馬聖安 Sean McDERMOTT

Managing Director

Taiwan Northland Power Development
Northland Power Taiwan/Project Team

Job Title
Managing Director
PERSONAL BIO

Sean McDermott is a graduate of the University of British Columbia, where he completed a degree in International Relations with an emphasis on China. In 2000, he moved to Shanghai, and worked first with the Canada China Business Council and later with the Economist Intelligence Unit, the business intelligence arm of The Economist Group. In 2008, Sean returned to Canada to pursue a Juris Doctorate at Dalhousie University, where he graduated with a specialization in Environmental Law. Upon graduation in 2011, Sean began working in Toronto as a lawyer at Osler LLP, one of Canada’s leading corporate law firms, where his practice focused on construction law and renewable energy project finance. In March 2016, Sean joined Northland Power Inc., one of Canada’s largest green energy project developers, and thereafter relocated to Taiwan to help develop the 1,044 MW Hai Long Offshore Wind projects, in which Northland holds a 60% stake. As of 2022, Sean McDermott supports ongoing development activities for Hai Long, and is also leading commercial preparations for Northland’s two (2) Round 3 projects (1,800 MW).

WORK EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS
  • Northland Power, Taiwan
    • Managing Director (2016 - present)
    • Commercial Development Manager (2016)
  • Lawyer, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Canada (2011 - 2016)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  • PhD in Environmental Law, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • Bachelor in International Relations, The University of British Columbia, Canada
INSTRUCTION LANGUAGES
  • English
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