Speaker Group: Future Infra

Conall Bolger

Conall Bolger is the CEO of the Irish Solar Energy Association. He has nearly two decades of markets and policy experience working across the energy value chain from community and customer site projects to larger scale onshore and offshore wind development. He founded, led, and developed Cornwall Insight’s Irish operations. His international renewables experience includes… Read more »

Brendan Kelly

Brendan is the Head of Commercial at Bord na Móna Renewable Energy and is responsible for developing commercial strategies and full commercialisation of Bord na Móna’s 2GW+ renewable energy development pipeline. He is also leading the diversification strategy for the company specifically in the areas of Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen, Power to X, and Flextech…. Read more »

Bobby Smith

Bobby Smith is Head of Energy Storage Ireland, a representative body for the energy storage industry in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Since 2019, Bobby has worked with ESI members and policy makers to promote the development of energy storage on the island. In previous roles, Bobby worked as Grid Manager in Wind Energy Ireland and… Read more »

Noel Cunniffe

Noel Cunniffe is the CEO of Wind Energy Ireland which is Ireland’s largest renewable energy association and works with a wide range of stakeholders to build understanding and awareness of the benefits of wind and renewable energy. Prior to becoming CEO, Noel led Wind Energy Ireland’s Policy department in driving policy development across all aspects… Read more »

Mark Foley

Mark Foley recently retired from EirGrid Group as Chief Executive in April 2024, where he led a major transformation in the business and organization in a critical period where the State’s climate action ambition was transformed in terms of both policy and legislation. Previously Mark held the role of Managing Director of Land Solution in… Read more »