Leigh Williams, BEng, PhD, CEng

First class communication skills. Can operate comfortably at executive and operational levels. A networker with good technical and commercial skills. An innovative thinker and negotiator. Over 25 years of industrial experience within the UK ESI. Recent experience focussed developing infrastructure, improving asset performance, co-investment strategies for assets and improving the performance of O&M business through asset management and business management good practice.

Key Achievements 

•       Strategy adviser to landowners on the development of energy masterplans.

•       Adviser to infrastructure investment fund on asset strategy on existing investments.

•       Technical services adviser infrastructure investment fund on offshore transmission asset           transfer.

•       Adviser to a major Chinese OEM seeking partnerships with UK construction companies’          developers of power infrastructure.

•       Consultant to National Grid in support of RIIO T2 price control determination.

•       Adviser for a new investment fund market entrant into the UK offshore transmission sector          (TR6).

•       Executive leadership roles including responsibility for taking c. 100 staff through business          transformation to improve operational efficiency.

•       Development of Rail Power investment programmes for interoperability between Rail and          Energy sectors.

•       Organisational due diligence O&M delivery improving business planning and operations           including competency and development of staff.

•       Development of procurement strategies and capital efficiency for utilities infrastructure          through ESCo/MUSCo and micro-grid private networks.

•       Managing regulatory initiative to promote certification to asset management good practice          through PAS55 (predecessor to ISO55000).

•       Providing stakeholder management for electricity connections disputes and determinations.

•       Researching, compiling and delivering strategy on the risk managed integration of new          network technology.

•       ompany technical specialist for IEC Standards and CIGRE Working Groups

•       Design, development of transmission interconnector projects in Europe

Career Summary (Recent Roles)

Techno-commercial Adviser                                                                                                

Carysium

Managing Director                                                                                 

EPNC (Technical Advisory Start-up)

Advisor and Interim OFTO Manager                                                         

Balfour Beatty

Interim Energy Services Director                                                                                     

Network Rail

Head of Power Transmission

Atkins

Qualifications

•       BEng Hons (Upper 2nd) Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Cardiff University

•       PhD HV Engineering at Cardiff University

•       Chartered Engineer (CEng)

•       Member of The IET

•       Member of Cigre UK Executive