Our Team

Rosheen McGuckian

Chief Executive Officer

Rosheen was appointed Chief Executive Officer of NTR plc in April 2013.  Since joining NTR in 2008, Rosheen has held a number of leadership positions in NTR including most recently as Group Business Development Director and CEO positions in solar development, energy storage, water treatment and waste management platforms within the group.  

Prior to joining NTR, Rosheen was CEO of GE Money Ireland, the consumer finance division of General Electric. Prior to that, Rosheen led the business transformation initiative for Irish utility ESB Power Generation.    

Rosheen is a Director of Grafton Group plc and construction group Sisk. Rosheen was recently voted as one of the Top 25 in the Global Women’s Power List and Top 50 in the Global Green Fund Power List. She holds a PhD and MA from Dublin City University, and BSc from Trinity College Dublin. 

Marie Joyce

Chief Financial Officer

Marie is Chief Financial Officer of NTR plc. She joined NTR in 2004 and has held various executive financial and commercial roles across the Group internationally during this time, including in wind, solar and broader infrastructure subsidiaries. 

Prior to NTR, Marie was Senior Director of Strategic Planning for Elan Corporation plc, where she played a pivotal role in its US$2 billion financial restructuring and fundraising programme. Marie is a chartered accountant, having trained at Arthur Andersen. 

Marie is a Director of daa plc, the Irish state-owned international airport and travel retail group.  She also serves on the programme board of the MSc. in International Accounting and Analytics at NUI Galway and is a member of the Sustainability Expert Working Group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland.  Marie was formerly Chair of the Board of Make-A-Wish Ireland. 

Marie holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Galway, a Masters in Accounting from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. 

Anthony Doherty

Chief Investment Officer

Anthony originally joined NTR in 2006 and has held executive management roles in renewable power generation and bioenergy businesses across the NTR group.  

Anthony leads the investment team with over 15 years’ experience originating, developing and executing €1.75 billion of wind, solar, energy storage and bioenergy transactions across Europe and North America.  Anthony has managed investment, financing, portfolio management and investment realisation programmes in renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure assets, including NTR's monetisation of its UK recycling platform and US wind assets. In addition to successfully completing transactions, Anthony has extensive greenfield development experience and has managed development and operational teams across Europe and North America.  

Anthony was previously Development Director of Biffa plc, the leading UK listed environmental services business, and prior to joining NTR, worked in leadership positions for an international technology company in a private equity investment portfolio, and in corporate development for CRH plc.  Anthony began his career with Andersen.  

Anthony holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and Master of Accountancy from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Nicola Baker

Office Manager / Assistant Company Secretary

Nicola joined NTR in 2000 and is Office Manager and Assistant Company Secretary with 23 years’ administration experience. 

Nicola has responsibility for ensuring proper recording and governance over NTR’s legal entities, as well as the efficient day-to-day management of the office. 

Prior to joining NTR plc, Nicola worked in PA Consulting Group, GMB Executive Search and Max Keane & Company.

Joe Dalton

Asset Management Director

Joe joined NTR in 2014 as Asset Management Director and brings 34 years’ experience in conventional and renewable energy, spanning wind, solar, coal, oil and gas turbines.  Joe is responsible for the initial construction and long-term operational management of wind and solar assets.

Prior to joining NTR, Joe worked at Mainstream Renewable Power, where he negotiated turbine, balance of plant and EPC contracts for over 500MW of wind, conducted technical due diligence for a range of onshore and offshore wind projects and devised the asset management system for the company.  

Prior to Mainstream, Joe held a number of senior technical roles in Irish utility ESB where he oversaw operational performance and risk management for its 3,000MW power generation fleet, devised and implemented its asset lifetime plans and ran a number of significant programmes to refurbish and retrofit power stations.  

Joe began his career in power generation operations and maintenance.  Joe has particular expertise in grid code requirements and generation technology selection as well as construction and management of wind project assets.  

Joe holds an MSc (Maintenance Management) from Manchester University and a BE Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin.

Augustin de Fautereau

Solar Asset Manager

Augustin joined NTR in 2017 as a Solar Asset Manager, with 14 years’ experience in the energy industry and is responsible for technical due diligence, and asset management of NTR’s solar acquisitions, including site optimisation and risk minimisation.  

Prior to joining NTR, Augustin worked at EDF Energies Nouvelles as Asset Manager, where he managed portfolios of 80MW solar and 80MW wind assets.  Before that he worked as a consulting engineer, where he worked on the construction of a number of projects including nuclear power plants and solar laboratories for Alstom, EDF and Synchrotron Soleil.  

Augustin holds a MSc. in Electrical Engineering from ESME Sudria (French “Grande École”) with a specialisation in renewable energy.  He is fluent a native French speaker and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Ailbhe Elliott

Head of Finance

Ailbhe joined NTR in 2019 as Head of Finance and is responsible for managing the finance function including all internal and external financial reporting, treasury, cash management, audit, tax and budgeting while also supporting fundraising and acquisition activities.

Prior to joining NTR, Ailbhe worked with Vodafone Ireland for 12 years where she held various finance leadership roles including Head of Finance Operations, Consumer Financial Controller, and Financial Planning Manager. 

Ailbhe began her career in KPMG where she completed her training contract and advanced to Associate Director level.

Ailbhe holds a B.Comm from UCD and a Fellowship from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (FCA) and has 22 years PQE.

Alejandro Fernández de la Reguera Benítez

Asset Manager

Alejandro joined NTR in 2018 as an Asset Manager with extensive experience in wind asset management, and is responsible for contract management, performance analysis and process improvement, together with project due diligence and operational management of projects transferring from construction to operations.

Prior to NTR, Alejandro managed maintenance planning, surveillance and technical solutions for over 500MW on behalf of turbine manufacturer Vestas and more recently on behalf of financial investors, Blue Tree Asset Management. 

Alejandro holds a Master of Science (Physics) from University of Granada. Alejandro is a native Spanish speaker and is fluent in English.

Nick Forster

Head of Structured Finance

Nick joined NTR in 2021 as Head of Structured Finance where his responsibilities encompass financial structuring, deal origination and transaction related activities.

Nick was previously a Senior Director at Bayerische Landesbank where over a 10-year term he played a pivotal role in establishing the bank as one of the most active funders in the renewables sector (waste to energy, wind and solar). Operating as lead originator and transactor on a pan European level he closed multiple transactions, contributing significantly to the Bank´s €4bn portfolio.  With 20 years’ experience as a project financier in the City of London Nick has extensive knowledge of different debt instruments; relevant contractual provisions; and has extensive contacts across the European renewables sector. Nick has also been actively engaged in portfolio management and has played a central role in a number of complicated restructurings. Nick´s experience also includes 5 years at PartnershipUK, a PPP unit established by the UK Treasury. He worked closely with DEFRA on its waste to energy programme, as well as bespoke assignments, including the securitisation of €22bn Network Rail debt.  He has also held positions at ING Barings and Austrian investmentbank, CAIB, and co-founded a project finance advisory boutique (Infrastructure Capital Partners).

Nick holds a BA Hons Degree from the University of Keele in Economics and Languages, and is fluent in French, German and Spanish.

Arnaud Ibanez

Senior Investment Manager

Arnaud was previously Investment Manager at Voltalia, a French renewable energy developer with 1.4 GW in operation and construction. Arnaud has been involved in the development and financing of several solar and wind projects in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Prior to Voltalia, Arnaud was at EDF (Electricité de France) in their investment, risk management and energy markets teams and was involved in international brownfield and greenfield projects.

Arnaud holds a Master in International Finance from HEC Paris and graduated from a French Engineering school. Arnaud is a CFA and CAIA Charter holder, two programs dedicated to Investment and Alternative Assets (Infrastructure, Private Equity). 

Fiona Kavanagh

Finance Manager

Fiona joined NTR in 2011, holding a variety of roles since joining and is now the Finance Manager responsible for financial reporting analysis and treasury across the group’s entities in Ireland, UK, France, the Nordics and Jersey.

Fiona is a fellow of the Association of Charted Certified Accountants (ACCA) and has 6 years PQE.  Fiona holds a BA in Economics and Social Studies (BESS) from Trinity College, Dublin and a Diploma in Human Resource Management from Dublin Business School.

Lisa Hoffmann

Receptionist & Office Administrator

Lisa joined NTR in 2019 as Receptionist and Office Administrator.  Lisa acts as the first point of contact in NTR and carries out the full spectrum of reception duties along with working closely with the Office Manager to provide day-to-day administrative support over a wide range of areas. 

Prior to joining NTR, Lisa worked in David Ebbs & Co for over five years in a similar role.

Siobhan Keane

Accounts Assistant

Siobhan joined NTR in 2016 as Accounts Assistant with responsibility for managing day to day invoicing and payments, reconciliations, maintaining financial records, and providing support to the Finance Team. 

Prior to joining NTR plc, Siobhan worked in various accountancy practices, giving her a wide range of experience. 

Siobhan graduated from the National College of Ireland with a BA in Accountancy and Human Resource Management.

Liam Lyng

Associate Director, Construction

Liam joined NTR in 2016 as Program Manager and is responsible for pre-construction and construction of the onshore wind and solar projects.

Liam has 12 years global experience working in the onshore wind and solar sector in development, pre-construction, project financing and construction.Liam has been responsible for the delivery of over 150MW’s of construction projects to date in Ireland, UK, France and Sweden

Prior to joining NTR, Liam worked for Coillte as Project Construction Manager for Sliabh Bawn 58MW Wind Farm. Liam previously worked for Mainstream Renewable Power in a number of roles across, development, project finance, construction and operations across their portfolio in Ireland, Chile and South Africa, including spending two years in Chile as Project Manager on their Aela Joint Venture with Actis.

Liam holds a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering and Masters of Engineering Management (MEM) from University College Dublin.

Louise Markey

Manager - Banking & Investor Reporting

Louise joined NTR in 2017 as Financial Reporting Manager with responsibility for reporting to Project Finance Banks and investors, and project model management.

Prior to joining NTR, Louise held a number of banking roles, most recently in Bank of Ireland, where she managed a portfolio of Project Finance transactions and was involved in the origination of new transactions in the Irish market in sectors including both renewable energy and infrastructure PPP financing.

Louise holds a BA in Finance and MSc in Economics and Financial Risk Analysis from Maynooth University. Louise also holds a Diploma in Corporate Banking Credit and is a Qualified Financial Adviser with the Institute of Banking.

Claire McAteer

Investment Analyst

Claire joined NTR in 2021 as Investment Analyst where she is responsible for valuation and financial modelling for wind and solar PV opportunities in our target markets, and supporting the investment team on the identification and acquisition of projects.  

Prior to joining NTR, Claire worked in the Debt & Capital Advisory team of Deloitte working on new debt and equity raises, refinancing and restructuring transactions for private and publicly listed companies. 

Claire holds a BSc in Economics and Finance from University College Dublin and is a qualified chartered accountant.

Eamonn Medley

Business Development Director

Eamonn originally joined the NTR Group in 2004 and has held numerous senior executive management and director roles.  Eamonn is currently Business Development Director responsible for origination and investment in wind and solar projects and the delivery of projects under construction.  

Eamonn is also NTR’s ESG Lead, responsible for ESG reporting and ensuring that best practices are integrated into each part of the business and at each phase of the investment cycle.

Prior to joining the NTR Group in 2004, Eamonn worked for nearly 20 years with a variety of American multinational electronics companies principally in the areas of telecoms, power electronics and over-voltage protection.

Geoff O'Brien

Corporate Finance Manager

Geoff joined NTR in 2019 as Corporate Finance Manager where he is responsible for group financial modelling, investor portfolio modelling, fundraising support and general investor query management.

Prior to joining NTR, Geoff worked for the Irish utility, ESB, for six years in various roles specialising in commercial analysis, financial modelling, and leading the financial and commercial aspects of negotiations in ESB’s innovation and power generation business units.

Previously, Geoff spent three years as Commercial and Finance Manager with a mobile app development company through a high growth phase.

Geoff started his career on the graduate programme of Diageo. Geoff has completed an Executive MBA from UCD Smurfit Business School in 2019, achieved his CPA accountancy qualification and holds a BEng in Electronic Engineering from UCD.

Ayo Olabimtan

Senior Investment Associate

Ayo joined NTR in 2019 as an Investment Analyst working alongside senior investment managers on financial modelling, deal structuring, due diligence and managing the deal process for investments.

Prior to joining NTR, Ayo worked in the transaction advisory department of EY on M&A and restructuring transactions.

Ayo is a graduate of Accounting and Finance from Griffith College Dublin and a qualified chartered accountant.

Hugh O'Leary

Risk & Operations Officer

Hugh joined NTR in 2019 as Risk & Operations Officer with responsibility for managing and controlling all aspects of risk and compliance for the Group and its funds.

Prior to joining NTR, Hugh worked in various risk-related roles within both AIB and Bank of New Zealand specialising in internal audit, operational risk and enterprise risk management.

Hugh began his career as a fund accountant with Bank of New York Mellon before later completing his chartered accountancy qualifications with EY.

Hugh holds a BA in Business Studies and French, majoring in Accounting and Finance.

John Pollard

Investment Manager

John joined NTR in February 2020 as an Investment Manager responsible for due diligence on potential acquisition targets, co-ordinating due diligence teams, negotiating solar and BESS supply agreements, construction contracts, project finance, PPAs and assisting with project delivery through construction into operations.

John has 8 years’ experience working in the utility scale solar and battery energy storage sectors across the UK and Ireland.

Prior to joining to NTR, John was Investment and Acquisitions Manager for Solar and Storage for the ESB in the UK and Ireland, where he was responsible for the acquisition of over 300MW of solar in Ireland and ESB’s first utility scale battery in the UK.  

John also worked for Mespil Private Equity as Investment and Operations Manager in the UK, responsible for origination, development, and financial appraisal of Mespil’s 200MW UK solar portfolio.

John graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and holds a Masters in Energy Management from Dublin Institute of Technology.

Matthew Reast

Manager - Investment Analytics

Matthew joined NTR in 2018 as Senior Analyst and is responsible for valuation and financial modelling for wind and solar PV opportunities in our target markets as well as project due diligence and executing project financing.  Matthew has over 17 years’ experience in the renewable energy sector.

Prior to joining NTR, Matthew worked with Gaelectric Holdings for nine years as Chief Financial Analyst where he led the financing of a number of United Kingdom and Ireland wind assets, and the development of wind, bioenergy, solar and energy storage projects in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States.

Previously Matthew was a Financial Modeller with Airtricity for six years, which was part of the NTR Group. Matthew has also held positions as a Director with Centrus Advisors and Demand Planner with Cantrell & Cochrane.

Matthew holds a BSc in Mathematics for Management from University of Brighton.

Kevin Ryan

Director - Investments

Kevin joined NTR in 2011 and is responsible for evaluating and structuring its wind investments in Europe.  During this time, Kevin also managed the sale of NTR’s Greenstar North America recycling business for $200 million.  

Kevin has over 15 years’ experience in infrastructure investments, both as an investor and advisor. Kevin has led the acquisition of a number of onshore wind projects across Ireland, the UK and France valued at c. €120 million and has completed the project financing of many of those projects (c. €100 million).

Prior to joining NTR, Kevin worked in KPMG Corporate Finance Dublin, specialising in infrastructure and PPP financing.  Kevin began his career with the Irish National Treasury Management Agency as a risk analyst before later joining the National Development Finance Agency as a financial analyst.  

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from the University of Limerick and a Masters of Business Studies from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Kieran Tubridy

Associate Director, Asset Management

Kieran joined NTR in 2016 and is Senior Asset Manager responsible for operational assets in Ireland and the UK, France and the Nordic Region, and has 13 years’ experience in the energy sector. 

Prior to joining NTR, Kieran worked at ESB where he was Asset Manager for a 292MW pumped storage hydro station at Turlough Hill and 38MW of conventional hydro on the River Liffey.  

Prior to this he worked as Transaction Manager for the sale of a 755MW CCGT power plant in Amorebieta, Spain; Stakeholder and Commercial Manager for ESB’s 384MWs of Operational Wind Assets in Ireland and the UK; and in energy trading on electricity and gas trading strategies where his time there coincided with the implementation of the Single Electricity Market (SEM). 

Kieran began his career at JP Morgan Chase investment bank in London on fixed income and other derivatives.

Kieran holds an MSc. in Renewable Technology from Loughborough University; an MSc in Opto-Electronics from Queens University, Belfast; and a BSc in Experimental Physics from NUI Galway, and is a member of the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) Safety Committee. 

Raúl Yadav

Assistant Accountant

aúl joined NTR in 2019 as Assistant Accountant with responsibility for financial reporting, treasury and analysis.  Raúl has over 13 years of experience working within the financial services, accountancy and telecom sectors.

Prior to joining NTR, Raúl worked for EisnerAmper Ireland specialising in statutory audit, regulatory compliance, accounting and advisory services.

Raúl holds an Honours degree in Accounting and Finance from Liverpool John Moores University and is a Qualified Financial Adviser (QFA) and Licentiate of Institute of Banking.  He also holds diplomas in Project Management (Griffith College Dublin), Financial Advice (Institute of Banking) and Investment & Capital Markets (Dublin Business School).