Bridget is leading the setting up of a Regional Energy Strategic Planner capability for GB, a new role given to NESO in November 2023. In this role Bridget is creating regional energy planning teams with a whole energy system, stakeholder led approach to strategic energy planning joining up local energy plans and ambitions with national energy plans. Bridget is a chartered gas engineer with over 25 years leadership experience mainly within gas transmission and distribution. This has covered a wide number of strategic, regulatory, asset management, stakeholder and operational leadership roles.