Ian Smyth

Ian joined Electricity North West in 2022 as group CEO.

Prior to Electricity North West Limited Ian was a director of UK Power Networks leading their commercial division. Ian has also served as managing director of Europe, Middle East and Asia for Navigant a global advisory and dispute resolution consultancy. He was the lead partner of the Energy, Utilities and Regulated Industries practice for LCP a European risk and investment consultancy. Ian was a consultant for Ernst & Young. He has worked internationally for governments, regulators and utilities across electricity, gas and water.

Ian has a BA(Hons) in philosophy, psychology, statistics and artificial intelligence from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MSc in Cognitive Science from the University of Birmingham.