We have consented 3,450 MW of offshore projects in England and Scotland. In England, SMart Wind, our joint venture with Siemens consented 3,000 MW. In 2015, it was sold to Danish utility, Ørsted. Our fully consented Neart na Gaoithe offshore project in Scotland (450 MW) was sold to French utility, EDF Group in 2018. Neart held a 15-year inflation linked Contract for Difference.
Elsewhere, we developed and sold a wind farm in Ireland to furniture retailer, IKEA Group.
Andy Kinsella is a veteran of the industry with over 30 years' experience globally having held leadership positions across a range of world-leading energy companies in the US, Asia and Europe. He joined Mainstream in 2008 and held a number of key positions including CEO of its Offshore business before being appointed Group CEO in 2016. Andy was appointed to Mainstream’s Board of Directors in 2008.
Andy led Mainstream’s offshore division to the successful sale of its 4,000 MW Hornsea zone to Danish utility, Ørsted in August 2015. He also led in the sale of the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to EDF Group in May 2018.
He is a former member of the Renewable Industry Advisory Board, International Energy Agency, Paris, and the Independent Committee on Climate Change, London. Andy has over three decades of experience in the global electricity sector in senior management positions with ESB, ESBI, Siemens and GE. He is a graduate of University College Dublin (B.Eng. Electrical, Hons.), Trinity College Dublin (Dip. PM, Distinction) and Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Programme).
Mary joined Mainstream in 2009 and has held the role of Group Chief Financial Officer since 2017. Mary leads the finance, corporate finance and commercial functions across the Group, helping to shape and drive the company's strategic direction. Mary sits on Mainstream’s Global Leadership Team, its Risk & Investment and Corporate Social Responsibility Committees. She was appointed to Mainstream's Board of Directors in 2019.
Mary has established a reputation for building world-class teams, implementing new reporting structures and systems across the company and for aligning the company’s finance strategies to support the business strategy and high growth.
Mary has graduate and post-graduate qualifications from UCD and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) and Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA). She is an advocate and spokesperson on gender diversity and participated as a mentor for the Global Wind Energy Council’s (GWEC) Women in Wind programme in 2019.
Prior to joining Mainstream, Mary held senior-level positions in finance and corporate tax in PricewaterhouseCoopers and Trinity Biotech Plc.
Bart was appointed to the position of Group Chief Operations Officer of Mainstream in 2018 where he has overall responsibility for the Group’s health and safety, project development, construction and operational activities. He also represents Mainstream as a Director on the Boards of our Aela Energía and Lekela Power joint ventures.
His appointment to Group COO follows his secondment to Mainstream Chile as General Manager for three years. Prior to his appointment in Chile, Bart was Chief Operating Officer for global onshore developments in Mainstream during which time he led the development of more than 8,000 MW of wind and solar projects around the world.
Prior to this, he was in charge of the Irish construction team at Airtricity, a global renewable energy company, where he led the construction of a large number of windfarms.
Bart graduated as an Electronic and Electrical Engineer from Trinity College Dublin and holds an MBA from University College Dublin. He holds PfMP, PgMP, PMP, RMP and SP certifications from the PMI and has a higher diploma in Construction Law and Contract Administration from Trinity College Dublin, and a Diploma in Executive Coaching from the Irish Management Institute.
Elaine joined Mainstream in 2008 and has 17 years of diverse human resources experience in the renewable energy industry. She and her team are responsible for providing a comprehensive and commercially focused HR service for the Mainstream Group.
She successfully established and grew the human resources department where her team has supported the establishment of offices and recruitment of staff in 17 countries across 6 continents. She is part of Mainstream’s CSR Committee.
Prior to joining Mainstream, Elaine worked at Airtricity as Senior HR Executive.
Elaine earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Economics from University College Cork and a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the National College of Ireland. She is a Chartered member of CIPD.
Adam leads a team responsible for managing political and regulatory risk, and the company’s brand, reputation and communications. He joined Mainstream in 2008 following the £1.8bn sale of Airtricity – a global renewable energy company – where he was UK Chief Executive. He is a member of the company’s leadership team and the CSR committee.
He was appointed by the Scottish and UK governments as the first chairman of the Offshore Wind Programme Board, and is a former chairman of RenewableUK.
Adam sits on a number of advisory bodies, including the Advisory Board of RE100, the Steering Board of IRENA’s Coalition for Action and the Development Board of Oxford University’s Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Division. He is a Trustee of the National Museums of Scotland. Adam read history at Balliol College, Oxford and law at Edinburgh University.
Paul is part of Mainstream’s management team and a director of a number of Mainstream group companies.
He heads up Mainstream’s corporate finance division responsible for managing company strategy and the funding of Mainstream’s global activities principally through raising equity and debt amounts at the holding company level working with large international institutions such as Macquarie, Marubeni and Barclays and smaller retail or High Net Worth investors in Ireland and the UK.
Paul joined Mainstream in 2008, working previously in IBI Corporate Finance and KPMG, qualifying as an Associate of both the Irish Taxation Institute and the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He holds a Master’s degrees in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics.
Emmet has 17 years’ experience leading the Marketing and Communications functions for global renewable energy companies. He has led Mainstream’s communications since the company was founded in 2008 and previous to that was Group Marketing Manager at Airtricity for 6 years.
Emmet has responsibility for Mainstream’s communications function globally and is focused on maintaining, monitoring and enhancing the company’s reputation across all jurisdictions. A core part of his role is the strategic positioning of the Mainstream brand across five continents.
Prior to Airtricity, Emmet held a number of marketing positions in the telecommunications sector in Ireland and France and was Brand Marketing Manager for telephony and internet products at BT Ireland.
He is a graduate of the Marketing Institute of Ireland.
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