officer. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Marketing from the Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin.