Ruth Kelly is a Managing Director at HSBC and has held various important roles during her ministerial career in Government from 2001 to 2008.  These roles included Secretary of State for Transport, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Secretary of State for Education and Skills and Financial Secretary to the Treasury.  She is also a Governor for the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.  She has a MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and spent her early career in the Bank of England. 

Sir John Parker, Chairman, said:  “I warmly welcome Ruth to the Board of National Grid.  Ruth brings a wealth of financial and economic experience, knowledge of large infrastructure projects and the regulatory interfaces from her years in the higher levels of Government and in her current role at HSBC.”

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National Grid

National Grid (LSE: NG; NYSE:NGG) is an electricity and gas company that connects consumers to energy sources through its networks.  The company is at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our society - to create new, sustainable energy solutions for the future and developing an energy system that underpins economic prosperity in the 21st century.  National Grid holds a vital position at the centre of the energy system and we ‘join everything up’. 

In Britain, we run the gas and electricity systems that our society is built on, delivering gas and electricity across the country.  In the North Eastern US, we connect more than seven million gas and electric customers to vital energy sources, essential for our modern lifestyles.

National Grid in the UK:
• We own the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales, operating it across Great Britain
• We own and operates the high pressure gas transmission system in Britain
• Our gas distribution business delivers gas to 11 million homes and businesses
• We also own a number of related businesses including LNG importation, land remediation and metering
• National Grid manages the National Gas Emergency Service free phone line on behalf of the industry - 0800 111 999 (all calls are   recorded and may be monitored).