Keith is originally from the North West of Ireland and now lives in Maynooth in Co Kildare, some 19km west of Dublin. He is married to Sheena and has two kids Jessica (21) and Conor (18).
Keith began his career as a student pilot with the RAF but during his training felt called to ordained ministry. After various periods of study and work in England, Jamaica, the USA and here at Queens University, he became a minister in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland where has served for the past 22 years.
He enjoys walking and golfing and describes his two great passions in ministry as reconciliation and new church development. He is now the minister of Maynooth Community Church, a new Presbyterian Church in Maynooth, Co. Kildare and serves as Chairman of the St Patrick Foundation, a reconciliation ministry based around the life and legacy of St Patrick.