Aoife Kelly-Desmond is the CEO of Community Law & Mediation (CLM) an independent community law centre and charity, working since 1975 with communities impacted by disadvantage and inequality. Aoife previously worked as Managing Solicitor at Mercy Law Resource Centre and as a solicitor in A&L Goodbody and Matheson, where she advised commercial entities, in particular financial institutions, and public bodies on investigations, regulatory matters and complex litigation and disputes. Aoife is a member of the Law Society of Ireland, a graduate of University College Cork and has completed post-graduate programmes in law and business disciplines with Queen Mary, University of London, the Leicester Castle Business School, DeMontfort University of Leicester, and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.