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 Operations Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Marie is Chief Operations Officer & 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. Over the course of her career, she has managed over €1.5bn of infrastructure investments and raised over €2.5bn of equity and debt capital.

Prior to NTR, Marie was Senior Director of Strategic Planning for Élan Corporation plc and was previously an Audit & Corporate Finance Manager at Arthur Andersen. 

Marie is an independent non-executive director of daa plc, the Irish state-owned international airport and travel retail group with businesses in 16 countries. She is chair of the Finance Committee and serves on the Audit and Risk Committee and the Strategic Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee. She is also an independent non-executive board director and chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Staycity Group, one of Europe’s leading aparthotel operators. 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. 

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Galway and a Master of Accounting from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. She is a fellow of Chartered Accountants 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.

Darragh Brennan

Corporate Finance Manager

Darragh joined NTR in 2022 as Corporate Finance Manager. He is responsible for supporting the design of NTR fund propositions and fundraising activities, as well the ongoing monitoring of project, fund, investor and NTR group performance.

Prior to joining NTR, Darragh worked with an Irish videogame studio, WarDucks, as its Financial Controller. Before that, Darragh was a Corporate Finance Manager with Focus Capital Partners, a boutique corporate finance firm based in Dublin. Whilst there, he worked on a number of equity raising, debt financing and M&A engagements across multiple industries. 

Darragh is a Chartered Accountant (ACA). He completed his accountancy training in the Insurance Department of PwC Dublin’s Assurance Practice. He also holds a Diploma in Corporate Finance from Chartered Accountants Ireland and a BComm from University College Cork.

Caroline Browne

Senior Financial Accountant

Caroline joined NTR in 2021 and is responsible for managing the accounting, financial reporting requirements, audit and tax compliance activities of NTR fund project companies, along with supervising the third-party accounting service providers.

Prior to NTR, Caroline was Manager, Audit and Assurance, Financial Services at Deloitte, where she trained as an accountant. Caroline’s experience at Deloitte focused on investment funds and structured finance entities. In addition, Caroline spent two years as part of Deloitte’s Global Audit Transformation team in the Florida, developing and rolling out their new audit platform across the US.

Caroline is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) with nearly four years post qualification experience. She also holds a first-class honours degree in Business Studies and French from Trinity College Dublin.

Sharon Crowley

Finance Operations Manager

Sharon joined NTR in 2021 and manages the financial operations function (back-office processes, financial accounting, financial reporting, audit, and tax compliance) for NTR group companies, including NTR fund companies.

Prior to NTR, Sharon was Finance Manager with Avolon, the world’s third largest aircraft lessor, playing a key role in the running of the organisation’s financial operations.  Sharon previously held finance roles with Bank of Ireland, Capita Financial Administrators (Ireland) Ltd, MKO Partners, and Airtricity.

Sharon is a qualified ACCA Accountant and holds an honours Degree in Law from University College Cork.

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.

Kevin Harrington

Associate Director, Asset Management

Kevin joined NTR in 2022 and is responsible for the safe and environmentally compliant operation of NTR’s renewable assets, while minimising risk and maximising returns for investors.

Kevin has 14 years’ experience working within the Irish energy sector, where he has held various technical and managerial roles within the Irish Utility, ESB.  

Prior to joining NTR, Kevin was an Area Manager in ESB Networks, responsible for managing operations, maintenance, and distribution network connections, whilst maximising continuity of electricity supply for over 160k residential and commercial customers through a team of almost 100 staff.  Kevin previously held various asset engineering, project management and managerial roles across several of ESB’s generating stations, including Ardnacrusha Hydro Power station where he project managed the complete refurbishment and lifetime extension of a 1920’s Unit, guaranteeing it’s life for future generations; and Moneypoint where he was responsible for optimising the safe and environmentally compliant generation of 900MWs of coal fired generation, transforming availability and reliability levels of its emissions abatement equipment.

Kevin holds a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration (MBA), both from the University of Limerick.

Kevin Haughey

Investment Analyst

Kevin joined NTR in 2022 as an Investment Analyst where he is responsible for valuation and financial modelling for wind, solar PV and energy storage opportunities, along with supporting the investment team on the identification and acquisition of projects.

Kevin began his career with Aberdeen Standard Investments as a performance analyst before moving to Yew Grove REIT in 2020, where he forecasted, budgeted and reported on Yew Grove’s office and industrial portfolio (c. €170m) and provided cash flow/valuation analysis on prospective purchase and forward funding projects.

Kevin holds a BSc. in Mathematics & Physics from the University of St Andrews and a MSc. in Quantitative Economics from the Sorbonne in Paris.

Michael Hickey

Financial Accountant

Michael joined NTR in 2022 and is responsible for managing the accounting, financial reporting requirements, audit and tax compliance activities of NTR fund project companies, along with supervising third-party accounting service providers.

Prior to NTR, Michael worked within the finance function of Thermo Fisher Scientific, a contract development manufacturing organisation providing services to pharmaceutical companies, where he was responsible for financial reporting and compliance activities.  Michael trained as an accountant within the Financial Services Audit department of KPMG and his experience at KPMG focused on investment funds and treasury entities.

Michael is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) with nearly two years post qualification experience.  He also holds an honours degree in Commerce from University College Cork.

Áine Higgins

ESG & Risk Manager

Áine joined NTR in 2021 and is responsible for Environment, Social and Governance topics with a focus on delivering sustainable business practices at both an enterprise level and through NTR’s investment funds.  Áine is also responsible for all aspects of risk management, risk appetite and associated controls within NTR. 

Prior to joining NTR, Áine was Head of Environment, Quality, Health and Safety for Siemens Limited, and led the Zero Harm culture programme focusing on employee wellbeing, safety culture, impact on environment and contribution to society.  She has extensive experience in safety, environmental compliance, and governance system development, and has designed and implemented certified environment, energy, safety and quality systems for sales, service and construction projects including wind farms and substations.  Áine was responsible for implementing the Siemens compliance system covering anti-bribery and anti-corruption measures which was recognised as best in class by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. 

Áine holds a Bachelor and Master of Science from University College Cork; a Master of Business Administration, a diploma in Corporate Governance and a diploma in Organisational Change and Transformation from UCD Smurfit Business School.  She also holds a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors.  Áine is a non-executive board director at Producer Register Limited and the Irish Electrical Benevolent Association.

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.

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). 

Francisco Javier del Rio de Pablo

Associate Director – Power Sales Europe

Francisco joined NTR in 2022 as Associate Director – Power Sales Europe.  He is an Industrial Engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the energy sector and an expert in power trading, origination, negotiation and contracting of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), management of financial hedges associated with energy markets, and energy supply to end consumers.  Francisco will collaborate with the Investment and Asset Management Teams on PPAs, balancing and BESS revenue optimisations, and will also work closely with the Asset Management Team on opportunities to maximise revenue from our existing assets and power price risk management strategy.

Prior to joining NTR, Francisco was an independent advisor to renewable independent power producers, developers and large energy consumers to structure, originate and negotiate PPAs.  Some of his previous roles include advising on c.500MW of PV PPAs in the Iberian market; leading the setup of commercial operations, bidding strategy, power hedging and settlement for Remica Comercializadora, the Spanish gas and power retailer; Commercial Director at ContourGlobal where he set up energy management operations to manage a 10-year PPA associated with an 800MW CCGT; responsibility for optimising power sales in the wholesale and ancillary markets; and he and his team negotiating amendments to the eight 15-year PPAs with CocaCola Hellenic for the heat and power supply from a fleet of co-generation (gas engines) to bottling plants throughout Europe and Nigeria. Francisco started his career at Enel and E.ON Spain, where he worked in various different positions within the energy management arena.

Francisco holds a Master degree in Industrial Engineering by Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI – ICADE, Madrid, and has studied Risk Management at Club Español de la Energía, Madrid, and Quantitative Finance and Derivative Valuations at Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles, Madrid.

Fiona Kavanagh

Finance Manager

Fiona joined NTR plc in 2011 and has held a variety of roles across NTR plc since joining the company. She has supported over €400 million of project acquisitions and €650 million of project debt finances including the €350 million portfolio level refinancing of NTR Wind 1 LP assets in 2020.

Fiona has held the role of Commercial Finance Manager since November 2021 working with both the Investment Team and the Construction and Asset Management Teams, on a range of project related matters including support for new acquisitions and project financing, financial and tax due diligence, tax structuring, derivatives, budgeting, and monitoring of financial performance of assets under management.

Fiona is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and holds BA in Economics and Social Studies (BESS) from Trinity College, Dublin. 

Siobhan Keane

Accounts Payable Manager/Assistant Accountant

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.

Gonzalo Laserna

Program Manager

Gonzalo joined NTR in 2022 and is responsible for pre-construction and construction of solar projects and supporting the technical due diligence of acquisitions.

Gonzalo is an experienced program manager with over 10 years’ experience managing technical due diligence, competitive tenders, contracts and construction activity of solar projects, including grid connections, which has given him a detailed understanding of the processes, tools and standards required for the timely delivery of high quality assets. 

During his career, Gonzalo has worked for Gehrlicher Solar, Lightsource, ReneSola and Metka-EGN providing services in the Spanish, British, Italian and German markets.   

Gonzalo holds a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science from Universidad Autonoma Madrid, MSc Environmental Management from Caledonian University and Project Management Certification from Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Projekmanagement e.V.. 

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.

Tim McGovern

Finance Analyst

Tim joined NTR in 2021 as a Financial Analyst where he supports the Banking & Investor Reporting Manager in bank/investor reporting and project model management.

Prior to joining NTR, Tim worked in investment banking at Madison Global Partners in the USA, focusing predominately on capital raises.  On returning to Ireland, he held the role of Senior Financial Accountant for SEI Investments, servicing a €20bn private equity fund.

Tim holds a BA in Economics & Finance from DIT, has completed Chartered Financial Analyst level 1 exams and has a Diploma in Python Programming.  Tim also holds a number of US Securities licenses. 

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.

Ayo Olabimtan

Investment Manager

Ayo joined NTR in 2019, he works alongside the 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.

David O’Leary

Program Manager

David joined NTR in 2022 and is responsible for pre-construction and construction of onshore wind projects and supporting the technical due diligence of acquisitions.

David is an experienced program manager with over 10 years’ experience managing the construction of wind projects across Ireland, Great Britain and Finland, both on behalf of turbine manufacturers and utility project owners.  During his career, David has previously worked in Enercon, Nordex and Irish utility ESB.  David has significant experience in all aspects of wind project construction and connecting grid-lines, including contracts management, civils works, turbine delivery and installation, as well as commissioning, and has worked on projects of varying sizes including a number of complex projects of significant scale with multiple turbines totalling over 100MW each. 

David holds BEng (civil engineering) degree from National University of Ireland, Galway. 

Hugh O'Leary

Senior Investment Associate

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.

Karina Ronan

Asset Manager

Karina is responsible for asset management and optimisation of a number of NTR’s wind farms and a Battery storage facility. 

Over the course of 15 years, Karina has worked in asset management and maintenance both in conventional power (combined cycle gas turbines) and the Irish transmission system (400 kV, 275 kV, 220 kV, 110 kV lines, stations, and cables). She was responsible for developing maintenance policies and standards for the Irish transmission system and the creation, implementation, and prioritisation of the annual transmission maintenance plan. She has managed complex outage and overhaul planning, maintenance management and environmental, health and safety programs. She was responsible for developing the 2021-2025 asset refurbishment program for Irish transmission assets for over €150 million. She has also project managed the connection of large transmission customers (interconnector, generation, and demand) from project initiation, design, construction, and commissioning. 

Karina holds a B.Eng from Dublin City University and a diploma in asset management from the Institute of Asset Management.

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.

Brian Tiernan

Senior Investment Associate

Brian joined NTR in 2021 as a Senior Investment Associate working on deal structuring, due diligence and managing deal processes for investments. 

Brian has 15 years’ experience in financial services, with the most recent six years specialising in renewables such as wind, solar, storage and bioenergy investment opportunities in Italy, Ireland and the UK.

Prior to joining NTR, Brian worked for renewable energy advisory firm Fincovi on buy/sell mandates, valuations and debt financing.

Previously, Brian worked at Solar 21 which invested in solar, anaerobic digestion, biomass and energy-from-waste renewable energy assets in Italy and the UK.  He also worked at Northern Trust, JP Morgan, PFPC and Citco in Ireland, Scotland and Canada.

Brian holds a MSc in Sustainable Energy Finance and a BA Business Studies from Dublin City University.

David Todd

Associate Asset Manager

David joined NTR in 2022 as Associate Asset Manager with responsibility for asset-level cybersecurity and communications.  David is also a key contributor to analysis tool development operations within NTR, designing tailored solutions to analyse and improve asset performance, ESG reporting and enhance internal processes. 

David holds an M.Eng in Aero-Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, during which David produced a thesis and software which aimed to improve the understanding of titanium metal to reduce material waste, winning an industry award.

Ross Victory

Investment Analyst

Ross joined NTR in 2022 as an Investment Analyst and his responsibilities include financial modelling and valuation analysis of wind, solar PV, and energy storage opportunities.  Ross will also assist the Investment Team with the identification and acquisition of projects.

Prior to joining NTR, Ross worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in Goodbody Stockbrokers where he worked on debt and equity, strategic advisory and valuation projects.  Ross also previously worked in Bank of Ireland's Global Markets Division and in Mainstream Renewable Power on the Corporate Finance team.

Ross holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin, and a MSc. in Finance degree from Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin.