Aoife Kelly is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Celtonn, an innovative Irish space technology company at the forefront of millimetre wave component design and manufacturing—key enablers for the next generation of 6G communication systems.

As COO and co-founder of this deep tech enterprise, Aoife leads the commercialisation strategy of Celtonn’s cutting-edge technologies. She also oversees operations in the company’s state-of-the-art clean RF laboratory, ensuring manufacturing excellence to rigorous space qualification standards.

Aoife holds qualifications from both Queen’s University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin, and brings over a decade of corporate experience to her leadership role in one of Europe’s most exciting emerging deep tech sectors.