Kailash Chada | President

Phoenix Energy

Kailash has been Group Chief Executive Officer at Phoenix Energy since April 2023, having previously been the Group Chief Finance Officer.

In a career spanning more than 30 years, Kailash began work with PwC in Edinburgh before undertaking a number of senior roles in major international banking and other financial services businesses in London. Kailash moved back to Northern Ireland in 2013 with Ulster Bank, where he was interim CEO for a division of the Bank prior to taking up a role as Chief Finance Officer at Phoenix in 2017.

Kailash holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.  Kailash also serves as a Board member of Business in the Community NI.