Speakers

Louise McKeever is the Government Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Ireland, leading the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) at Deputy Secretary General level, in the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation. Louise serves as the state’s primary strategic advisor on the digital government agenda. She is responsible for driving the digital transformation of public services and managing national infrastructure frameworks. With over 25 years of experience across ICT, business leadership, and large-scale transformation, Louise has a proven track record of delivering complex, national-scale public sector systems.

In addition to leading on the development and implementation of a number of key strategies such as the national digital and AI strategy, Connecting Government 2030, the Public Service data strategy and the Digital Public Services Plan 2025-2030, as well as Better Public Services as Government CIO, Louise also provides input and support in relation to the digital agenda to Ministers as well as other areas of the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and other Departments. Prior to taking on the role of Government CIO, Louise served as the CIO and Head of Operations for the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine for over 5 years.

Louise holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Business Administration and Information Technology, from University College Dublin (UCD) and a Professional Diploma in Executive Coaching from the Irish Management Institute, awarded, and accredited by University College Cork (UCC).