Structure
The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority is governed by the Chairman John Mogg, executive members as well as non-executive members.
John Mogg was appointed for a second five-year term as the non-executive Chairman of Ofgem in October 2008. In the same year he was also elected for a second term as Chairman of the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG), and as the President of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER). Mogg became a Life Peer on 18 April 2008 and on the 28th May 2008 he was created Baron Mogg of Queens Park in The County Of Sussex.
Alistair Buchanan was appointed Chief Executive of Ofgem in 2003. He is also a member of the Business Energy Forum and the UK Energy Research Partnership (UKERP) and previously a Non Executive Director for the state-owned company Scottish Water.
Moreover, Ofgem is divided in Ofgem (Smarter Grids & Governance, Markets, Sustainable Development and Group Finance Director) and in Ofgem E-Serve containing Group Functions: Environmental Programmes, Operations/HR, Information Management and Technology, Finance and Risk Management, and Commercial: Offshore, Legal, Smart Metering Delivery, New Schemes Development.
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