Brendan Byrne

Creative Strategist, Catapult Events

Bren Byrne is a creative strategist, director and entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience shaping brand, cultural and experiential work. He has led campaigns, brand platforms and large-scale experiences for organisations including FIFA, IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Norwegian Air, Zurich, Kerrygold, Jameson, Absolut, Heineken and Guinness. In 2009 he co-founded OFFSET, now one of the world’s most respected creative industry festivals, attracting more than 25,000 attendees citywide and 2,500 international creatives annually to its flagship conference in Dublin. He is passionate about creativity’s power to drive cultural and commercial impact.