Appointed as Head of Operations UK, part of the Global Energy Management business and a Director of Scottish Power Energy Management, with overall responsibility for all Scottish Power trading and energy management operations.Safeguarded the profitability of Scottish Power’s UK integrated energy chain, from power station generation sales through to purchasing energy for retail customers. Successfully led a multi-disciplined professional team of circa 70 employees, delivering in… Show more Appointed as Head of Operations UK, part of the Global Energy Management business and a Director of Scottish Power Energy Management, with overall responsibility for all Scottish Power trading and energy management operations.Safeguarded the profitability of Scottish Power’s UK integrated energy chain, from power station generation sales through to purchasing energy for retail customers. Successfully led a multi-disciplined professional team of circa 70 employees, delivering in a diverse range of areas. Teams included traders, analysts, IT project managers, regulation, contracts and graduates. Show less

Responsible for portfolio (asset) optimisation including power station operations and purchasing wholesale energy for retail customers, short term (24-7) trading operations and interfacing with the Generation, Retail and Renewables Businesses.

Accountable for leading a team of highly qualified employees who were responsible for undertaking the necessary analysis for Energy Management to ensure all relevant commercial opportunities and risks for the Business were identified and fully understood.Key areas included providing a wide range of analytical support, including retail demand forecasting, wind generation forecasting, financial/technical analysis, market intelligence and development of trading systems.

Responsible for leading the power trading team and managing Scottish Power’s electricity and carbon positions.

Managed all short-term (24-7) power and gas trading activities. In addition responsible for delivering business plans, strategies, budgets, forecasts and commercial analysis for major capital investment projects associated with the Generation Business.

Supported contract negotiation for long term high value gas contracts. In addition developed and executed trading strategies for the SP gas business.Successfully set up the original Scottish Power gas transportation business.

Developed industry awareness and business relationships with potential new business partners.Supported a wide range of analysis on potential generation projects.

Managed power station outage planningDeveloped and managed IT system to support complex outages on nuclear power stations

Training modules included formal courses and attachments to the Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Technical Services Divisions