Energy Secretary has today (14 January 2025) confirmed the
reappointment of as Chief Executive
Officer of Ofgem.
The reappointment will run from 1 February 2025 until 31 January
2030.
The Secretary of State has also extended the terms of 2
non-executive directors - Myriam Madden to 31 March 2025 and
Barry Panayi to 16 March 2027.
Biographies - Chief Executive
Officer
was appointed as an
executive member of the Ofgem Board in 2018. Jonathan became
Ofgem's Chief Executive Officer on 3 February 2020. This follows
his previous appointment as Executive Director for Systems and
Networks in April 2018.
He has wide-ranging energy sector experience, having led
Electricity Market Reform as the Director for Energy Markets and
Networks at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Prior to this, he was Director of the Office of Climate Change, a
cross-government strategy unit focussed on climate change and
energy issues, where he led the development of the Climate Change
Act. Earlier in his career, Jonathan was a senior adviser in the
Prime Minister's Strategy Unit.
Appointed: 3 February 2020
Reappointed: 1 February 2025
Term ends: 31 March 2025
Myriam Madden - Non-Executive Director
Myriam was appointed to the Ofgem Board in January 2020. She has
held senior executive finance and operational positions in global
technology companies, financial services in the UK, US and
Europe, as well as the public sector. An experienced Executive
Director, Myriam specialised in business transformation,
operational restructuring and finance in both the private and
public sectors.
Myriam is a chartered management accountant and a Board member of
the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA).
She is a Board member of Home Group, chairman of their Scottish
subsidiary, a board member of the Traverse Theatre and chairman
of their Audit committee.
Myriam previously served as a non-executive member of the Audit
and Risk Assurance Committee of BEIS. She was also a Board member
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
President of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants,
both global accounting bodies.
Appointed: 1 January 2020
Extended: 1 February 2025
Term ends: 31 January 2030
Barry Panayi Madden - Non-Executive Director
Barry was appointed to the Ofgem Board in March 2020. He
specialises in data and digital transformation and has worked in
data for the whole of his career. He is currently Chief Data and
Insight Officer for John Lewis.
Prior to John Lewis, Barry spent the majority of his early career
at Ernst & Young helping to lead the data and analytics
practice and has subsequently headed up data and digital teams in
organisations such as Bupa, Virgin and Lloyds Banking Group.
Appointed: 16 March 2020
Extended: 1 February 2025
Term ends: 16 March 2027
