Pauline Walsh

Pauline is a Senior Adviser for Macquarie Asset Management. Pauline has held a number of non-executive director roles, and currently sits on the boards of Angel Trains and EirGrid, Ireland’s electricity system operator. She is an advisory board member of the Indepen Forum which leads cross-sector discussions across regulated infrastructure stakeholders.

From 2018 to 2021, Pauline was CEO of Affinity Water, the UK’s largest water-only company, where she restructured the business to deliver strong performance improvements. Prior to joining Affinity Water, Pauline was the Executive Director of UK National Grid Gas, responsible for safely operating and maintaining the UK’s high pressure gas transmission network.

Pauline’s previous roles include Senior Vice President at Philips Electronics, group CEO of several renewable energy companies at Fred Olsen and she has held senior operational roles at Ford.

Pauline holds an honours Mechanical Engineering degree from University College Dublin, Ireland and an MBA from IMD, Switzerland. She is an honorary Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland.