Sam McCloskey

Sam joined Simply Blue Group on a full-time basis in January 2023 to head up the Northern Ireland office and has responsibility for a project portfolio including Olympic offshore wind farm in Northern Ireland and Aird Mhór Na Mara wind farm in the Republic of Ireland. She has a 30-year career in sustainability and energy including 18 years in senior consultancy roles for WYG and Tetra Tech and 10 years as Director of the industry led research Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy. She has been intrinsically involved in project management in the offshore renewable energy sector for over the past decade. She is a member of the Renewable NI and WEI offshore wind committees, is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and current Chair of the Northern Ireland branch. Simply Blue Group are founder members of the Northern Ireland Maritime and Offshore (NIMO) network and Sam is the NIMO board Vice Chair.