NESO Markets Advisory Council (MAC)

MAC Chair

Steve is an experienced Board Advisor and NED with over 30 years’ experience in the Energy sector. He led PwC’s Energy practice in the UK and now holds senior roles with companies enabling key aspects of the energy transition.

Head of Future Power Markets, EirGrid

David has worked for the Irish Transmission System Operator for 18 years across infrastructure, operations and regulation. He now leads the future markets area.

Director of Regulation

Rachel’s remit at Octopus is to create the regulations and markets needed to achieve net zero quickly and affordably. Rachel was previously Chief Executive of Ofwat and was as a Senior Partner and Board member of Ofgem.

Director of Distribution System Operator (DSO), UK Power Networks (UKPN)

Sotiris joined UKPN in 2005 as a graduate engineer and has worked in engineering, construction and innovation. For the last decade he has championed innovative ways to plan and operate our networks such as flexible connections and the development of flexibility markets. Sotiris is also Chair of the ENA's Open Networks project.

Director, UK Energy Research Centre

Robert is Professor of Energy Policy and Technology at Imperial College, where he was the Director for the Centre for Energy Policy and Technology (ICEPT) and Director of Policy at the Energy Futures Lab. He has extensive post-graduate training experience.

Director of Energy Economics, SSE

Angus leads the SSE Energy Business’ electricity market economics and energy code governance functions and has a wide range of experience across the energy generation and use landscape gained over 35 years spent mostly in the electricity industry.

Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Flexitricity

Alastair is a professional energy engineer with over 26 years of experience in the energy industry. He founded the first Demand Side Response (DSR) business in Great Britain in 2004.

CFO, Luminous Energy

As CFO of Luminous Energy, Andrew is helping deliver solar and energy storage projects across 4 continents. Andrew has over 10 years’ experience in the energy sector including COO and CFO of Penso Power as well as interim CFO of Limejump.

Director of Strategy, Energy Systems Catapult

Guy has 15 years’ experience across the energy sector, including: advising two Secretaries of State in Government; at the energy supplier, OVO Energy; and at the think tank, Policy Exchange.

Co-head, Greencoat Capital

James Samworth co-heads the Bioenergy and Renewable Heat team at Greencoat, the leading UK renewables investor. He has been investing in the renewables sector since 2009 and has 10 years prior experience in the steel industry.

Commercial Director, National Grid Ventures

Rebecca is a member of National Grid Interconnectors Executive Team.  Having undertaken commercial and strategic roles at both EDF and E.ON over the last 20 years, Rebecca is passionate about people, decarbonisation and customer advocacy.

Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Enel X UK

Paul has worked in demand response for more than ten years, with direct experience of the markets in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and Ireland, and exposure to market design issues in other parts of Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Vice Chair and Head of Energy and Natural Resources, KPMG

Prior to joining KPMG in 2015, Simon had 25 years in the UK Government, and was latterly DG Energy in the Department of Energy and Climate Change and led the Electricity Market Reform Programme 2010-15.

CEO and founder of Correla Limited

Sian is CEO and founder of Correla Limited, a SaaS and technology managed services company. Correla creates products which help participants in the UK energy market manage their interactions more seamlessly and cost effectively.

Head of Data Centre Energy EMEA, Google

Ainhoa leads the energy procurement and energy infrastructure delivery for Google’s data centres in EMEA. As part of her role, Ainhoa is responsible for the execution of Google’s 24/7 carbon free energy program. She has over 15 years of experience in the energy sector.