Patrick Turnbull, Growth Strategy Leader Europe Region , GE Energy
Paddy joined GE Digital Energy in early 2010 as part of the European Leadership team where he is responsible for Growth Strategy for the European Region. Smart Grids are a particular focus. He is also Chairman of Smart Grid Ireland, a not for profit advocacy body covering both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Paddy was a co-founder of this organization that has a twin track mission to articulate common issues that impact smart grid deployment in both jurisdictions. Smart Grid Ireland has produced White Papers on the case for the accelerated investment in the smart grid and the resultant economic benefits.
His 35-year business career includes senior management roles in BT and Fujitsu Telecom Europe. In this latter role he was country leader for Ireland for 10 years including also responsibility for their European Operations strategy development. He has extensive international experience including 5 years as the VP of Sales and Marketing for a US owned VC start up in the medical device industry. In this role he was also the Chair of the trade association Bio Business NI.Paddy has been a working member of national working groups as part of Government task forces in the telecoms and medical device sectors.
Patrick joined the panel for the Green in the City, Cleantech Economist event on 29 July on the topic of:
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