Speakers
Job Title: UK policy advisor - energy & energy efficiency
Company: Danish Embassy
Ian has been active in energy in buildings policy and delivery for many years, including as deputy director first of the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) and then of the Combined Heat & Power Association (now ADE). Milestones were the Planning & Energy Act 2008, which gave the power to local planners to… Read more.
Job Title: Networks strategy & technical services director
Company: Electricity North West Limited
Paul is a business leader with experience of innovation, strategy and business development and its implementation. He has over 20 years of experience at a senior level in energy, utilities and infrastructure environments with broad overseas and international exposure. He has been a director of TXU Europe Distribution, United Utilities Electricity, Energy Networks Association, Electricity… Read more.
Job Title: Head of asset management & innovation
Company: SSE Networks
Stewart leads SSE’s team dedicated to developing the company’s electricity networks and their operation to support a low-carbon future. Stewart has worked in the electricity industry since 1983 and has been involved in managing electricity networks in many parts of Scotland, in a range of roles including operations manager, planner, policy engineer and project manager… Read more.
Job Title: Director of UK power networks services
Company: UK Power Networks
Ian Smyth leads UK Power Networks Services which is the commercial division of UK Power Networks. We enable our commercial and industrial clients to increase their productivity, release the value of their existing assets and achieve their low carbon ambitions. We do this by integrating new technologies into existing power distribution systems, optimizing physical performance… Read more.
Job Title: Safety & network strategy director
Company: National Grid Gas Distribution
David Parkin is Director of Safety and Network Strategy at National Grid Gas Distribution. The National Grid Gas Distribution network stretches from the Thames to the Lake District with 130,000km of pipeline and 11m connections. David is accountable for safety, engineering and setting the future strategic direction of the network. David is a chartered Mechanical… Read more.
Job Title: Head of smart energy policy
Company: Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy
Beth Chaudhary is head of Smart Energy Policy in BEIS as part of a job share. Previously Beth worked on the Renewable Heat Incentive as head of operations, and in the Fuel Poverty team where she designed the Energy Supplier Obligation. Prior to joining DECC in 2008, Beth was in the Cabinet Office coordinating the… Read more.
Job Title: Head of network management
Company: National Grid Electricity Transmission
Daniel Westerman is an experienced business leader in the global energy sector. Daniel currently sits on the Executive Committee for National Grid’s UK Electricity Transmission business, responsible for asset management outcomes for the £12 Bn portfolio of assets, development of all capital schemes, as well as access and real time control of the GB Electricity… Read more.
Job Title: Future networks manager
Company: Western Power Distribution
Roger has worked in the energy industry for over 20 years. Originally joining East Midlands Electricity, industry changes have led to positions in Powergen, E.ON and now Western Power Distribution, part of the NYSE listed PPL group. He initially trained as an operational engineer delivering networks construction and maintenance activities. Roger subsequently gained experience in Control… Read more.
Job Title: Strategy manager
Company: Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)
Liam is the Strategy Manager for Energy Storage and Distribution and Light Vehicle Integration at the ETI. He is responsible for defining the ETI’s technology strategy in these areas, a role he has previously held in the ETI’s Smart Systems and Heat, Buildings, Distributed Energy and Marine Renewable Energy programmes. Liam’s key areas of specialism… Read more.
Job Title: Head of investment planning
Company: Northern Gas Networks
Nick has played a leading role in developing NGN’s Asset Management capability in recent years. Nick is working to get colleagues with a wide range of skills involved in creating investment options and making investment decisions, whilst keeping longer term business and customer requirements in mind. The Asset Management team is also focusing on improving the… Read more.
Job Title: Editor
Company: Network magazine
Jane is a business and industry journalist with experience reporting on the utilities, engineering, technology and manufacturing sectors. She was recently appointed editor of the newly launched Network magazine, a title she helped to develop and is also deputy editor of Utility Week which she joined as insights editor in 2014. Prior to this, Jane… Read more.
Job Title: Head of Innovation & Development
Company: Energy Networks Association
Randolph is the Head of Innovation & Development at the Energy Networks Association, and has over seven years of experience in the power sector. Randolph is responsible for working on and co-ordinating a broad range of strategic industry challenges, for example the development of smarter networks and the DNO to DSO transition. He has previous… Read more.
Job Title: Head of innovation
Company: Energy System Catapult
Eric joined Innovate UK in April 2014 as Energy Systems Catapult Programme Manager. In this role he supported strategy development and planning and, in addition, led projects aimed at building early capability and presence for the Energy Systems Catapult. In April 2015, when the Catapult was fully established, he became Interim Head of Strategy and… Read more.
Job Title: Associate Partner, RIIO Gas Networks
Company: Ofgem
Geoff has worked at Ofgem for over 8 years and currently heads up Ofgem’s gas networks team overseeing the RIIO price controls for transmission and distribution. As part of this role he is also responsible for Ofgem’s network innovation policy across electricity and gas, including its current innovation review. Prior to this role, Geoff worked… Read more.
Job Title: Head of network capability, electricity
Company: National Grid
Richard is Head of Network Capability – Electricity at National Grid, where he is responsible for working with customers of the GB electricity transmission system from investment options to network access. This involves leading on the long term strategic development and operability of the transmission network, agreeing network connection contracts, and planning system outages for… Read more.
Job Title: Director of engineering services
Company: SP Energy Networks
Colin Taylor started his professional career in SP Energy Networks (SPEN) in 1990 as an operational engineer and has gained significant experience in networks over the last 25 years in analytical, regulatory/commercial, programme management and strategic roles. In 2007, he moved to the position of head of design where he was responsible for all major… Read more.
Job Title: Real-time networks project manager
Company: SGN
Having previously trained and worked as an architect, I joined SGN’s Network Planning team as an analyst in 2008. A move to innovation 2014 saw me take up the role of NIC bid lead for our Real-Time Networks project. Following a successful bid process which saw SGN awarded the largest funding (approximately £8m) for a… Read more.
Job Title: Director of Regulation and Commercial
Company: Wales & West Utilities
Steven joined the gas industry in 1992 as a finance graduate and now has 23 years’ experience in the sector. Steven has been closely involved in the Ofgem review of the RPI-X, resulting in the “RIIO” form of regulation. Steven led the first “RIIO” business plan submission for Wales & West Utilities resulting in an… Read more.
Job Title: Manager industrial information management
Company: Schneider Electric
Working with Schneider Electric since 2013 and previously with Logica for almost 15 years, Bart Dubbelboer focuses on business development of information and operations solutions for European and UK players in the international energy and utilities domain, including electricity and gas segments. Before that Bart was assigned as a business consultant to a wide range… Read more.
