Karly Greene

Karly Greene is Director of Analytical Services at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) leading on technology, dissemination, statistics regulation and corporate services supporting NI government to understand its impact and priorities through evidence.

Prior to that, Karly was a senior civil servant in UK Government leading Northern Ireland’s trade and investment function and the Director of Strategic Development and Partnerships at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, responsible for developing the Arts Council’s strategic corporate and business plans and for research, policy and advocacy, Head of Research and Equality at the NI Housing Executive and Research Director with Quadrangle.

Karly has over fifteen years’ experience across the public, private and not for profit sectors in using research and data to inform strategy, policy and executive decision making. Karly is passionate about using evidence to implement change and demonstrate impact with a focus on equality, social justice and involving customers and underrepresented people in the strategy design process. She is also Vice Chair on the board of Housing Rights and former chairperson of Nexus NI.

As part of the Tourism NI Board, Karly chairs the Marketing Committee and represents Northern Ireland as an observer on the Visit Britain Board.