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NETWORK / 20 / FEBRUARY 2017 Basil Scarsella Chief executive, UK Power Networks Scarsella has seen UKPN win the utility of the year award at the Utility Week awards twice in consecutive years (2015 and 2016). This has been achieved by improving the safety, efficiency and reliability of the DNO's operations. Alongside this, under Scarsella's leadership UKPN is also embracing new technologies, such as energy storage at its Leighton Buzzard site. Dermot Nolan Chief executive, Ofgem Nolan joined Ofgem as chief executive officer in March 2014, having previously been commissioner at the Commission for Energy Regulation in Ireland from May 2008 and its chair since May 2011. He has overseen turbulent times within the energy sector, with pressure mounting on suppliers following the Competition and markets Authority probe. Nolan will now have to ensure customers are treated fairly under the principles-based approach being adopted by the regulator. Away from retail, Nolan will also manage the transformation of the energy networks to a more flexible system, including making it easier for storage solutions to be developed. Piers Clark Founder and chairman, Isle Utilities Clark set up isle Utilities on the back of his experience gained working at Blackstone's water-sector private equity fund and from four years as Thames water's commercial director. He has also helped to establish the Technology Approval Group (TAG) in 2005. Isle Utilities is a global team of scientists, engineers, business and regulatory experts, with a "common drive to make a positive social, economical, and environmental impact through the advancement of innovative technologies and related practices". Tony Cocker Chief executive, Eon UK Cocker has worked his way up through the company over a period 19 years to arrive at his current position. He was previously chief executive and chairman of the Board of Management of Düsseldorf-based Eon Energy Trading between 2008 and September 2011. Before this, spent 11 years with Eon UK before being named as chief executive of Eon UK in 2011. Since then, he has seen the Eon go through a split, with the newly created company Uniper focusing on the conventional energy world - consisting of upstream and midstream businesses that originally belonged to Eon. The new Eon will focus on the new energy world. Simon Harrison Group strategic development manager, Mott MacDonald Harrison has a pan-infrastructure perspective including energy, transportation, water, the urban and built environment, having built his career primarily in the electricity sector. He also has an active interest in energy policy has led to him directing a number of key studies in the UK and elsewhere. Harrison also chairs the IET's energy policy panel, and most recently the Future Power Systems Architecture Project, a collaboration for the UK government between the IET and the Energy Systems Catapult. John Reynolds Chief executive, Castle Water Reynolds has driven the rapid expansion of Castle Water from a new entrant in the Scottish water retail sector, to the one of the largest companies in the UK water retail space. This has seen the company takeover the customer bases of Portsmouth Water and Thames Water and grow tenfold in an instant – from 30,000 to around 330,000 customers. He has more than 25 years' experience in the finance and utilities sectors. And is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and is a former member of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland. Elon Musk Founder and products architect, Tesla and chairman, SolarCit Musk is best-known for his exploits with the Tesla motor company, which is developing electric vehicles. The Model S was the most popular EV in the world last year, selling more than 50,000 units. Following on from the success in the automobile sector, Muck has driven Tesla forward with the development of the Powerwall storage system – both for domestic and commercial purposes. He has generated interest in the energy storage sector and EVs that goes far beyond the traditional reach of the sector. Ben Jeffs Director and chief executive, MOSL Jeffs was named chief executive of MOSL in July 2015 and since then has a seen the development of the market operator from a small, starter company to the delivery body behind the opening up of the non-domestic water market. He has helped drive forward the programme which will significantly change the way the water retail market operates. Cathryn Ross Chief executive, Ofwat Ross has been influential in helping the regulator shi§ away from descriptive regulation to a more principles based approach. She returned to Ofwat in July 2013 a§er five years away at the Office of Rail Regulation. Since then she has guided the industry through the PR14 price review and is gearing up to take the sector through the even more revolutionary PR19. Ross also has an important role in ensuring the sector is ready for market opening in April 2017. Cheryl Latham Chief executive, Brighter World Energy Latham has set up the new energy supplier, Brighter World Energy, in an attempt to tackle two major problems: UK energy customers being "consistently overcharged" and people in poor nations such as Africa living without access to energy. It promises to install a solar- powered micro-grid in an African village for every 2,000 UK customers it signs up. Key people