Nick Woollacott

Nick was Chief Executive of Southern Electric Power Generation (one of SSE’s predecessor companies) and then became Managing Director of British Gas’s global generation business.

Later, at Lattice Group, a forerunner of National Grid Transco (the UK’s leading electricity transmission and gas transportation utility), he was COO of Transco, responsible for all gas transmission and distribution operations in Britain.

Earlier, he led the first comprehensive appraisal of renewable energy in the UK and was with Shell in oil and shipping trading. He has held directorships with companies on all the major continents.