Derek Hynes
Managing Director
DEREK HYNES, Managing Director, was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2022. He is a director of Energy Networks Association Ltd and E.DSO (European Distribution System Operators). He joined ESB in 2000 where he held a number of senior management positions, mostly within ESB Networks DAC, the independent ring-fenced subsidiary within ESB Group, including as Head of Project Delivery and Network Operations Manager. He was also Residential Ireland Manager of Electric Ireland, a retail business within ESB.
He is a chartered engineer with post graduate qualifications in Operations Management and Corporate Governance and he has completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard University. In 2023, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building Fellowship Programme.