‘A vital leadership responsibility is to create a trusting environment’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Liam Faulkner of Vayu Energy

Liam Faulkner, chief operations officer at Vayu Energy Picture: Fergal Phillips

Liam Faulkner is chief operations officer at Vayu Energy, a position he has held for three years. Faulkner joined the company in 2007 as commercial director from O2 where he had been strategic planning manager.

Vayu was established in Ireland in 2003 when it became the first independent supplier to be awarded a gas shipping licence by the Commission of Regulation of Utilities Water and Energy. The company launched its electricity supply business ...