We are delighted to invite Kingsley Aikins, a renowned authority in Ireland on business networking, to address MBAAI members and guests in the RDS Members Club at 6.30pm on Wednesday, 29th October 2025.

Dublin-born, Kingsley is an Economics and Politics graduate of Trinity College Dublin who has lived and worked in six countries around the world. He returned to Ireland in 2011 and established The Networking Institute.

For ten years he worked for The Irish Export Board and IDA Ireland and was based in Sydney. While there he established The Lansdowne Club – now one of the biggest Irish business networks in the world. He then ran Ireland’s largest diaspora organisation, The Ireland Funds, based in Boston. During his 21 years with The Ireland Funds over a quarter of a billion dollars was raised for projects of Peace, Culture and Charity in Ireland. He, with his colleague, Dr. Martin Russell, established The Diaspora Institute and they  have worked with over 50 countries, regions and cities around the world helping them develop strategies to engage with their diasporas. Their objective is to position Ireland as the leading country in the world for diaspora engagement.

Kingsley is a former Trinity, Irish Universities, Vichy (France) and Leinster rugby representative. In 2012 he was awarded a CBE for his work on British-Irish relations.

This event is free to members, who may bring a guest. Note you must log in when booking to avail of free entry.