Our People

Donagh Collins

• donagh.collins@askonasholt.com

• Location

  London

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Born in Dublin in 1974, Donagh moved to London in 1999 to work at Askonas Holt, starting as an Administrator in our Tours & Projects Department and subsequently managing that department. Donagh joined Askonas Holt’s Board of Directors in 2007, and took over as Chief Executive in 2014. In 2022, after entering our alliance with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Donagh also assumed the role of Chief Executive at our sister company Opus 3 Artists, and sits ex officio on the Board of SFCM. Donagh studied piano and cello at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and subsequently studied Mechanical Engineering at University College Dublin. A passionate advocate of youth orchestras, Donagh was in turn a member, manager and director of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, and later served two terms as Trustee of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Donagh is Chair of West Cork Music, a charity based in Bantry, Ireland, which manages the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, the West Cork Literary Festival and Masters of Tradition, a festival dedicated to Irish folk and traditional music. He is married to Ellara Wakely, and lives in London with their three lovely children, Orla, Úna and Ruairí.