About Us
The Board
The Marine Renewables Industry Association Ltd is a company registered in the Republic of Ireland (CRO no: 468863; VAT no: 946655 I). The company deals with the corporate business (e.g. providing support to the Council - see below) of MRIA on a not-for-profit basis. The shares are held by the Directors who serve on the Board without fees, dividends or any other form of remuneration. The Board members are:
Chairman: Peter D Coyle
Secretary: Dr Raymond Alcorn
Joint Treasurers: John Keating & Dr Valerie Cummins
The Council
The Council is drawn from the Members and consists of firms and organisations who pay an annual membership fee to MRIA Ltd . It is the sole policy making body of the MRIA.
Members of the Council
Peter D Coyle, Chairman of MRIA, provides an executive service to MRIA; former Executive Director of Enterprise Ireland. www.mria.ie
Dr Raymond Alcorn, Secretary of MRIA, CEO and founder of Exceedence Ltd www.exceedence.com
John Keating, Joint Treasurer of MRIA, CEO of Evanna Project Solutions Ltd and co-founder of Exceedence Ltd www.evanna.ie
Dr Anne Marie O'Hagan, Assistant Secretary of MRIA, Senior Research Fellow at the MaREI Centre www.marei.ie
Eoin McPartland, Offshore Manager, Energia Ltd www.energia.ie
Rebecca Greene, PWC, Energy, Utilities and Resources Tax Director, PwC Ireland www.pwc.ie
Brendan Cahill, Director of Development Europe, ORPC www.orpc.co
John Doran, Atlantic Technological University www.atu.ie
Robert O' Rourke, Leahill Port
Conor Mowlds, Chief Commercial Officer, Port of Cork, www.portofcork.ie
John Begley, Project Manager, Europeane Marine Energy Centre, www.emec.org.uk
Pat Brennan, Deputy CEO and Director, Doyle Shipping Group www.doyleshipping.ie
Michael McCarthy, CEO MMC Port Marine Ltd, https://marine-ireland.ie/node/354
Peter Lefroy, Project Director, RWE Renewables, www.rwe.com
Neil Harrison, Operations Manager, www.brydencentre.com
Simon de Pietro, Director DP Energy Ltd; Co-President Ocean Energy Europe, www.dpenergy.com
Maureen de Pietro, Director DP Energy Ltd
Cormac Gebruers, DP Energy Ltd
Adam Cronin, Head of Offshore, DP Energy Ltd
Dr Jimmy Murphy, Principal Investigator and Lead of the Lir National Ocean Test Facility www.marei.ie
Gillian Bruton, Centre Manager - MaREI Centre
Coim de Burca, Manager, Technology Innovation Unit, ESB www.esb.ie
Ciaran McManus Head of Offshore Wind Development ESB
John Breslin, CEO BlueWise Marine, www.bluewisemarine.ie
Charlotte O'Kelly, CEO Techworks Marine https://techworks.ie/
Garrett Connell, 'Oriel Wind Park' Project Manager, Parkwind www.parkwind.eu
Leo Quinn, Senior Offshore Development Manager, www.mainstreamrp.com
Alex McClean, Partner, Arthur Cox Solicitors, www.arthurcox.com
Danielle Conaghan, Partner, Arthur Cox Solicitors
Jacinta Conway, Partner, Arthur Cox Solicitors
Martin Sweeney, SSE, www.sseairtricity.com
Karen O'Reilly, Policy Analyst, SSE
National Maritime College of Ireland, www.mtu.ie
Andrea Phillips, Chief Commercial Officer, X Ocean https://xocean.com
Michael Lewis, Regulatory and Engineering Manager. X Ocean
Sam Roch-Perks, Chief Executive Simply Blue Group, www.simplyblueenergy.com
Dr Val Cummins, Joint Treasurer of MRIA, Emerald Project Managing Director and Director at Simply Blue Group, www.simplyblueenergy.com
Patricia Comiskey, Consenting and Government Relations Manager, Simply Blue Group
Georgina Foley, Business Development Manager, Exceedence www.exceedence.com
Louis Wildenboer, Senior Planning and Development Manager, Ocean Winds www.oceanwinds.com
Dave Ronayne, CEO Mainport Holdings www.mainport.ie
Vanessa O'Connell, Head of Inis Offshore WInd www.inisoffshorewind.ie
Kieran Ivers, Group CEO, Green Rebel Marine Group, www.greenrebel.ie
Barrie McMullin, Flotation Energy www.flotationenergy.com
Jamie Ritchie, Partner, LK Shields solicitors, www.lkshields.ie
Stephen Nolan, Community Officer, Bord na Mona, www.bordnamona.ie
Michael O'Boyle*, Mayo County Council www.mayococo.ie
Kerrie Sheehan*, Head of Research and Technology www.seai.ie
Liam Curran* Senior Technologist at Enterprise Ireland and Lead of the Irish Marine Industry Network www.enterprise-ireland.com
Sue Barr*, Chairperson, UK Marine Energy Council
* Observers
Any name above in plain font (i.e. no use of italics) indicates that the person is a substitute member of the Council
Corporate Governance and Privacy Policies
Corporate Governance (note: the Board plans to review and update as neccessary the Corporate Governance Policy shortly)
MRIA Corporate Governance Policy
Privacy Policy