Laura Sandys has been working in energy transformation for 20 years and chairs the UK Regulator’s Network Innovation Taskforce, Sero Homes, The Green Alliance, The Food Foundation and Electrify Industry.  She is on the board of SSE Transmission, Ohme Global, and Highview Power.   She is an Honorary Fellow at Imperial College and a member of the EPRI Advisory Council.

She was the Chair of the UK Government’s Energy Digitalisation Taskforce and is now working globally to spread best practise of the digitalisation of the energy system.  

Laura was awarded a CBE in recognition for her work on energy policy, was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Green Economy by Business Green and Utility Week Industry Champion in 2019.  

She was previously a Member of Parliament for South Thanet, and described by The Times as ‘one of the sanest of all MPs’ and as ‘lateral-minded, original and free-thinking’.