Rob is Director of Commercial, Customer & Regulation for National Grid’s Interconnectors business, which has c. 8GW of capacity between the UK and France, Belgium, NL, Denmark and Norway. He is also Director for National Grid Interconnectors Ltd, National Grid IFA2 Ltd, National Grid NSL Ltd and National Grid Viking Ltd.He is accountable for the commercial strategy of National Grid’s Interconnectors, including developing and optimising products, services and hedging strategies.Rob leads all aspects of commercial and regulatory interfaces, working with partners, government, regulators, National Energy System Operator (NESO) and wider stakeholders with a focus on improving policy and market arrangements. He is accountable for the customer portfolio and strategy, the communications and marketing around this, and the senior relationships with customers.Rob started his career in 1997 with National Grid on their graduate scheme and from 2000 to 2016 in senior roles in the energy industry (Generation, Retail, New Build, Trading, Modelling, Analysis and Risk) prior to re-joining the National Grid ESO in 2016. Before joining the National Grid Interconnector business in May 2023, Rob led the ESO’s National Control Centre through the difficult winter of 2020/21 and led the ESO’s Balancing Programme - a £200m project to transform the ESO’s Control Centre IT capabilities.He holds an Electrical & Electronic Engineering Degree from Strathclyde University and an MBA from Manchester Business School.