Directorate Change

RNS Number : 3675X

Jersey Electricity PLC

04 January 2022

 

JERSEY ELECTRICITY PLC

4 January 2022

Directorate Change - Appointment of non-executive Director

The Board of Jersey Electricity Plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Kayte O'Neill as a non-executive Director at our forthcoming AGM on 3 March 2022.

Kayte is Head of Markets for National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), accountable for developing markets to enable future operation of the UK's electricity system on the path to net zero.

She joined National Grid PLC in 2002 and has held a wide variety of senior roles across the business, most recently as Head of Strategy and Regulation for the ESO. Prior to that she spent three years in Boston with National Grid's US electricity distribution businesses.

Kayte holds a first class degree in Business Economics and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Program for Leadership Development.

The Company also makes the following statements:

• Effectiveness: Kayte's biography is above. Her background and skillset will bring diversity to the Board.

• Independence: The Board considers that Kayte is independent in character and judgment, and that there are no relationships or circumstances that are likely to affect her judgment.

• Selection: Kayte was selected through a process overseen by the Nominations Committee with the use of an external recruitment consultant.

Enquiries:

Daisy Willder

Acting Company Secretary

Jersey Electricity Plc

PO Box 45, The Powerhouse

Queens Road, St Helier

Jersey. JE4 8NY

Tel: [phone]

email: [e-mail]

 

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