Chris Connolly

Chris Connolly currently serves as Team Lead and Contracts Manager for Onshore and Offshore at EirGrid Group since October 2023. Concurrently, Chris holds positions as a Non Executive Board Member of the Audit & Risk Committee and Non Executive Director at Newgrove Housing Association, roles assumed in 2022. Previously, Chris has been involved with the National Treasury Management Agency as part of the National Development Finance Agency since December 2016, and held various roles at BAM Ireland from June 2011 to December 2016. Chris’s early career includes service in the Irish Defence Forces from 2000 to 2006 and a brief tenure with the United Nations in 2005. Academically, Chris holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Finance from Middlesex University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Construction Law and Contract Administration from Trinity College Dublin, a Master of Science in Project Management from Waterford Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Liverpool John Moores University, along with the designation of Chartered Engineer in Civil Engineering from the Institute of Engineers Ireland.