Egis, one of the country’s largest multi-disciplinary consultancy, engineering and operations firms, has announced two senior appointments to its operations in Ireland and the UK.
Joanne Moran has been appointed as Regional Service Line Director for Water, Environment and Energy Transition and Marcus Fagan has been appointed to Senior Director for Water.
The appointments follow the retirement of Anne-Marie Conibear, Director for Energy and Sustainable Cities in Ireland. This presented an opportunity to reconfigure the leadership team for the coming years which will see exceptional levels of investment in water and wastewater infrastructure in both countries.
Egis is part of the French-headquartered Egis Group, a leading global engineering, operations architecture and consulting firm. The company is a market leader in water systems and infrastructure in Ireland and the UK and is involved in major projects and plant upgrades such as the Ringsend Wastewater Treatment upgrade in Dublin and the upgrade of the Lee Road Water Treatment Plant in Cork.
Egis’ expertise in water engineering was strengthened by its 2023 acquisition of JB Barry & Partners, an engineering firm.
Egis is currently investing in and growing its local water team and leadership in the UK, and will draw from extensive experience in infrastructure design and delivery in energy in that country including nuclear, public transportation, utilities and mobility solutions, while also benefiting from cross company expertise in water and wastewater in France and in Ireland.
With a background in the professional consultancy sector, Joanne Moran has over 25 years’ experience across the energy, water and environment sectors, in Ireland and the UK, providing strategic leadership in project delivery and business growth.
She has previously worked with Jacobs and SKM Enviros and has been involved in major projects such as EirGrid’s Dublin Reinforcement Programme, Slieve Kirk Overhead Grid Connection, Wylfa Power Station and numerous onshore windfarms across Ireland and the UK.
A graduate of the University of Glasgow, Moran joined Egis in November of last year. She hails from Ayrshire in Scotland and is based in Bangor in Co Down.
In her new role, she will have responsibility for Egis’ business in Ireland and the UK across water, environmental services and energy transition, including transmission and distribution, renewables and nuclear. Moran will work closely with her colleague, Francois-Xavier Basselot, Egis’ Managing Director for Energy & Sustainable Cities in Europe and Africa.
A Meath native, Marcus Fagan joined JB Barry & Partners in 2014 and was at the company when it was acquired by Egis in 2023. He has extensive experience in the design, procurement and delivery of large infrastructure projects including water and wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations having worked on major projects such as the €500 million expansion and upgrade of Ireland’s largest wastewater treatment plant at Ringsend in Dublin.
A graduate of TU Dublin, Fagan is a chartered engineer with over 29 years’ experience, the majority of which of which has been in the wastewater industry. He is a Fellow of Engineers Ireland and of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland and is a Certified Energy Manager.
In his new role, Fagan will lead teams in Ireland and the UK in Egis’ Water division, leveraging extensive experience in both countries.
Commenting on the new appointments, Steve Preece, Chief Executive Officer of Egis in Ireland, said: “Joanne will bring a wealth of experience and expertise to her new role. Her appointment reaffirms Egis’ commitment to delivering innovative solutions in the water, environment and energy transition sectors both in Ireland and in the UK. As a global leader in infrastructure, Egis is well-positioned to leverage shared competencies to benefit clients across both markets.”
He added: “Marcus is a leading member of Egis’ water division with extensive experience in delivering major water projects. Egis has had major successes in supporting governments in both Ireland and the UK to deliver water and wastewater infrastructure and we are confident this will continue given the pressing need for greater investment in what is a crucially important sector.”
