Rory Somers

Rory Somers

• Materials & Innovation Manager Gas Networks Ireland

Rory is the Materials & Innovation Manager with Gas Networks Ireland. He is responsible for managing supplier relations, technical interface and technical lead for material procurement, including innovation and failure investigations, across the Transmission and Distribution gas assets. A Chartered Engineer, Rory graduated from University College Dublin in engineering in 1997 and worked in the building sector prior to joining GNI as Project Engineer. Previous roles include; Design Management, Stakeholder Management and Business Transformation. In 2009 he was awarded an MSc in Strategic Management and Planning from UCD Smurfit Business School.

Rory is a member of the Marcogaz and IGU Distribution Technical Committees and presented at the 2015 World Gas Conference in Paris.