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 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, having joined GE in 2002.  Prior to joining GE, Rosheen led the business transformation initiative for Irish utility ESB Power Generation.  

Rosheen is a Director of Grafton Group plc and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland.  Rosheen 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 during this time, including in wind, solar and broader infrastructure subsidiaries, as well as Group Commercial Director.

Prior to NTR, Marie was Senior Director of Strategic Planning for Elan Corporation plc, where she played a pivotal role in that company’s US$2 billion financial restructuring and fundraising programme, and was previously an Audit & Corporate Finance Manager at Arthur Andersen.

Marie is a Non-Executive 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 Ethics and Governance Committee 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.

Manus O’Donnell

Chief Investment Officer

Manus O’Donnell is Chief Investment Officer of NTR plc.  Manus has executed corporate and project level funding transactions for over 1,000MW of wind and solar energy projects across Europe, US and Asia.  

He was most recently CEO of Mainstream Capital and Head of Corporate Finance for Mainstream Renewable Energy and previously, Manus worked in corporate finance at Airtricity for six years, which was part of the NTR Group.  

Manus started his career in investment and corporate banking in London and Dublin. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the Endowment Fund at Trinity College Dublin.  

He holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College Dublin, a M.A. degree in Economics from University College Galway and a MBA from the Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin.

Benoît Amouroux

Investment Manager

Benoît is an Investment Manager and has multiple years of experience in financing sustainable infrastructure projects, focusing primarily on wind and solar renewable energy.  

Prior to joining NTR, Benoît was responsible for project financing for a French wind developer and a Moroccan wind and solar energy developer, where he was instrumental in structuring and financing wind and solar projects in France and North Africa.  Previously, Benoît worked in project financing and risk and insurance consulting in Paris and London with organisations including Unifergie (Credit Agricole Goup) and Marsh. 

Benoît is a graduate of the University of Paris 2 - Panthéon Assas.

Nicola Baker

Office Manager / Assistant Company Secretary

Nicola joined NTR plc in 2000 and is Office Manager and Assistant Company Secretary with 20+ years’ administration experience. 

Nicola has responsibility for ensuring proper recording and governance over NTR’s legal entities. 

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

Alejandro Fernández de la Reguera Benítez

Asset Manager

Alejandro joined NTR in 2018 as an asset manager with extensive experience in wind asset management, having 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 focuses on performance analysis and process improvement, together with project due diligence and management of projects transferring from construction to operations. 

Alejandro holds a Master of Science (Physics) from University of Granada.

Joe Dalton

Asset Management Director

Joe joined NTR plc in 2014 and brings almost 30 years’ experience in conventional and renewable energy, spanning wind, solar, coal, oil and gas turbines.  

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 3000MW 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 is Solar Asset Manager and is responsible for technical due diligence, and asset management of NTR’s solar acquisitions, including site optimisation and risk minimisation.  

Augustin has 10 years’ experience in the energy industry.  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 specialization in renewable energy.

Anthony Doherty

Group Corporate Finance Director

Anthony completed the debt financing of NTR's first Scottish onshore wind farm and directed the sale of 351MW of US operating wind assets. He also successfully led the financing of a number of UK renewable power projects.

Anthony has held executive management roles in bioenergy and renewable power generation businesses across the NTR Group and has extensive environmental technology development and operational experience. Anthony was previously Development Director of Biffa, the leading UK environmental services business and prior to joining NTR worked in leadership positions for a number of companies in a private equity investment portfolio. Anthony also worked in corporate development for CRH plc and started his career with Andersen.

He holds a B.Comm and M.Acc degree from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. 

Ailbhe Elliott

Head of Finance

Ailbhe joined NTR plc in September 2019 as Head of Finance where she is responsible for managing the finance function including all internal and external financial reporting, treasury, cash management, audit, tax and budgeting.

Prior to joining NTR, Ailbhe worked with Vodafone Ireland 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 before moving to Vodafone.

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

Fiona Kavanagh

Finance Manager

Fiona joined NTR plc in 2011 and is Finance Manager reporting to the Group Financial Controller. 

Fiona is a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) with responsibility for financial reporting and analysis and treasury.  Fiona has a BA in Economics and Social Studies (BESS) from Trinity College, Dublin. 

She also holds a Diploma in Human Resource Management from Dublin Business School.

Lisa Hoffmann

Receptionist & Office Administrator

As Receptionist and Office Administrator, Lisa acts as the first point of contact in NTR and both carries out the full spectrum of reception duties and works closely with the Office Manager to provide day-to-day administrative support to the company over a wide range of areas. 

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

Marcus Horgan

Senior Investment Manager

Marcus Horgan has six years’ experience working in the onshore wind and solar sector.  Marcus joined NTR in 2014, where he leads due diligence on potential acquisition targets and co-ordinates due diligence teams alongside negotiating wind turbine supply agreements, construction contracts, project finance, PPAs and assisting with project delivery through construction into operations.

Previously Marcus worked at Mainstream Renewable Power where he acted as Commercial Manger for its 5GW Energy Bridge onshore wind export project. He previously worked as a civil designer for Wind Prospect Scotland on a number of wind farms and helped advance 150MW of projects from greenfield assessment through to planning submission. 

Prior to that, Marcus worked in Morgan Sindall Group in Scotland on a number of road constructions. Marcus commenced his career in AIB Corporate Banking North America managing a number of corporate finance loan books focused on large cap plc’s and the US oil and gas industry. 

Marcus holds a M.Eng. Civil and Environmental Engineering Degree from the University of Edinburgh as well as a BSc. Finance from University College Cork.

Siobhan Keane

Accounts Assistant

Siobhan joined NTR plc in February 2016 as Accounts Assistant.  Prior to joining NTR plc, Siobhan worked in various accountancy practices, giving her a wide range of experience. 

Siobhan is responsible for managing day to day invoicing and payments, weekly reconciliations, and maintaining financial records, providing support to the Finance Team. 

Siobhan graduated from the National College of Ireland in 2006 with a BA in Accountancy and Human Resource Management.

Liam Lyng

Program Manager

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

Liam has eight years’ experience working in the onshore wind and solar sector in development, pre-construction, project financing and construction in Ireland, Chile and South Africa. 

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.

Stephen Manning

Financial Accountant

Stephen is a Financial Accountant with responsibility for financial reporting and analysis. 

Prior to joining NTR,  Stephen worked for ESB Networks as a Revenue and Commercial Accountant and as a Business Partner to Telecoms Services.  Stephen has previous experience as a statutory auditor with Deloitte.

Stephen has a B. Comm International from University College Dublin, and also holds a M.Sc. in International Business from the Smurfit School of Business, UCD

Louise Markey

Financial Reporting Manager

Louise is 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.  

Eamonn Medley

Business Development Director

Eamonn is Business Development Director responsible for origination and investment in wind projects and the delivery of projects under construction.  

Prior to joining the NTR Group in 2004, Eamonn worked for 18 years with a variety of American multinational electronics companies principally in the areas of telecoms, power electronics and over-voltage protection.

Within NTR, Eamonn has worked in a range of business development and operational roles and has been responsible for the development of a number of NTR infrastructure assets.  

Eamonn holds a B-Eng in Electronics, an MSc in Engineering Reliability and a post-graduate diploma in Corporate Governance.

Kevin Moran

Asset Manager

Kevin joined NTR plc in July 2015 as Projects Engineer. 

Kevin has ten years’ experience in the global energy industry, working as a commissioning engineer throughout Europe and Middle-East.  Kevin began his career with ESB International during which time he progressed from Junior Project Engineer to resident Mechanical/Electrical Engineer on gas turbine overhauls. 

Kevin also spent three years working with Oilfield Solutions as a Commissioning Engineer on Gas-Turbine Engines offshore. 

Kevin holds a B-Eng degree in Electrical and Control Systems Engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology.

Geoff O'Brien

Corporate Finance Manager

Geoff joined NTR 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. Before that, 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

Investment Analyst

Ayo is 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 as Risk & Operations Officer where he is responsible for managing and controlling all aspects of risk and compliance for the NTR plc group and its funds.

Prior to joining NTR, Hugh worked in various Risk 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 plc 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 several years’ experience working in the utility scale solar and battery energy storage sectors across the UK and Ireland.

John graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and holds a Masters in Energy Management.

Matthew Reast

Senior Analyst

Matthew joined NTR in 2018 and is responsible for project due diligence, valuation and financial modelling and executing project financings in Wind and Solar PV opportunities in our target markets.  Matthew has over 15 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

Associate Director - Investments

Kevin joined NTR plc in 2011, and since joining has been responsible for evaluating and structuring its wind investments in Europe and managed the sale of NTR’s Greenstar North America recycling business.  

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.

Martin Sweeney

Program Manager

Martin joined NTR plc in October 2015 as Program Manager and is responsible for pre-construction and construction of the onshore wind projects.

Martin has 13 years’ experience of onshore and offshore wind farm development and construction in the Ireland and the UK and during his career has overseen the development of over 160 MW.

Martin holds a Bachelor of Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Ulster and Post Graduate Diplomas in both Project Management and Construction Law.

Kieran Tubridy

Senior Asset Manager

Kieran joined NTR plc in July 2016 as Asset Manager, where he is responsible for operational assets in Ireland and the UK. 

Kieran has 12 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 in the UK; an MSc in Opto-Electronics from Queens University, Belfast; and a BSc in Experimental Physics from NUI Galway. 

Raúl Yadav

Assistant Accountant

Raúl joined NTR plc in December 2019 as an Assistant Accountant with responsibility for financial reporting, treasury and analysis.

Prior to joining NTR, Raúl worked for EisnerAmper Ireland specialising in statutory audit, regulatory compliance, accounting and advisory services. Raúl has over 13 years of experience working within the financial services, accountancy and telecom sectors.

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 three professional diplomas; Project Management (Griffith College Dublin), Financial Advice (Institute of Banking) and Investment & Capital Markets (Dublin Business School).