Caitlín Higgins Ní Chinnéide is Ireland's Consul General to the South Western United States. Immediately prior to this role, Ms. Higgins Ní Chinnéide served as Deputy Head of Mission in Ireland’s Embassy in Mexico.

Ms Higgins Ní Chinnéide joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland in 2012 as Desk Officer for Eastern Europe. Since then she has served in a number of positions including Deputy Director of the UN Policy Unit; Deputy Director of the Conflict Resolution Unit; and Consul in the Embassy of Ireland in Madrid.

Ms. Higgins Ní Chinnéide holds a BA in Modern History and Politics from the University of Oxford, and an MPhil and PhD in Modern Irish History from Trinity College Dublin; she was also called to the Irish Bar in 2014. Ms Higgins Ní Chinnéide hails from Dublin, and is a fluent Irish and Spanish speaker.