Nick Winser, CBE
Commissioner
National Infrastructure Commission
Nick Winser has enjoyed a 30-year career in the energy sector which included being CEO of National Grid across UK and Europe, President of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, and CIGRE UK Chair.
Inaugural Chair of Energy Systems Catapult from 2015-2024, Nick was appointed Chair of the Advisory Board for the Energy Revolution ISCF programme in 2018. This was followed by his appointment in 2022 as the government’s Electricity Networks Commissioner. In 2022 he also joined the Board of Greencoat UK Wind, where he acts as the Senior Independent Director.
Nick is both a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, serving as its President in 2017/18, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is also a former Chair of the MS Society and a former member of the Board of the Kier Group.
Inaugural Chair of Energy Systems Catapult from 2015-2024, Nick was appointed Chair of the Advisory Board for the Energy Revolution ISCF programme in 2018. This was followed by his appointment in 2022 as the government’s Electricity Networks Commissioner. In 2022 he also joined the Board of Greencoat UK Wind, where he acts as the Senior Independent Director.
Nick is both a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, serving as its President in 2017/18, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is also a former Chair of the MS Society and a former member of the Board of the Kier Group.
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