Teneo scandal: Who is Declan Kelly?

One of Ireland's top business executives has resigned 

Declan Kelly built Teneo into one of the world’s largest communications and corporate advisory firms counting organisations like FIFA and Coca-Cola amongst their clients.

Born in Portroe, Co Tipperary in 1968, Declan Kelly graduated from NUI Galway and began his career working as a journalist in local media including publications like the Nenagh Guardian and Tipperary Star before becoming a business reporter in the early 90s for the Cork Examiner covering industrial relations.

Former US President Bill Clinton at the Worldwide Ireland Funds dinner at Ballymaloe House in Cork in 2012 with then Funds President Kieran McLoughlin and chief executive and Declan Kelly. Picture Dan Linehan