Our Team

Dara Lynott is the Chief Executive Officer of the Electricity Association of Ireland since 2018.  Prior to that he was a Director of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2004 and in that period had responsibility for the Office of Sustainability, licensing of large Industrial and waste activities under the Industrial Emission Directive (IED), Greenhouse Gas Inventories and projections, Carbon Emission Trading, Circular Economy and the Office of Environmental Enforcement.  Prior to joining the EPA, he worked in the private sector for eight years as an environmental engineering consultant in Boston, USA. He holds a BE from NUIG, a MSc from Northeastern University, Boston and P Grad Dip. from the UCD Smurfit Business School. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of Engineers Ireland and a Professional Engineer (VT, USA)

Jason joined the EAI in September 2022 from solicitor firm MHP Sellors. He holds a Law degree from UCC and a postgraduate degree in Sustainability in Enterprise also from UCC.  Jason runs our Markets Committee, Gas Working Group and DS3/ System Services Working Group. Jason sits on the Industrial Competitiveness and Innovation working group at Eurelectric.

David joined the EAI in November 2023. He graduated with a honours degree in Physics from NUIG. David's previous experience includes a research role at Trinity College Dublin in the area of wind energy.

David is Secretariat lead on EAI's Retail and Policy committees. David also sits on a number of Eurelectric Working Groups.

Alex joined the EAI in October 2024. She holds a BCom Honours in Economics from The University of Cape Town, as well as an MSc in Economics from Trinity College Dublin. 

With a keen interest in environmental economics and energy market dynamics, Alex is a part of the Markets Committee, analysing solutions that promote low-carbon transitions and optimise market structures to support Ireland's climate goals.