Appointed March 2001

Age 50

Committee memberships: Executive (Committee chairman), Finance

Steve Holliday joined National Grid Group plc as Group Director, UK and Europe in March 2001. Immediately following the merger of National Grid Group plc and Lattice Group plc in October 2002, he was responsible for the electricity and gas transmission businesses. He was appointed as Group Director responsible for UK Gas Distribution and Business Services in April 2003. Steve was appointed Chief Executive on 1 January 2007, having been Deputy Chief Executive from 1 April 2006. He was formerly an Executive Director of British Borneo Oil and Gas. Previously, he spent 19 years with the Exxon Group, where he held senior positions in the international gas business and managed major operational areas such as refining and shipping. Steve’s international experience includes a four year spell in the US. He has also developed business opportunities in countries as diverse as China, Australia, Japan, Brazil and the former Soviet Union. He is a Non-executive Director of Marks and Spencer Group plc.