About Active Peers AI & Team
Who We Are
Active Peers AI is built by a team combining deep expertise in learning & development, hands-on experience running impactful programmes and events, and strong capability in building and adapting technology to fit every learning journey.
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What we bring to every ecosystem

- Experience: We know what works from delivering similar ecosystems in diverse contexts
- Vision: We help partners see what a new, more impactful solution could look like - beyond traditional training
- Responsiveness: We quickly configure participant and stakeholder portals, dashboards, and journeys to meet your needs
- Full in-house delivery: From journey design and content to technology and events, we deliver every stage ourselves

Susan Hayes Culleton
Founder
Susan HayesCulleton, CFA, “The Positive Economist” is managing director of the Hayes Culleton Group, with clients across Europe and the USA. The businesses include Active Peers AI which unlocks, diffuses and records tacit strategic knowledge within networks and #SavvyTeenAcademy which manages the entire experience of teenage work experiences in corporate organisations.
The company also provides training, speaking and content development services in the subject areas of the financial markets, economics and entrepreneurship. Susan has published “Money Matters”, a textbook sponsored by CFA Society Ireland, to go into every secondary school in Ireland to promote and democratise financial literacy right across the country. She has twice co-authored “Positive Economics”, the market-leading Leaving Cert economics textbook in Ireland. She is also the author of two books published by Penguin, The “Savvy Woman’s Guide to Financial Freedom” and “The Savvy Guide to Making More Money”.
Susan is co-founder of The Positive Economist, Associate Lecturer at
Ulster University, host of Fantastic Female Fridays and the ESG & Tech Show, and the sole presenter of the Savvy Women Online podcast. She serves on the boards of the Irish International Business Network and the Ireland Hong Kong Business Forum. Susan holds a Chartered Financial Analyst charter, MSc Executive Leadership, BSc Financial Maths and Economics and a Diploma in Taxation.

Ardle Culleton
Founder
Ardle Culleton is the chairman, director and co-founder of the Hayes Culleton Group. Ardle is a Qualified Financial Advisor(QFA) with the Institute of Bankers, a director at Sleepzone Hostels and a shareholder at Gillen Markets.
Ardle has thirty years’ experience in the financial industry, is an avid stock market investor, faciliated a range of investment clubs across the country and is an expert in the life and pensions industry. He is a member of CFA Society Ireland and holds a Digital Marketing Diploma from Irish Times Training.


