The Ireland Fund of China : Jan 2006

Bio of Kenneth Val Joyce

Born: Dublin

Education: Blackrock College, University College Dublin, Parnell Square (Journalism), BBC London (TV & Radio Production), RTE Dublin (TV Presentation), TAFE Sydney (Advanced Media Studies), Macquarie Graduate School of Management Sydney (MBA).

Work History: Kenneth’s career has taken him from successful music producer in London, through hosting Dublin’s No. 1 rating radio programme in the 1980’s to Sydney where he hosted the Irish Radio programme.

In Sydney, Kenneth also took his media knowledge behind the scenes, establishing Virtu Advertising to service the Property and Financial Services markets.

Concurrently, Kenneth established and grew Internet Company Metropolis Interactive. By the time he sold the business in March 2000, it had offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and Dublin and employed over 90 people.

Kenneth now lives in Hong Kong where he is Chairman & CEO of Morgan Holdings which has property and media interests in Australia, China, Singapore and Thailand.

Concurrently, he has established and is
Chairman of The Ireland Fund of China.

He is married with one child.
We wish him all the best!