About

With almost 25 years’ in-house experience, Caroline Bergin has been involved in some of the nation’s most significant infrastructure transactions. Over four years in her previous role as NTR’s general counsel, she supported the company through its gradual dissolution in the wake of the financial crisis; leading its $200m waste sale and the shutting down of its US solar business. Appointed GC of former NTR subsidiary, Greenstar, in 2015, she is building up a comprehensive legal function from scratch. During her 19 year tenure at leading convenience food supplier Greencore, Bergin led several significant cross-border transactions, including its €360 refinancing and the disposal of its malting business in Ireland, Belgium and the UK. ‘In my opinion, my greatest achievement is to have been sought out by the board and senior management as a problem solver’, she says. ‘I have always loved my job and as was once said to me – “if you love your job you will never work a day in your life”’. The 2008 crash, she feels, has had a positive effect on many law firms’ approaches to billing and communication. ‘It might have taken a recesssion to hone them properly but I have found them vastly improved’.