Our Team

Ocean Exchange Team

Mairead Helmes

Senior Consultant, Amane Advisors

Mairead is a Senior Consultant with Amane Advisors, a global management consultancy and advisory firm focused on the water industry.

She works out of the US office in Philadelphia and has been with the firm for two years. In her tenure with Amane, she has consulted on over 20 projects across the water sector in various segments, ranging from municipal and industrial water treatment to residential and commercial. Her project experience includes evaluating the attractiveness of a company, industry, or technology for a financial investor or corporation and helping start-ups and established entities strategically plan for their future.

Prior experience includes working with the Global Water Alliance, the Water Center at Penn and engaging in projects related to ocean issues such as eutrophication. She holds an MS in Environmental Policy from the University of Pennsylvania.

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