Bio

Named as part of '100 women changing Ireland in 2021' - The Irish Examiner Named as one of “Ireland’s rising stars: the 50 ones to watch in 2023” - The Irish Independent Áine was Co-Founder and COO of Kinzen; a technology company helping platforms detect and disrupt misinformation and disinformation. Kinzen was acquired by Spotify in October 2022. She is now a director at Spotify, heading up its Content Safety Analysis team. Previously, Áine led global journalism partnerships at Facebook, overseeing a team in New York focused on building products, tools and services for journalists and also working to improve news literacy for news consumers. She was instrumental in helping to create and execute on the Facebook Journalism Project and led the creation of the News Integrity Initiative (NII). Before Facebook, she spent five years at Storyful, where she served as head of content and political editor before being appointed managing editor in December 2011 at the time of the company’s acquisition by News Corporation. Áine spent over seven years working as a political correspondent and news reporter with The Irish Times, The Irish Independent and The Irish Examiner. Áine is a board member with Gaisce; the President of Ireland's Award and is the chair of the Shona Project. In 2018, she graduated as a Fellow of the Sulzberger Leadership Program in Columbia University in New York City. She has a Bachelor of Education (B’ED) and a Masters of Journalism (MAJ) with Dublin City University [DCU]. She has certificates with Cornell University and Harvard University in financial accounting and project management, completed an Advanced Diploma in Leadership and Executive Coaching with Kingstown College and two Professional Diplomas in Management and Organisational Transformation with Institute of Management (IMI). She is currently completing a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with an expected graduation in Autumn 2023. She was awarded Woman of the Year in Media 2018 by Irish Tatler Magazine and won the VIP Eir Power of Women award in 2022 for digital and technology. Her Alma Mater DCU recognised her with an Alumni Award in 2020. She has spoken at major conferences and events world over. She participated in the 2019 Going for Growth programme sponsored by Enterprise Ireland and KPMG. She is host of RTÉ's Reignite on RTÉ Radio One (three seasons - 2020, 2021, 2022) and is the occasional stand-in host of RTÉ's The Business on Saturday mornings. Àine is a judge with News Brands Ireland, Local Journalism Awards, UCD Business Awards.