Glen Killane joined the EBU in August 2018 as Deputy Director of Eurovision Sport, stepping up to the role of Executive Director of Eurovision Sport in June 2020. He is a member of the EBU Senior Leadership Committee (SLC).

From 2016 to 2018, Glen was Managing Director of Eir Sport and Eir TV, owned by Irish Telco Eir, where he led the launch of their OTT pay sports business and ran the company’s IPTV platform, before exiting upon the successful sale of the company.

He was Managing Director of RTE Television from 2010 until 2016, during which time he was elected Chair of the EBU Television Committee.

From 2004 to 2010 he was Group Head of RTE Sport. Previously, he worked for ITV in London as Editor of Live Football and held various editorial and executive producer/director roles in RTE Sport.

Since taking over leadership of EBU Sport, Glen has overseen the successful Olympic Rights acquisition (2026 -2032) along with several other significant rights acquisitions, the launch of the Eurovision Sport Platform and a restructuring of the department.

Glen is a voluntary member of the Sport Ireland, Women in Sport Advisory Committee. Women’s sports have been a particular focus for the acquisition team, along with pushing new technological advances such as the use of AI commentary on the Eurovision Sport Platform.

Born in Dublin in Ireland, Glen was educated at Trinity College Dublin where he gained a degree in English Literature, and he holds a Masters degree in Journalism from Dublin City University. Glen and his wife Fiona have four children.