Meet the Team

Emilie Quigley Sammon is a member of our legal team at Codling Wind Park and a former dancer (not to mention a qualified yoga teacher). Switching from a dancer to barrister wasn’t without its challenges, but Emilie is a strong believer that no experience is a failure; instead we learn and grow from exploring new […]

Callum Draper is our Lead Environmental Impact Assessment Manager and has been with the project since 2022. He found his way into offshore wind through a fascination with how humans interact with their marine environment and has helped several projects pass through the planning process successfully. He’s most proud, though, of the work the Codling […]

Cormac MacDonagh is our Environmental Impact Assessment Coordinator. He’s responsible for managing the flow of documents in the consenting team, which form a key part of our planning application. In our latest blog he shares some insight into his career path to Codling and gives us a tour of his local area in Co. Mayo.

Deirdre Joyce is our Community Liaison Officer. Originally from Arklow, she has a huge amount of local knowledge, and brings to the project a wealth of experience in environment and climate policy research, and stakeholder engagement.

The environment is one of the key considerations at all stages of the project’s development. It’s why we’ve spent thousands of hours gathering data about the site and why we’re going beyond mitigation in our environmental impact assessment and also looking at opportunities for nature-inclusive design to improve the local biodiversity. Read more in our interview with Sean Leake, Offshore and EIA Consents Manager.

Scott Sutherland is our Project Director and joined the project from EDF Renewables in 2022.  His vast experience of working in renewables, on wind projects all over the world, makes him the perfect fit for leading the Codling Wind Park team. Find out what a typical day is like for a Project Director and what’s […]

Erlend Christiansen is our Offshore Licensing Manager and also local to the proposed site for Codling Wind Park. He grew up in Wicklow Town and moved to Bray in 2016, after working on a variety of offshore projects all over the world. Read more about his career path to Codling Wind Park and the importance of his work.