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Jonathan Dawson, Non-executive Director
Appointment to the Board: 4 March 2013
Committee membership: F, N, R (ch)
Previous appointments: Various roles within the Ministry of
Defence before joining Lazard where he spent over 20 years.
Non-executive Director of Galliford Try plc 2004 to 2008, National
Australia Group Europe Limited 2005 to 2012 and Standard Life
Investments (Holdings) Limited 2010 to 2013, and most recently
Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee of Next plc.
External appointments: Non-executive Director of Jardine Lloyd
Thompson Group plc and Chairman of Penfida Limited.
Experience:
• City
• Corporate finance
• Banking
• Pensions
Therese Esperdy, Non-executive Director
Appointment to the Board: 18 March 2014, and to the Board of
National Grid USA with effect from 1 May 2015
Committee membership: A, F (ch), N
Previous appointments: Joined Chase Securities in 1997, having
started her banking career with Lehman Brothers. Various senior
roles at JPMorgan Chase & Co. including Head of US Debt Capital
Markets and Global Head of Debt Capital Markets and most
recently co head of Banking, Asia Pacific at JPMorgan.
External appointments: Global Chairman of the Financial
Institutions Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Experience:
• City
• Corporate finance
• Banking
• US
• International
Paul Golby CBE FREng, Non-executive Director
Appointment to the Board: 1 February 2012
Committee membership: A, N, R, S (ch)
Previous appointments: Executive Director of Clayhithe plc before
joining East Midlands Electricity plc in 1998 as Managing Director,
Chief Executive of E.ON UK plc in 2002, and later additionally as
Chairman, stepping down from the E.ON board in December 2011
and most recently Non-executive Chairman of AEA Technology
Group plc.
External appointments: Chairman of EngineeringUK and the UK
National Air Traffic System, Chair of the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council and a member of the Council for
Science and Technology and of the Nurse Review Advisory Group.
Experience:
• Chairman and chief executive
• Engineer
• Government/regulatory
• City
• Utilities – energy
Ruth Kelly, Non-executive Director
Appointment to the Board: 1 October 2011
Committee membership: A, F, N
Previous appointments: Various senior roles in Government from
2001 to 2008, including Secretary of State for Transport, Secretary
of State for Communities and Local Government, Secretary of State
for Education and Skills and Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
External appointments: Senior Executive at HSBC and Governor
for the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
Experience:
• Government/regulatory
• Partnering/JV/contract
management
• Financial and economic
• Infrastructure projects
John Pettigrew, Executive Director, UK
Appointment to the Board: 1 April 2014
Previous appointments: Joined The National Grid Company plc
in1991 and held various senior management roles, becoming
Director of Engineering in 2003. He went on to become Chief
Operating Officer and Executive Vice President for the US
Electricity Distribution & Generation business between 2007
and 2010; Chief Operating Officer for UK Gas Distribution between
2010 and 2012; and UK Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 2014.
Experience:
• Government/regulatory
• Partnering/JV/contract
management
• Utilities – energy
• US
Dean Seavers, Executive Director, US
Appointment to the Board: 1 April 2015
Previous appointments: Various senior management positions
atTyco International Ltd. from 2000 to 2007 before joining General
Electric Company/United Technologies Corporation in 2007.
President and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Security
from 2007 to 2010 and then President, Global Services of United
Technologies Fire & Security from 2010 to 2011. Additionally,
amember of the Board of Directors of National Fire Protection
Association from 2010 to 2014, lead network member at City Light
Capital from 2011 to 2015 and President and Chief Executive at
Red Hawk Fire & Security, LLC from 2012 to 2014.
External appointments: Board member of Red Hawk Fire &
Security, LLC.
Experience:
• Chief executive
• Partnering/JV/contract
management
• City
• Corporate finance
• Financial services
• Customer
• US
• International
• Change and performance
improvement programmes
• General management
Mark Williamson, Non-executive Director
Appointment to the Board: 3 September 2012
Committee membership: A (ch), N, R
Previous appointments: Chief Accountant then Group Financial
Controller of Simon Group plc before joining International Power plc
as Group Financial Controller in 2000 and appointed as Chief
Financial Officer in 2003.
External appointments: Non-executive, Chairman of the Audit
Committee and Senior Independent Director of Alent plc, and
Chairman of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC.
Experience:
• Finance director
• Accountant
• Government/regulatory
• City
• Utilities – energy
• International
Alison Kay, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Appointment as Company Secretary: 24 January 2013
Previous appointments: Various roles since joining National Grid in
1996 including UK General Counsel and Company Secretary from
2000 to 2008 and Commercial Director, UK Transmission from
2008 to 2012.
Key
A Audit Committee
F Finance Committee
N Nominations Committee
R Remuneration Committee
S Safety, Environment and Health Committee
(ch) Chairman of committee
Additional Information
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