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Power Capital Renewable Energy is constantly growing, and we’re alway looking for like-minded innovators. If you’d like to join our team, see if any of our open positions suit your skills and goals.

Justin Brown
Co-Founder & Co CEO

Justin’s responsibilities include developing and implementing the strategic vision of the company to become a leading international IPP. He has been responsible for the origination and the development of 500MW of solar assets in Ireland. He has led on multiple mergers and acquisitions in Ireland and Germany, and has also successfully transacted on the disposal of various solar assets. 

Justin has successfully negotiated corporate PPAs with multinationals. He has negotiated various energy performance contracting (EPC) and other construction agreements. He continues to be responsible for growing the domestic and international team and reporting to the company board and shareholders. He was a founding member of the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) and remained as a board member until 2019. Before co-founding PCRE he worked in structured property investments for executive pension funds and was also involved in a HR startup.

Justin Brown
Co-Founder & Co CEO
Peter Duff
Co-Founder & Co CEO

Peter is responsible for strategic investments and acquisitions. He has led the investment and acquisition of over 1GW of pipeline opportunity for PCRE as it transforms itself into a fully-integrated IPP. He is instrumental in developing the firm’s strategies around business development and human resources. His responsibilities include origination, structuring, execution and oversight of investments. 

Peter has been instrumental in developing PCRE’s Corporate PPA business. This has led to the successful conclusion of Ireland ’s first two corporate PPAs, where the energy generated relates to the energy from a new build solar farm. The offtake arrangements are with two high-profile global technology companies. Before co-founding PCRE, Peter was an investment professional at NCB Stockbrokers, working for 20 years at senior management level. He is a founder member and inaugural committee member of the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA).

Peter Duff
Co-Founder & Co CEO
Bill Senior
Operations Director

Bill has over 15 years experience in the infrastructure and energy sectors, specialising in utility solar PV, engineering, procurement and construction. He is responsible for supply chain management, budgets and successful delivery of projects. Bill is also the Treasurer and Board Director of the Irish Solar Energy Association.

Bill Senior
Operations Director
Caolan Duffy
Corporate Finance

Caolan has 10 years’ experience in financial services, specialising in renewable energy and infrastructure. His expert financial modelling gives us an edge in analysing route-to-market opportunities, CPPA negotiations and mergers and acquisitions. Caolan also takes a meticulous approach to financing plans for funding, and shareholder and lender reports.

Caolan Duffy
Corporate Finance
Brian Hughes
Senior Electrical & Project Delivery Manager

Brian is a professionally qualified high voltage electrical engineer with over 24 years’ design, technical, contract and project management experience in the renewable energy sector. He guides all steps of the solar pipeline, from pre-construction to the fully operational stages. Brian is also a valuable project manager during the tender process. Brian continuously oversees the managing of grid works contractor milestones.

Brian Hughes
Senior Electrical & Project Delivery Manager
Cormac O’Brien
Development Planning Manager

Cormac has 30 years’ experience in contracting and consulting in the construction industry, and was a Director of AECOM’s engineering business in Ireland for over 20 years. Coordinating both our internal team and external consultants,  Cormac guides all Power Capital’s projects through the planning process, ensuring they fully comply with planning regulations. 

Cormac O’Brien
Development Planning Manager
Anna Swiniarska
Office Manager

Anna has over eight years’ experience in administration services, document control and quality assurance. Anna previously worked for two leading engineering companies in Ireland. A new addition to the Power Capital team, her previous roles included working for Irish Water as a PM coordinator and assistant, and she was also seconded to daa as a part of project management team, working as a document controller on the North Apron early design works.

Anna Swiniarska
Office Manager
Sandra Rezende dos Santos
Civil Engineer

Sandra Rezende dos Santos is a recent addition to the team at Power Capital Renewable Energy. She is a civil engineer with 6 years of professional experience, gained in various projects, which required expertise in roads, drainage and project management. Sandra will be assisting with CAD, planning and permitting in various stages of project cycle from early development to construction planning compliance.

Sandra Rezende dos Santos
Civil Engineer
Kevin Gahan
Land Manager/Business Development

Kevin has developed trusted professional relationships with landowners, contractors and local authorities over his many years in the infrastructure and renewable solar technology sector. A Certified Associate in Project Management, Kevin is responsible for identifying suitable greenfield sites and bringing these sites through the planning process. Kevin continuously works to keep our existing and prospective landowners informed, thus ensuring they always feel like key stakeholders in each development.

Kevin Gahan
Land Manager/Business Development
Evvie Lowndes
Energy Engineer

Evvie is a specialised professional engineer, with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Energy Systems Engineering from NUI Galway.

Evvie’s technical expertise makes an impact on many areas of the company, from analysing PV systems using energy modelling software, to meteorological analysis, procurement and supporting planning application submissions.

Evvie Lowndes
Energy Engineer
Magdalena Slusarczyk
Financial Controller

Magda Slusarczyk joined Power Capital in October 2022 as Financial Controller.

Magda has had an extensive experience in renewables finance. She worked within the renewable assets space for one of the leading energy companies in Ireland for the past 11 years. Prior to that, she trained with the accountancy practise in Dublin while pursuing her ACCA exams.

Magda is pride of being part of the sustainable business and is keen to add value to the rapidly growing business by providing her insights and effective management of Finance function. Her focus is to create and cultivate the best finance practices to support the key stakeholders and all interlinking parts of the business in the decision making.

Magdalena Slusarczyk
Financial Controller
Andrew Gleeson
Corporate Finance Senior Associate

Andrew works in the PCRE Corporate Finance team. He works closely with the company founders, Private Equity shareholders and the broader finance team. Andrew’s role involves development and maintenance of detailed financial models at a project and group level to assist with investment decision making, valuations, fundraising and portfolio monitoring. He evaluates potential investment/acquisition opportunities and develops the business cases for presentation at shareholder investment committee. Andrew assists with the development, marketing and management of debt raising processes and managing credit and bank due diligence processes from start to finish

Andrew Gleeson
Corporate Finance Senior Associate
Alan Spillane
Electrical and Development Engineer

Alan is an electrical and development engineer mainly specialising in the management of project origination, pre-development, development activities along with project grid network connections for MV, 38kV and 110kV Loop and Tail-fed connecting projects. He has a BEng. In Electrical Engineering from TUS and a NFQ certificate in Solar Energy Systems. Alan also contributes daily to CAPEX and OPEX management, electrical engineering support on portfolio acquisitions and technical support on various route to market strategies. He is passionate about renewable energy and is focused keenly on delivering high-quality renewable energy infrastructure, with the goal of decarbonising the grid while reducing the lifetime costs to the energy consumer.

Alan Spillane
Electrical and Development Engineer
Rai Augusto Silva
Solar Electrical Engineer

Rai Augusto Silva gained his knowledge, working in few companies back in Brazil. He is a Solar Electrical Engineer, who has built his career around solar energy. With more than 1.2 GWp in its portfolio, he has extensive knowledge in planning, design, execution, and commissioning of small, medium and large scale projects. Rai was involved in all the constructive stages of a solar plant.

Rai Augusto Silva
Solar Electrical Engineer