Kevin O'Loughlin
Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder. Grew up in Rosenallis, Co. Laois, studied at DCU and set up Nostra in 2006. EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2017 and Tech Excellence Person of the Year in 2025.
Leadership
The team that runs Nostra
Three of our founders, alongside the people who lead our regions, finance, security and service.
Leadership team
Who leads Nostra today
Eight people responsible for 340+ colleagues and more than 1,000 client organisations across Ireland and the UK.
Barry O'Loughlin
Chief Operating Officer
Co-founder. Leads operations across Dublin, Cork, Galway and Belfast.
Tony Healy
Managing Director, Nostra South
Leads Nostra in Cork and Munster. Tony spent more than 20 years at Compunet, completing a management buy-out in 2010, and joined Nostra when Compunet became part of the group in 2023.
Gary Melvin
Managing Director, Nostra West
Leads Nostra West from our Galway office, looking after clients from Donegal down to Limerick.
James Casey
Chief Financial Officer
Leads finance across the Nostra group.
Jason Burns
Security & Compliance
Leads our security and compliance services, from NIS2, DORA and GDPR to ISO 27001. Jason spent more than 20 years at Compunet, where he and Tony Healy completed a management buy-out in 2010.
Peter Masterson
Service Director
Responsible for service delivery: our service desk, engineering teams and the day-to-day experience of every client.
Gary Byrne
Sales Director
Co-founder. Leads sales and client relationships across the group.
How we're run
Irish-owned, with long-term backing
Nostra is still led by the people who founded it. Since 2023 we have been backed by Phoenix Equity Partners. In that time six businesses have joined Nostra and we have opened offices in Galway, Cork and Belfast.
Nostra at a glance
- Founded in Dublin in 2006
- 340+ people across four offices
- 1,000+ organisations supported
- Ten acquisitions since 2015
- Backed by Phoenix Equity Partners
Keep reading
More about Nostra
Not sure where to start?
Book a free 30-minute IT health check. We'll tell you what's working, what's at risk and what we'd fix first. No obligation.