The AGM will take place on Monday February 9th @ 6.15pm in the Maryborough House Hotel, Sherrard Suite 

This will be a well-attended event and requires registration, please register early.

Click here to register: CEIA 41st AGM – Feb 9th 2026

We are honoured to have as our Executive Guest speaker for the evening, Marguerite Sayers, Deputy Chief Executive of ESB

The ESB was established in 1927 and are Ireland’s foremost energy company. They are diversified organsition, with 9,700 employess operating across the electricity market: from generation, through transmission and distribution, to supply, and work in other related sectors, including telecommunications, electric vehicle charging, & home retrofits. The ESB is made up of a series of businesses:

ESB Networks – handles both the power lines that carry electricity around the country (transmission) & the lines that bring electricity to individual homes and businesses (distribution).

Electric Ireland – is the retail division of ESB, established in 1927. Previously known as ESB Customer Supply, rebranded in 2012. responsible for supplying electricity, gas and energy services to over 1.3 million households and businesses on the island of Ireland.

ESB International – is a Global Engineering Consultancy, headquartered in Dublin, with a central hub in the Kingdom of Bahrain. They offer a full range of expertise to clients in 120 countries, to empower their energy transition to be reliable, affordable & sustainable.

NIE Networks – In 2010 the ESB acquired NIE (& NIE Powerteam) from Viridian Group Limited. In 2015 the company’s name was changed to Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (NIE Networks). NIE Networks owns the electricity transmission network & distribution networkin Northern Ireland. It is responsible for supply of electricity to 966,000 homes, farms and businesses across Northern Ireland.

ESB’s Smart Energy Services: Offers Services such as Solar Energy, EV Chargers, Heat Pump Technology, Energy Storage & Smart Lighting.

eCars – Owns and operates a growing network of 1,600 public charge points across Ireland.

ESB Telecoms – provides communication infrastructure solutions for mobile network operators, criticial infrastructure, and data centres.

ESB Energy (UK) – an Irish Energy Company in Britain since 1992, providing Public Electric Vehicle Charging, Low Carbon Business Solutions, and Generating Renewable Energy.

Generation & Trading – Provides sustainable solutions to business to reduce energy costs, offerings including Solar Energy, Electric Vehicle Chargers, Heat Pump Technology, Energy Storage and Smart Lighting.

Marguerite Sayers

Marguerite Sayers, Deputy Chief Executive of ESB

Marguerite was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of ESB in July 2022. Immediately prior to this, she held the role of Executive Director, Customer Solutions from 2018. She has worked in various technical and managerial positions in ESB for over 30 years, including ESB Generation Manager, Head of Asset Management for ESB Networks and Managing Director of ESB Networks DAC. She holds a degree in electrical engineering from UCC, is a Chartered Director, a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow and Past President of Engineers Ireland and a Fellow of the Academy of Engineers. She is also member of the Board of Energy UK, the Energy Institute and of the Dingle Hub and is a Trustee of the Irish Times.

The title of Marguerite’s talk with us is: Ireland’s Power Struggle : the Myths, the Facts, and the Future

We would like to thank Marguerite for taking time from her very busy schedule to join us on Feb 9th 2026

After the meeting, Dinner will be served in Bellini’s restaurant in the hotel.(there will be a nominal charge for those who stay for dinner)