Helen Kirkpatrick was appointed to the Origin Board on 1 October 2020. Helen is a Non-Executive Director of NTR plc and a number of technology development companies. She previously served on the Boards of Kingspan Group plc, Dale Farm Co-operative and Wireless Group plc and has held a number of senior positions in global professional services firms, including Ernst & Young and Deloitte and as a corporate finance executive with Invest Northern Ireland, the economic development agency for Northern Ireland. Helen is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.