Peter is a graduate engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in the energy sector. He spent twenty years with Esso and ExxonMobil specialising in strategic planning and operational management. He spent ten years in leadership positions in refining & supply culminating in the appointment to the position of operations manager at Fawley Refinery, with full responsibility for the operation of the UK’s largest refinery. In 2004, he joined the board of Drax Power Limited, the owner of the largest power station in the UK, as production director. He was a member of the executive team which carried out a successful IPO of the Drax business on the London Stock Exchange in December 2005. Post flotation, Peter played a leading role in converting Drax into a major renewable generator (including the development of biomass pelleting plants and export facilities in the USA) and was chairman of Capture Power, the joint venture vehicle responsible for the development of the White Rose Carbon Capture and Storage Project. In September 2012, he was appointed as a non-executive director of N.G. Bailey, a privately owned major electrical and mechanical contractor with an annual turnover of £400-500m, based at Denton near Ilkley, West Yorkshire. In 2016, he was appointed as chief executive officer of Electricity North West Limited, a business which is responsible for the electricity distribution network covering Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.
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