Bless Kuri

Bless Kuri has a diverse work experience in the energy transmission industry. They started their career at National Grid as a Power System Engineer from January 2007 to July 2008. They then moved on to Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC, where they held multiple roles including Transmission Planning Engineer from August 2008 to July 2012, Transmission Planning Team Leader from August 2012 to May 2018, and Acting Network Capability and Performance Manager from June 2018 to November 2018. Currently, Bless Kuri is working at SSEN Transmission as the Head of System Planning and Investment, starting from December 2018.

Bless Kuri holds a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Bath, which they obtained from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, they completed a Master of Science - MSc in Electrical Power Systems at the same university from 2002 to 2003. Their undergraduate education was at the University of Zimbabwe, where they earned a Bachelor of Science - BSc Honours in Electrical Engineering between 1993 and 1996.