Joanne Quinn

Director of Regulatory Affairs

Joanne has 32 years' business experience gained in the retail, banking and regulated utility industries.

As Director of Regulatory Affairs, Joanne has responsibility for ensuring the business complies with its regulatory and statutory requirements. Having held several key positions in Phoenix throughout her 24 years with the company, four years of which have been at Director level, Joanne previously held the position of Transportation Services Manager where her primary objective was to deliver a 24 hour gas transportation platform which would support the introduction of and facilitate a competitive natural gas supply market ensuring consumer choice.

Joanne has extensive experience in the areas of operational and strategic regulatory negotiation, stakeholder and consumer engagement, Network Code management, gas retail markets operations, network development, business planning and gas trading.

Joanne graduated from Queens University with a BSc in Pure and Applied Mathematics.

Denver Wasson

Director of Engineering

Denver is a Chartered Engineer with over 16 years’ experience, having joined the Phoenix Energy engineering team in 2004 after graduating from Queens University with a BEng in Mechanical Engineering.   

Throughout his career Denver has held multiple senior engineering and management roles within the business.

As Director of Engineering, Denver is responsible for the design, construction, operation and maintenance requirements of the Phoenix network, including the provision of additional customer connections and the emergency services operation. He is responsible for the development and delivery of the ISO accredited Health & Safety, Environmental and Asset Management Systems, which underpin all of Phoenix's engineering activities.  

Denver is a member of the Institute of Gas Engineers & Managers and Engineers Ireland.

Peter Markwell

Director of Finance

 Peter is a Chartered Accountant with more than 17 years’ experience working in the energy sector. He began his career with Ernst & Young, before joining Energia Group in 2006 to head up Power NI’s trading and finance departments. Peter has significant financial and treasury experience and has held a number of senior positions in regulated utilities for 10 years.

As Director of Finance, Peter has responsibility for the company's long-term financial health and growth and for ensuring all accounting activities comply with relevant regulations. Peter also leads the Human Resources, IT and Procurement departments.  

Stephen Kirkpatrick

Non-Executive Director, Phoenix Energy 

Stephen has a strong track record as both an executive and non-executive director in a number of regulated businesses including the energy sector and financial services. Having qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG Stephen spent a significant part of his career with Bank of Ireland. He was CEO of the Northern Ireland business and Head of Retail Credit for the Group. On leaving Bank of Ireland Stephen was appointed CEO of a large real estate investment group. 

Alongside this executive role Stephen joined the Boards of a number of companies as a non-executive director. He spent 6 years as Audit Committee Chair of Mutual Energy. He has also chaired the Audit Committee for 2 listed companies and was Board Chair of a regulated consumer finance business and a professional services practice. Stephen currently chairs the Scrutiny Board of the Northern Ireland Investment Fund which is focussed on economic regeneration and decarbonisation.

Stephen brings to the Board considerable experience of risk management, corporate governance and corporate finance together with well-grounded understanding of the Northern Ireland economy gained over a career of almost 40 years.