Sir Gerry Loughran KCB
Non Executive Director
As Chairman of Phoenix Energy Holdings, Sir Gerry Loughran brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the public and private sectors. A graduate in Politics and Economics, he has served as Permanent Secretary of the Industry Department (Department of Economic Development) in Northern Ireland and subsequently was appointed Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and Secretary to the Northern Ireland Executive.
In this role he led 29,000 members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service until his retirement from the Service in 2002. Since then he has held a number of appointments in the private sector. He is currently Chairman of Blackstaff Press, Director of Allied Irish Banks (UK) PLC and the Baird Group, and serves on several Boards in the education and training sector.