Mr. Rice is a Chartered Engineer and is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Sirus Engineering. He brings more than 30 years of experience in the Irish technology sector to Host in Ireland, including 16 years as Country President of Schneider Electric Ireland, and as an Independent Chairman and Non-Executive Director of a number of Irish engineering and technology companies, and trade organisations. In 2015, Mr. Rice was knighted by the French government as a Chevalier de l’order National du Merit for his contribution to the bilateral trade between Ireland and France.