Marie is Managing Director of Grid Enhancing Technologies Ltd and a senior consultant to advanced High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) wire manufacturer, MetOx International. She has more than 30 years operational and executive experience in the electricity industry in Europe, USA, and Australia. She held multiple leadership roles with EirGrid, the transmission system operator in Ireland, before joining the US based start-up company Smart Wires. At Smart Wires she led Business Development activities in Europe and Australia, working with pioneering utilities to adopt Smart Wires modular power flow control technology. After leaving Smart Wires in 2022, Marie set up her own company, Grid Enhancing Technologies and joined the MetOx International team as a consultant advising on Business Development in March of that year. Marie is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland and is presently undertaking the Chartered Directorship program with the Institute of Directors.