John Barry

Chair at Cory Group

John started his career as a Chartered Accountant, working at Ernst & Young between 1989 and 1996, before joining 3i Group and helping to found 3i Infrastructure. From 2009–2017, John was a Managing Director of First Reserve, where he helped found its energy infrastructure business. At First Reserve, John oversaw numerous investments into the energy sector including energy-from -waste, wind and solar power plants, gas-fired power plants and energy backup and served as Non-Executive Chair of four renewable energy investments.

In addition to his position at Cory, John is a Non-Executive Director of Anglian Water Group, the holding company of Anglian Water Services, and Selkie Investments Midstream Topco, the parent company of North Sea Midstream Partners.

Timeline

  • Chair

    Current role