Madeleina Loughrey Grant

Madeleina Loughrey-Grant was appointed Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at Cairn Homes plc in October 2025, joining the homebuilder's C-suite to lead strategy, sustainability, corporate affairs, legal, and digital functions. She also took on leadership of the People and Talent function as part of succession planning in 2026. Loughrey-Grant expressed enthusiasm about Cairn's commitment to building thriving communities and its focus on sustainability, noting the company's ambition to elevate quality and create long-term positive impact in Ireland.

Loughrey-Grant spent a decade at Laing O'Rourke, where she joined as legal and tax director in end of 2015 and was appointed to the group executive committee within 18 months. As Group Director of Legal and Sustainability, she successfully led several global functions through significant transformational change. She was appointed to head up procurement, sustainability and legal at Laing O'Rourke, bringing together these functions under central leadership as an example of organizational innovation.

Before joining Laing O'Rourke, Loughrey-Grant spent 11 years at London-based law firm Farrer & Co as a private client solicitor, advising on trust and taxation issues and working with complex trading businesses. She holds qualifications as a Solicitor in Law from the Law Society of Ireland (2000–2002) and developed expertise in legal advice, trusts, cross-border transactions, corporate governance, and international tax.

Known for her work on supply chain sustainability and net zero planning, Loughrey-Grant advocates for industry transformation through radical collaboration with supply chain partners and trialing scalable new technologies and solutions. At Cairn, she has championed the passive house approach to sustainable homebuilding, emphasizing homes that perform for residents, the environment, and the long term.

Career History

• Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, Cairn Homes plc (2025–present)
• Group Director of Legal, Procurement and Sustainability / Group Executive Committee Member, Laing O'Rourke (2015–2025)
• Private Client Solicitor, Farrer & Co LLP, London (2004–2015)

What Madeleina Loughrey-Grant could bring to Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at Cairn Homes: Her appointment positions Cairn to deepen its sustainability strategy and scale energy-efficient housing initiatives. Her track record leading global sustainability and legal strategy, combined with advocacy for passive house standards and supply chain transformation, suggests she will accelerate Cairn's ambitions in sustainable community development and environmental performance.