Larissa Feeney – From Hospitality Graduate to Trailblazing CEO [Video]

How a career change sparked a digital transformation in the Accountancy sector.

Larissa Feeney‘s journey to becoming the founder and CEO of Kinore, Ireland’s first online, remote-first finance and business services finn, is not a typical one.

Despite never planning to strut a business or become an accountant, Feeney has emerged as a disruptive force in the financial sector.

Feeney’s career journey began in an unexpected place: a first-class honours degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Ulster.

Despite an early aptitude for accountancy, she pursued a career in hospitality, working long hours in bars and restaurants.

This hands on experience instilled in her a deep understanding that every business, at its core, is people first.

Feeney’s transition into finance started in an unconventional way, as a ‘Director of First Impressions’ (receptionist) with an accountancy firm where she found herself drawn to the world of finance.

After a year, she plucked up the courage to ask her then boss …