About ESB
Our history, our people and our principles
Noreen Wright
About Noreen Wright
Noreen Wright was appointed to the Board on 28 June 2011.
Ms. Wright, a barrister, joined Northern Ireland Electricity's (NIE) in-house legal team in September 1976 and remained with NIE/Viridian until 2001. She held a number of senior management posts in the company, including that of Company Secretary and Head of Legal Services during privatisation and beyond.
Ms. Wright holds a number of public appointments in Northern Ireland including Member of the Industrial and Fair Employment Tribunals, Lay Magistrate and Member of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal. She is also a Director of Springvale Training Ltd and Co-operation Ireland Ltd and is a Trustee of Garfield Weston Trust, University of Ulster. Previously she has served as Commissioner for the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, as a Council Member of the University of Ulster and as a Trustee of the Bytes project.