Star Energy Group plc has appointed Anthony White MBE to the board as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect.
Dr White, who joins the audit committee, has more than 35 years’ experience in international power markets and low carbon economy from capital markets analytical and industry strategy roles.
He has been involved in developing economic and financial frameworks that have reformed the energy sector and opened new areas to private sector investment.
This was particularly in relation to conventional power sector reform as well as renewable energy.
Dr White has helped formulate government policy to make clean energy projects worthwhile investments, and has been an energy industry regulator.
His key responsibilities included lead analyst for the energy team at investment bank James Capel which advised the Government on privatising the power sector.
As head of Citigroup’s pan-European power team he also oversaw market liberalisation in other European markets. He was also National Grid’s group head of strategy during the 1990s.
In 2003, Dr White was one of the founders of specialist low carbon advisory and asset manager Climate Change Capital.
He has been heavily involved in UK energy and power market policy, participating in numerous UK Government advisory bodies including the Energy Advisory Panel, Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Reform, Energy Networks Strategy Group and the Nuclear Liability Financing Assurance Board.
He was awarded an MBE in 2004 for services to UK energy policy.
Dr White is currently a non-executive board director of Green Energy Options and the Triple Point Energy Transition Trust.