Robert joined the Board as a non-Executive Director in June 2003 and became Chairman in January 2005. He is also: Chairman of the Weir Group plc; a non-Executive Director of Standard Bank Group Ltd; Chairman of Glasgow 2014 Ltd, the organising committee for the Commonwealth Games; and Chancellor of the University of the West of Scotland. Robert is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Ian was appointed Chief Executive in 2002, having been Finance Director since 1998. He has worked in the energy industry since 1992, when he joined Southern Electric. He is also: a member of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy; Chairman of the Scotland 2020 Delivery Group; a member of Ofgem’s Environmental Advisory Group; a member of the Energy Research Partnership; a non-Executive Director of the Wood Group and Maggie’s Cancer Centres; and became Chairman of the Engineering Construction Forum in 2009. Ian is a member of the Nomination Committee, Risk and Trading Committee and is Lead Director for the Environment and Corporate Responsibility.

Susan joined the Board as non-Executive Director in July 2003 and became Senior Independent Director in 2007. She is Managing Director of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland. Susan is also a non-Executive Director of the Court of the Bank of England, where she chairs the Audit and Risk Committee, and of Scotland’s Futures Forum. She chairs the Boards of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Edinburgh Festivals Forum. Susan chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee.

Richard joined the Board as a non-Executive Director in May 2007. He is Dean of Cass Business School and is non-Executive Chairman of CDC Group plc and a Senior Independent Director of Hiscox Ltd. Richard is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Alistair was appointed Generation and Supply Director in December 2010 after taking responsibility for Generation Operations; previously he was Energy Supply Director since joining the Board in 2002. He has worked in the energy industry since 1997, when he joined Southern Electric. Alistair has Board level responsibility for Generation, Energy Trading, Electricity and Gas Supply, Energy Efficiency, Customer Service, Sales, Marketing and Energy Services. He chairs the Risk and Trading Committee.

René joined the Board as a non-Executive Director in June 2003. He is Finance Director of Anglo American plc and is a non-Executive Director of Anglo Platinum, DB (De Beers) Investments and Petrofac Limited. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.

Gregor was appointed Finance Director and joined the Board in 2002, having previously been Group Treasurer and Tax Manager. He has worked in the energy industry since 1990, when he joined Scottish Hydro Electric. He has Board-level responsibility for finance, human resources, IT, procurement and other group services. He is also the sponsoring Board member for SSE’s business development in Ireland, Gregor is a Director of Scotia Gas Networks, and is a member of the Risk and Trading Committee.

Thomas joined the Board as a non-Executive director in 2008. He is the Chairman of Lloyd's Register Group, Vice Chairman of the VKR Holding Group (VELUX) and a non Executive Director of Petrofac Plc. He was CEO of Maersk Oil and he is a member of the Audit, Nomination, and Safety, Health and Environment Advisory Committees.

Jeremy joined the Board as non-Executive director in July 2011. He was the Director General of the UK Government Olympic Executive. He was previously also Principal Vice President of Bechtel Ltd, where he had responsibility for management and delivery of Bechtel’s worldwide civil engineering projects in infrastructure and aviation business lines.

Katie joined the Board as non-Executive director in July 2011. She is Director of Dixons Retail Plc. She was previously Group People, Marketing and Property Director of DSG International, Managing Director of Kwik Save, and Group Retail Director and Group HR Director at Somerfield. Her earlier career included roles at Dyson, Pepsi Co and Unilever.