Glyn Jones, BSc, CEng, MIET, DMS

Glyn Jones is the Chairman and Strategic Advisor to Avon Utilities and Generation. Glyn previously founded the Sterling Power Group providing a full range of engineering design and construction services to the utility and embedded generation markets. With 40 years in the energy industry, he established the first private independent gas company in the UK and set the strategy for the competitive electricity supply business. He is well versed in energy generation, distribution, and governance issues, having served as Managing Director of key businesses entering the competitive marketplace and as National Chair of the CiC Code of Practice Competition in Connections Governance Group. Glyn is registered as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and is a Member of the Institute of Engineering Technology (MIET).

Key Achievements

• Unrivaled experience and knowledge as a Utility and Embedded Generation specialist – over 50 years

• Key Commercial and Engineering role in the development of a large number of embedded generation projects

• Lobbying and challenging DNOs and NGET on behalf of developers for more favorable generation connections and ensuring licence obligations are met.

• Development from bottom up and leadership of multi faceted business, including power engineering, wider electrical engineering, EPC contracting, M+E contracting, Training, Survey, and Geophysical arms working with UK Gov, MOD, National Grid, Network Rail, numerous DNOs and IDNOs and other large asset owners.

• National Chairman of Code of Practice Competition in Connections Governance

• National Chairman of Retail forum for Carbon Reduction

• Mentoring of countless engineers with first class results

• Overseen and managed numerous Mergers and Acquisitions to compliment the numerous business’ portfolio.

• Driven through improvements to safe working practices with key stakeholder engagement to drive through improvements in Safety, Health and Environmental performance in high risk environments in the Power sector

Career Summary

Chairman 2018 – Present

Avon Utilities and Generation

• Leadership support to the Management Team

• Sales lead generation

• Engineering support and industry governance and licensing mentorship

• Driving a Strategic and Entrepreneurial focus with the management team

• Client Engineer role on numerous projects

Managing Director 2004 – 2018

Sterling Power Group

MD for Sterling Power Group and its subsidiary companies, professionally qualified Executive with a very broad range of General Management experience gained within all aspects of electricity and gas engineering, activities of UK energy companies.

Employee (Numerous roles listed below) 1968 – 2004

Aquila / MEB and related businesses

• Managing Director – Midlands Contracting 2002 – 2004

• Managing Director – Midlands Gas 2000 – 2004

• Managing Director – Midlands Energy Services (UK) 1995 – 2002

• Managing Director – GMS 2001 – 2003

• Director Powerline 1994 – 1999

• Various Senior Managements Positions 1988 – 1994

• Commercial Engineer 1980 – 1988

• Distribution Engineer 1973 – 1980

Qualifications

• BSc Degree in Electrical Engineering at Aston University CEng MIET DMS

• Corporate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers