Aidan Connolly
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| Citizenship | Irish |
| Education | MSc in International Marketing |
| Alma mater | Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin |
| Occupation | Business executive Agricultural technology strategist |
| Known for | Leadership roles at Alltech and Cainthus |
Aidan Connolly is an Irish business executive and agricultural technology strategist. He has held senior leadership roles at the animal nutrition company Alltech, where he served as chief innovation officer, and was chief executive of the Irish dairy technology company Cainthus.[1][2] In 2021, Connolly was appointed a non-executive director of Origin Enterprises.[3]
Education
Connolly earned a master's degree in international marketing from the Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin.[4]
Career
Alltech
Connolly began working for the animal nutrition company Alltech in the early 1990s, holding positions in Ireland, France, Brazil and the United States.[5] From 2002 to 2008, he was vice-president of Europe for the company.[1] In 2014, he was appointed chief innovation officer, overseeing the commercialisation of research and corporate account strategy.[6] Connolly is a nephew of Pearse Lyons, Alltech's founder.[7]
Cainthus
In 2019, Connolly became chief executive of Cainthus, an Irish agri-technology company using computer vision technology for livestock monitoring.[8] He left the role in 2022.
AgriTech Capital
Since 2022, Connolly has led AgriTech Capital, a consultancy and investment firm in the agribusiness sector.[4]
Other activities
Connolly is an adjunct professor of marketing at University College Dublin and China Agricultural University.[1] He has served on the boards of the International Feed Industry Federation and the National Chicken Council.[1]
Publications
Connolly has written and co-written books on business strategy, including 2-1-4-3 and Plan Your Explosive Business Growth – As Simple as 2-1-4-3, the latter with his wife Kate Phillips Connolly.[7] He also authored The Future of Agriculture, published by Irish Farmers Monthly.[5]
Recognition
Connolly has been accepted into the Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives.[9] Irish Farmers Monthly described Connolly as "something of a futurologist when it comes to agriculture" and the technologies likely to shape the sector.[10] He has been profiled in Irish America magazine and has spoken at industry conferences including The Vision Conference.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "20 minutes with Aidan Connolly". Irish Farmers Journal. 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "Aidan Connolly leaves Alltech". FeedNavigator. 19 August 2019.
- ↑ "Origin Enterprises appoints new non-executive director". Agriland. 20 August 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Aidan Connolly". The Currency. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Future of Agriculture". Irish Farmers Monthly. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Alltech appoints Aidan Connolly as Chief Innovation Officer". Canadian Poultry Magazine. October 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Books". The Irish Times. 12 January 2019.
- ↑ "Cainthus CEO Aidan Connolly". Think Business. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Forbes Technology Council". Forbes. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "A view of the future". Irish Farmers Monthly. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Speaker Profile: Aidan Connolly". The Vision Conference. 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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