Jerry Grant (Chairperson)
Jerry Grant was appointed Chairman of Dublin Port Company on 10th December 2020 for a period of 5 years. Jerry is an experienced Non-Executive Director & Strategic Business Advisor, specialising in the Infrastructure and Utilities sectors. He is currently a Director of Sport Ireland, an External Member of the Governing Body of TU Dublin, an External Member of the Audit & Risk Committee at OPW and a Non-Executive Director of Murphy Surveys Ltd. He has set up and chairs Water-Share Ireland, a partnership between GOAL and the Irish Water sector, which is helping to deliver water & sanitation projects in a number of developing countries.
Jerry played a leading role in the establishment of Irish Water as the national water utility, was its first Head of Asset Management from April 2013 to February 2016 and thereafter was Managing Director up to September 2018. Prior to Irish Water, Jerry was Managing Director of RPS in Ireland from 2002 for 10 years, leading a successful infrastructure and environmental consultancy and prior to that was Director of MCOS from the early 1990’s, where he led a market leading water sector consultancy business.
Jerry holds a First-Class Honours Degree in Civil Engineering and a Diploma in Contract Law & Arbitration from UCD, is a Fellow of Engineers Ireland, Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering, is a Member of the Institute of Arbitrators and Member of the Institute of Directors. He was the recipient of the President’s Award from the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland in 2017 for Services to Engineering in Ireland, received the 2018 Irish Environment Award from the Chartered Institute of Water & Environmental Management (ROI Branch), Outstanding Achievement Award from Institute of Civil Engineers (ROI Branch) and the Civil Engineering Contractor’s Association Award for services to the industry.