Board Members
UKTI has brought together business people with international trade and investment experience coupled with extensive experience of the energy sector to:
- Monitor and control the progress of the strategy implementation at the strategic level
- Set up and direct Working Groups
- Overall management and evaluation of activities
- Co-ordinate stakeholder input and delivery
- Identify, secure and advise allocation of resources
- Identify political or economic hurdles to the success of the strategy
The Chairman of the UK Energy Excellence Board is Samir Brikho, Chief Executive of AMEC plc.
Samir Brikho
AMEC plc, Chief Executive
Age 50, Samir Brikho has been chief executive of AMEC plc since October 2006.
Neil Bruce
Amec Plc , Executive Director AMEC plc, Chief Operating Officer, Natural Resources and Power & Process
Neil was appointed an Executive Director of the board of AMEC plc in January 2009. Neil is also Chief Operating Officer of AMEC’s Natural Resources and Power & Process divisions.
Doctor Mike Farley
Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd , Director of Technology Policy
Dr Farley has worked with Doosan Babcock and its predecessors since 1974, initially within the Research & Development Department and later in the Technology Centre, becoming Director of Technology in 1998 and Director of Technology Policy Liaison in 2002.
Colin Hood
Scottish and Southern Energy , Chief Operating Officer
Colin joined the Board of Scottish and Southern Energy as Power Systems Director in January 2001, becoming Chief Operating Officer in October 2002.
Robert Lane
CMS Cameron McKenna , Head of Regulated Industries,
Robert Lane is Head of Regulated Industries at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP and has been advising in the energy sector for over 20 years.
Professor Jim R McDonald
University of Strathclyde , Principal
Professor Jim McDonald spent 7 years within the UK Electricity Supply Industry. He joined Strathclyde University in 1984 ultimately being appointed as the Rolls-Royce Professor of Electrical Power Systems in 1993.
Doctor Filomena La Porta
Technology Strategy Board , Lead technologist – Energy Generation and Supply
Filomena joined the Technology Strategy Board in August 2007 as Lead Technologist for the Energy Generation and Supply Area.
Rt Hon. Brian Wilson
Rt Hon. Brian Wilson is a former Labour MP who held five Ministerial posts between 1997 and his retirement from politics in 2005.
Sector news
Thursday, Sep 02, 2010
Shaw to install five HRSG boilers at Pembroke power plant in UK The Shaw Group has won a contract to erect and install five heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) boilers at the 2,160MW Pembroke combined-cycle gas-fired power plant located in South West Wales, UK.
Thursday, Sep 02, 2010
BP to sell Malaysian petrochemical operations to Petronas UK oil company BP has agreed to sell its ethylene and polyethylene Malaysian operations for $363m (£235m) to Petronas.
Thursday, Sep 02, 2010
UK nuclear gets support from Lib Dem members Nuclear as part of the UK’s energy mix has received a strong backing from the Liberal Democrat members, with 68% members voting in favor of nuclear in a recent voice poll.
Thursday, Sep 02, 2010
Pipelay vessel begins laying pipe for Nord Stream in Gulf of Finland Allseas’ pipe-laying vessel Solitaire has begun to lay the Gulf of Finland section of the 1,224km Nord Stream natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
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