Richard Lamb CEng FIET CMgr FCMI

Head of Transmission Network Design @ National Grid

About

Chartered Electrical Engineer, Chartered Manager and Fellow of the IET and CMI. Strategic leader with a detailed understanding of the electricity industry from engineering, finance and regulatory perspectives, ensuring high quality outcomes in negotiations and framework implementation. Critical regulatory and business knowledge to add value in negotiation and implementation of regime changes. Specialist in the design of high voltage power networks for both generation and demand connections. Responsibility for the development and delivery of multi-million pound investments on the electricity transmission system. Specialties: Power system engineering for both onshore and offshore transmission systems, renewable generation connections, programme and project management, commercial and regulatory frameworks, leadership of cross functional teams (both general and specialist), finance knowledge and understanding - especially application to business processes, regulatory submissions and negotiations, business planning processes.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Warwick

Industry

Utilities

Skill

Leadership, Renewable Energy, Program Management, Nuclear, Power Systems, High Voltage, Engineering, Electricity, Transmission, Smart Grid, Energy, Power Generation, Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Electric Power, Stakeholder Management, Power Distribution, Electricity Markets, Project Delivery

Experience

Head of Transmission Network Design

National Grid

2024-1 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Warwick, England, United Kingdom

System Access Manager

National Grid

2021-11 - 2024-1 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Warwick, England, United Kingdom

Leading a team of power systems engineers ensuring optimum outage planning to ensure system security, managing the thermal rating of operational assets and developing enhanced services to reduce the operational costs borne by the end consumer.

Portfolio Reporting Manager

National Grid

2019-4 - 2021-11 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Warwick

Leading a team responsible for the asset replacement business plan submission for National Grid, covering over £2bn of investment across the 5 year plan period.

Workstream Lead, Legal Separation Programme

National Grid

2017-4 - 2019-3 · 2 yrs

Warwick

Workstream lead for Investment and Connections across National Grid, splitting the TO and SO processes and procedures.

Finance Business Partner

National Grid

2013-3 - 2017-4 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Responsible for the development of the UK Strategic Business Plan for National Grid, comprising both electricity transmission and gas transmission and distribution. Specialising in cross-business liaison between the Finance and Engineering functions, ensuring decisions are made that ensure high quality outcomes for the whole business.

Price Control Electricity Capex Analyst

National Grid

2010-7 - 2013-3 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Responsible for the development of the Electricity Price Control Review submissions for National Grid and the successful negotiations with Ofgem on, and the implemenation of, the first RIIO-T1 price control.

System Development Team Manager

National Grid

2002-3 - 2010-7 · 8 yrs 5 mos

Responsible for a Team of 6 professional engineers designing the northern region of the England and Wales Electricity Transmission System to ensure compliance with the Licence Standards. Performing power system analysis for the connection of new generation (CCGT, nuclear, wind farms, etc) to the electricity system.