National Grid announces new leadership for Ventures business

National Grid today (26 June) announced that Katie Jackson will join National Grid as President of National Grid Ventures (NGV) and sit on the Group Executive Committee, further strengthening National Grid’s leadership team and reinforcing its credentials as a leader in the energy transition.

She will join National Grid in July and will assume full duties at NGV on 1 September.

Katie joins from Shell where she most recently served as Executive Vice President of Acquisitions, Divestments and New Business Development. Shell was also where she started her career as an engineer.  

Prior to re-joining Shell, Katie held senior leadership roles in investment banking at UBS and in corporate development at Anadarko. She has also held senior positions at Equinor and BG Group.

Katie is the Chair of POWERful Women, a professional initiative based at the Energy Institute that is seeking to address the underrepresentation of women in the energy sector. National Grid is both a sponsor and partner of POWERful Women, and a member of its Energy Leaders Coalition. She is also a non-executive director of IMI plc.

Ben Wilson, who has served as interim President of NGV since January of this year, will return full-time to his Executive Committee role as Chief Strategy & External Affairs Officer.

John Pettigrew, Chief Executive of National Grid, said: “Our entire executive team is focused on helping deliver solutions that address the challenges associated with the energy transition and enhance our vision of playing a leading role in the clean, fair and affordable energy future. Katie brings a wealth of energy industry knowledge and experience to NGV, and her background and skills are a perfect match to help take our National Grid Ventures business to the next level and help the governments in the countries where we operate realise their net zero ambitions. We welcome Katie to National Grid and to our Group Executive.”