Sara was appointed to the role of Chair of the Elexon Board from October 2022. She has been a member of the Elexon Board since March 2019.
Role at Elexon
Sara is Chair of the Elexon Board which is made up of a strong mix of multi-disciplinary experience and has a composition that follows corporate governance best practice. The Elexon Board is ultimately accountable to BSC Parties. She also participates in individual BSC committees and is a Board Member of EMR Settlement Limited.
Sara also chairs the Balancing and Settlement (BSC) Code Panel and the Credit Committee.
Experience at Elexon
Sara served as interim Chief Executive Officer at Elexon between November 2021 and April 2022.
Experience in the industry
Sara was previously at E.ON UK, where she was Executive Director for Strategy and Regulation and, latterly for Political and Regulatory Affairs, after holding a number of senior roles in legal, regulatory affairs, energy policy and CSR. Sara’s background was as a competition and regulatory lawyer at Slaughter and May before moving to Powergen (later E.ON).
Sara is a Non-Executive Director of the North Sea Transition Authority, a member of the Energy Advisory Panel at the Energy Institute, where she is a Fellow, and Steering Group Co-chair in Icebreaker One’s work on Open Energy.
Sara is an independent non-executive director at South Staffordshire Water Plc and will take on the role of Chair from 1 May 2025.
She was a Board Member of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy, which later merged into Energy UK, where she was an alternate Board member and was a member of the CBI West Midlands Regional Council. She is also a local Parish Councillor.
Board Roles
- Chair of the Elexon Board
- Chair of BSC Panel
- Chair of Nominations Committee
- Chair of MHHS Committee
- Member of the Transformation Committee
- Member of the People and Remuneration Committee