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Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board has handled multiple significant strategic transactions during the four years Alan Daly has headed its legal function. These have included Carrington Power’s 2012 award-winning refinancing. The utility’s treasury was also recognised for its risk management and refinancing work in Risk Magazine’s 2015 Corporate Treasury of the Year Award. ‘I am very proud of the work that our legal team does at ESB, and proud to lead the team, which I believe is unmatched in Ireland’, Daly says. ‘The ESB in-house legal team plays a significant role on an ongoing basis in ESB’s many achievements’. Heading a 52-strong team, Daly is credited with revolutionising the utility’s internal function, enhancing its brand and promoting stronger links with the business. Shortly after his 2011 arrival, Daly instigated and conducted a wide-reaching review and restructure of the department. His changes included introducing core specialisms into the team and promoting greater knowledge-sharing across the organisation. The overall result, Daly argues, has been to reposition the function from ‘service provider’ to ‘trusted advisor’.