Barry O’Regan

Barry Headshot Updated Dec 24

Barry O’Regan

Chief Financial Officer

Career and experience

Barry joined SSE in 2008 and became Chief Financial Officer in December 2023. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer, Barry was Finance Director for SSE Renewables as well as having responsibility for corporate finance across the whole of the SSE Group. In his previous role of Director of Treasury and Corporate Finance he oversaw group funding and treasury operations. He is a chartered accountant and trained with PwC in Dublin before joining Airtricity in 2005.

Skills relevant to the SSE Board

Financial expert with 20 years of energy value chain knowledge, driving the disciplined delivery of SSE’s capital investment and growth plans.

Skilled in the development of financial strategy, which has been integral to the reshaping of SSE over the last decade.

Experienced in leading corporate financial projects and teams, covering corporate modelling, funding strategy and debt issuance.

Active understanding of investment community views.

Supports SSE’s approach to partnering, having served on joint venture boards.