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Appointed October 2002
Age 65
Ken Harvey joined the Board following the merger of National Grid Group plc and Lattice Group plc, having been appointed to the Lattice Group plc board in September 2000. He was appointed Senior Independent Director in October 2004. He is Chairman of Pennon Group plc. A Chartered Engineer, Ken is a former Chairman and Chief Executive of Norweb plc, and a former Chairman of Comax Holdings Ltd, The Intercare Group plc and Beaufort International Group plc.
Appointed May 2005
Age 57
John Allan was appointed to the Board in May 2005. He is a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Post, having been appointed following its acquisition of Exel plc in December 2005 where he had been Chief Executive since September 1994. John started his career in marketing, at Lever Brothers, moving to Bristol-Myers Company Limited and then Fine Fare Limited. He joined BET plc in 1985 and was appointed to the board in 1987. He is a member of the CBI’s Presidents’ Committee, the International Advisory Council of the Singapore Economic Development Board and the University of Edinburgh Campaign Board. John was previously a Non-executive Director of PHS Group plc, Wolseley plc, Hamleys plc and Connell plc.
Appointed November 1995
Age 60
John Grant was appointed a Director of the Group in November 1995. He is Chairman of Torotrak plc and Hasgo Group Limited and a Non-executive Director of Corac Group Plc, and The Royal Automobile Club Limited. He was Chief Executive of Ascot Plc from 1997 to 2000 and Finance Director of Lucas Industries plc from 1992 to 1996. He previously held a number of senior executive positions during 25 years with Ford Motor Company. John will retire from National Grid with effect from the close of the 2006 Annual General Meeting.
Appointed March 2000
Age 58
Paul Joskow was appointed a Director of the Group in March 2000 following the acquisition of New England Electric System (NEES). He served as a Director of NEES between 1987 and its acquisition. He is a Professor of Economics and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, a Research Associate of the US National Bureau of Economic Research and a Fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Paul is also an independent Trustee of the Putnam Mutual Funds and an independent Non-executive Director of TransCanada.
Appointed October 2002
Age 55
Stephen Pettit was appointed to the Board following the merger of National Grid Group plc and Lattice Group plc, having been appointed to the Lattice Group plc board in 2001. He is a Non-executive Director of National Air Traffic Services, Halma plc and is Chairman of ROK Property Solutions plc. Stephen is also a member of BT plc’s Equality of Access Board. He is a former Executive Director of Cable & Wireless plc. Before joining Cable & Wireless, he was Chief Executive, Petrochemicals at British Petroleum. Stephen was previously a Non-executive Director of KBC Advanced Technologies plc and Norwood Systems Limited.
Appointed October 2003
Age 51
Maria Richter was appointed to the Board in October 2003. Maria worked for Morgan Stanley between 1993 and 2002, most recently as Managing Director of its Corporate Finance Retail Group. Prior to this, she was Managing Director of Investment Banking in the Southern Cone of Latin America, and Executive Director and Head of Independent Power and Structured Finance Business. Previous appointments include Vice President of Independent Power Group for Salomon Brothers, and Vice President of Prudential Capital Corporation and Power Funding Associates. Maria is a Director of Pro Mujer International, an international microfinance organisation, and was, until April 2006, a Director of the Western Electricity Co-ordinating Council.
Appointed October 2002
Age 54
George Rose was appointed to the Board following the merger of National Grid Group plc and Lattice Group plc, having been appointed to the Lattice Group plc board in September 2000. He has been Finance Director of BAE Systems plc (formerly British Aerospace plc) since 1998, having joined the company in 1992. He is a member of the shareholder committee of Airbus SAS and is also a Non-executive Director of SAAB AB and a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel. George is also a former Non-executive Director of Orange plc.
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