WUN and CMS are providing an opportunity to network with other WUN members along with a lively panel discussion centered on the road to 2025 Net Zero in what will be an interesting, informative and thought provoking event.

The event will be hosted by WUN supporter CMS in their stunning venue at Cannon Street.

We are delighted to announce the following panelists –

Cathy McClay – Managing Director, National Grid DSO,     

Alexandra Meagher – Group Head of Regulation, Octopus Energy Group,

Nichola Plower, Partner ,  Baringa,

Sarah Elias – Principal Consultant, AFRY Management Consulting

Chaired by Jo Butlin, WUN Co-Founder and Director.

For any enquires regarding the event please contact [email protected]

Panelists bio:

Cathy McClay – Managing Director, National Grid DSO

Cathy has 25 years’ experience in the electricity industry.  In the first part of her career, she worked for a number of energy companies in the UK, France and the Netherlands, specialising in modelling and analysis for trading, risk management, strategy and investment.   Cathy then joined National Grid System Operator as Head of Commercial where she was responsible for opening up the ancillary service markets to new sources of flexibility, such as demand side response and batteries.

Most recently, Cathy has been Director of Flexibility at ENOWA, the energy company of NEOM.  NEOM is focused on developing sustainable living in the desert in the North West of Saudi Arabia, powered by a fully-renewable energy system.  Cathy was responsible for ensuring that everything was in place to be able to balance and control the fully-renewable energy system, including the design and implementation of the flexibility market.  In addition, Cathy led the teams developing the physical flexible assets needed to balance the system, including a 2.1GW, 23 GWh pumped storage station in the desert.

Cathy is an electrical engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Alexandra Meagher – Group Head of Regulation, Octopus Energy Group

Octopus Energy Group is an energy transition group which is also the UK’s biggest electricity supplier. Alexandra has more than a decade’s experience in regulatory policy and strategy at the Cabinet Office, Bulb and Freshfields.

Nichola Plower –  Partner, Baringa

Nichola is proud to be the longest-serving woman at Baringa. Joining as an entry level advisor in 2004, Nichola now leads our Power & Low Carbon Market Access team having grown her career in step with Baringa’s own growth. She cut her teeth in energy trading, working with global trading houses to install trading platforms. Over the course of her career, she’s forged strong relationships with the world’s largest energy companies, including EDF, Shell and BP.

Nichola was Baringa’s first advisor to work on trading projects in Singapore and Houston and works across the entire energy value chain from production to consumption. With such dramatic Energy system change underway, Nichola guides clients on how to transition efficiently and cost-effectively while keeping pace with market pressure for value.

Nichola loves coaching and mentoring, always looking to bring out the best in others. She encourages colleagues to grow and gives them the space and the means to do so, in ways that feel right for them.

Sarah Elias – Principal Consultant, AFRY Management Consulting 

With over a decade’s experience in the energy industry, Sarah is a Principal at AFRY Management Consulting, focusing on the GB electricity market. Her work includes overseeing AFRY’s quarterly projections of GB electricity prices as well as bespoke market analysis and transaction support for utilities, oil and gas majors, developers and investors.

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