NTR Appoints Director Of New NTR Foundation
October 07 2009
Tanya Harrington has been appointed as Director of the new NTR Foundation. The mission of the NTR Foundation is to address the challenges posed by climate change, resource sustainability and security of energy supply through the provision of targeted financial and expert support to entrepreneurial projects, research programmes and non-governmental organizations.
In 2008 shareholders in NTR approved the establishment of a Foundation with an initial lump sum of up to €5 million and a further 2.6 million of NTR plc ordinary shares.
A key goal for the Foundation will be to ‘make a real difference’ by having a positive measurable societal impact in the areas of climate change, resource sustainability and security of energy supply.
Tanya Harrington’s professional interests have focused on the areas of energy security, climate change and natural resources policy. Over the last four and a half years, she has acted as an advisor in two Government Departments (the Department of Transport & the Department of Energy, Communications & Natural Resources) specifically in the areas of energy policy and climate change. Prior to this, she worked as Head of Energy for IBEC. Previously, Tanya worked in the Institute of International and European Affairs and the European Commission.
“As Foundation Director, I will set out the strategic priorities for the NTR Foundation across the three thematic areas of climate change, security of energy supply and resource sustainability, identify the programmes to support and allocate and manage those awards,” said Tanya Harrington, NTR Foundation Director. “The Foundation will seek to harness and support innovation and will leverage NTR business expertise to support entrepreneurial projects with the ambition to bring such projects to scale.”
Tanya holds a M.SSc. in European Integration from Queen’s University of Belfast and a B.A. in History & German from University College Dublin.
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About NTR plc
NTR plc, the international renewable energy group, builds and runs green energy and resource-sustaining businesses. Founded in 1978, NTR has evolved from being a developer and operator of infrastructure in Ireland to an international developer and operator of renewable energy (wind, solar and ethanol) and sustainable waste management businesses in the USA, UK, and Ireland. The company employs over 4,100 people.