NESO Electricity Markets Advisory Council (EMAC)

Head of EMEA Energy Commercial Structuring, Google: Ainhoa leads Google's Energy Commercial Structuring team in EMEA, where she is responsible for driving clean energy procurement and investment to meet the company's 24/7 CFE goals and support its Data Center expansion. She brings over 15 years of energy sector experience.

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.

Head of Regulatory Affairs, Ørsted: David has over 15 years' experience in the energy sector with focus on trading and risk management, and market design and reform. He is also a visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths University

Director of Innovation & Planning, EirGrid: Eoin has worked for the Irish Transmission System Operator for over 17 years. He is currently responsible for developing, and supporting delivery of EirGrid’s plan to transform the power system to deliver Ireland’s net zero ambition.

Head of Market Intelligence and Advisory, Elexon:  Francis leads Elexon's Market Intelligence and Advisory team, providing strategic insights that shape Elexon's direction and influence the wider energy landscape. He has over 10 years of experience in the energy sector, working in various market, commercial, and regulatory roles at E.ON, National Grid ESO, and National Gas.

Director of Energy, Citizens Advice: Gillian is the Director of Energy at Citizens Advice. Since 2018, she has led the organisation's role as statutory energy advocate for consumers and small businesses, including expanding its remit to heat networks. She also directs the organisation's strategy for energy advice, ensuring its services are able to meet people's changing needs.

Chief Executive Officer, 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.

Partner, Schroders Greencoat: James is a Partner at Schroders Greencoat. He joined Schroders Greencoat in January 2019, co-heads M&A for the business and also chairs its ESG committee. He has 17 years of investment experience, of which the last 16 years have been focused solely on renewables.

Chair, Electrify Industry: Laura has been working in energy transformation for 20 years and chairs The Green Alliance, The Food Foundation and Electrify Industry.  She founded Powerful Women and is on the board of SSE Transmission, Ohme Global, Sero Homes and Highview Power. 

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.

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.

Vice Chair and Head of Energy and Natural Resources, KPMG UK: Simon has over 30 years’ experience advising on energy and climate issues. He leads on energy, climate change and green economy for KPMG UK. He chairs UCL’s Centre for Net Zero Market Design, is a Vice Chair and Fellow of the Energy Institute (FEI) and a member of the CBI Net Zero Board.

Director of Distribution System Operator (DSO), UK Power Networks (UKPN): Sotiris joined UKPN in 2005 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.