Mr Cox has significant board experience and, in addition to his role as Chair of the Board of the Company, he is currently Chair of Ecocem Ltd and a non-executive director of Supernode Ltd and Gresham House Ireland. He is a member of the Appointment Advisory Committee of the European Investment Bank. He also sits on the boards of various think tanks and not-for-profit organisations, including as a Senior Fellow and Board Member of the Institute for International and European Affairs, Ireland and as a Board Member of the Ireland China Institute and the Third Age Foundation Ireland. He is a former President of the European Parliament from 2002 – 2004 and of its Liberal Democrat group from 1998-2002, having been a Member of the European Parliament for Munster, Ireland, from 1989 to 2004. He is now the European Coordinator for the Scandinavian- Mediterranean TEN-T Core Network Transport Corridor appointed by the European Commission. He has been bestowed National Honours by Presidents of Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania, and is a Commander of the Legion of Honour, France. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and holds Honorary Doctorates from Trinity College Dublin, the National University of Ireland, the University of Limerick, the Open University and the American College Dublin.

Ms Banszky is currently a non-executive director of 3i Group plc, where she is the Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee, and a non-executive director of IntegraFin Holdings plc where she is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. In addition she is a director of the Benefact Trust Limited and a member of their Finance & Investment Committee, a director of the UK Stem Cell Foundation and a member of the Investment Sub-Committee of The Open University. Formerly the Chief Executive of The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. from 2002 to 2016, she was also Chief Operating Officer of SVB Holdings PLC, then a Lloyd's listed integrated vehicle, from 1997 to 2002 and Finance Director of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited from 1995 to 1997, having joined the bank in 1981. She originally trained at what is now KPMG.

Simon has over 25 years of experience in developing, building, operating, and managing major infrastructure projects worldwide. He currently serves as Senior Advisor and Investment Committee Member at infrastructure fund GLIL Infrastructure LLP, and as a Non-Executive Director at the Bristol City Leap Energy Partnership, a pioneering public-private joint venture dedicated to decarbonising the City of Bristol and its surrounding region.

During his executive career, Simon was Global Head of Infrastructure Asset Management at Partners Group, where he oversaw and optimised investments across onshore and offshore wind, solar, power networks, and fibre infrastructure spanning Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.

Earlier, as Managing Director of Centrica PLC’s Power Generation division, Simon was responsible for developing, constructing, and operating a portfolio that included eight gas-fired power stations alongside onshore and offshore wind assets. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director of Generation at EDF Energy, managing a 5GW fleet of coal and gas-fired plants supplying approximately 6% of the UK’s electricity demand.

Simon began his career with Ernst & Young, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and holds a First-Class BSc (Hons) in Applied Physics from the University of Hull.

Norman Crighton is an experienced public company director, having served on the boards of eight closed-end funds and one operating company. Currently, Norman is Non-Executive Chair of RM Infrastructure Income plc and AVI Japan Opportunity Trust plc, and his previous director appointments included Chair of Harmony Energy Income Trust plc. Norman has extensive fund experience, having previously been Head of Closed-end Funds at Jefferies International and Investment Manager at Metage Capital Limited, leveraging his 35 years of experience in investment trusts.