Kieran Hanley appointed as NEIA’s Executive Director

For Immediate Release
December 29, 2016

Kieran Hanley has been appointed the Executive Director of NEIA by the association’s Board of Directors.

Kieran joined NEIA in January of 2012 in a Marketing and Communications role, which expanded in 2013 to include Policy Development. Kieran acquired a Certificate in Economic Development from the University of Waterloo in 2016, and is currently pursuing an MBA in Community Economic Development at Cape Breton University. In 2007 Kieran completed a Bachelor of Commerce from Dalhousie University with a Major in International Business. As part of this program, Kieran studied at the Jönköping International Business School in Sweden. Kieran gained extensive policy and communications experience as the Legislative Assistant to a Member of Parliament in Ottawa, and mastered practical marketing skills while owning and operating a small marketing and online publishing business.

Kieran had served as NEIA’s Executive Director in an interim capacity since August, 2016.