Current Roles

Non Executive Director
Salary: Circa £55,000 per annum + Expenses

Purpose of the Role & Client

To be part of the Board of a regulated, public-interest smart metering sector business so that it is effective, well-governed and focused on the long-term delivery of its obligations, whilst delivering its agreed strategy and meeting or exceeding operational performance metrics.

The NED will contribute to the overall effectiveness of the Board, helping to promote objective judgement, openness and constructive debate, to ensure key strategic decisions are made with the running of this organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic contribution to the new Board, ensuring its overall effectiveness, including the quality of discussion, decision-making, challenge and delivery of the company’s strategy and key objectives
Contribute to the organisation’s strategy, performance, risk, internal control, culture, compliance and public-interest delivery
Involvement with the Board’s discussions and attention given to regulatory risk, operational resilience, service continuity and the maintenance of trust in a critical national infrastructure environment
Be part of a Board unit that gives proper attention to customer feedback, contract management findings and transparent performance reporting
Support constructive and transparent engagement with all relevant regulatory or industry bodies on matters affecting the business, its performance and its governance

The Person

The successful candidate will bring credible Board-level NED experience, sound judgement, independence of mind and the authority to notably contribute to a complex regulated business operating in the public interest. They will ideally have experience of working at Board level in an organisation of comparable complexity and will be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and executive leadership in a high-accountability environment. The individual may demonstrate strong governance instincts, personal integrity, the ability to promote constructive challenge and consensus. Experience of regulated sectors, critical infrastructure, major service delivery environments or the GB energy market would be advantageous.

Experience

Ideally, NED experience of having worked within Energy and / or Technology sectors
Experience of highly regulated environments, ideally with exposure to licence-based or public-interest obligations in the energy sector
Understanding of telecoms and/or Information technology and running critical national infrastructure would be great
Understanding of the smart metering regulatory environment and technology used to service customers and end consumers would be a really ‘nice to have’
A NED track record of being involved with strategy, performance, risk, internal control and organisational change
Demonstrable experience of working within organisations that have been through a period of significant change in a complex operating environment with external scrutiny and competing stakeholder interests
Experience of not-for-profit entities would be good
Experience of helping Boards instigate and deliver business transformation and efficiency programmes and improvements
Sound knowledge of corporate governance, director duties and board effectiveness
Understanding of risk, compliance and assurance in a regulated business.