Dan McGrail, currentCEO of RenewableUK, will be the interim CEO of Great British Energy. Starting this March and working over a six-month period, it will mean that executive director of offshore wind Jane Cooper will be promoted to deputy CEO of RenewableUK.

McGrail said: “Homegrown, affordable clean power has never been more important and it’s a privilege to take up the role of interim CEO of Great British Energy at such a pivotal moment. Together with the talented leadership team, I’m excited to hit the ground running to scale up the company and work with industry to unleash billions of investment in clean energy, helping to grow new industries at scale with job opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people, as well as helping the Government to achieve its clean power targets".

The appointment follows that of five new non-executive directors to join chair Juergen Maier on the company’s start-up board.

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