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ANDREW MUSGRAVE ANTONY GREEN
years, I’ve been writing the business the Ofgem team at the centre. That is so
plan for Ofgem. It’s been challenging, valuable because we base our industry
but what’s great about it is that our on high quality engineering standards
plans cover everything we do in our that define how we do things safely,
business: the innovation, greening and how we will do things safely going
the gas, investment, engineering – forward as we see this green transition.
everything falls under that banner. So
I couldn’t ask for a better opportunity Gordon: What key skills should young engineers
because I get to do everything in the equip themselves with that will be vital during
business at a strategic level. the green transition?
Antony: Build out your commercial
Gordon: Is being able to influence the future experience – it’s not good enough to just
important to you? be an engineer. I think that’s absolutely
Andrew: Yes, absolutely. The Gas Goes vital. Keep developing yourself, take
Green programme we are working on every opportunity that comes up. There’s
as an industry is a really significant no such thing as wasted learning early
initiative to gain some ground in on in your career – you will always
promoting the role of our network come back to it at some point. The more
in providing a green, decarbonised experiences you can have early on in
solution for heating and potentially your career, the better. And the way
other things as well. to do that is really just to step up your
contribution; do your day job but then
Antony: I think the important thing to volunteer for other stuff as well. Find
add is that we are absolutely shoulder- yourself a mentor and have a curiosity
to-shoulder on this, all the networks for innovation and finding solutions.
are working together in complete
collaboration. In my time in gas, I don’t Andrew: This might sound a bit old
think I’ve seen so much collaboration fashioned, but the first few years for me
going on. It’s like we are one company were spent on the tools – I was main
again, working together to formalise the laying, service laying, I was a governor
gas function going forward and that’s craftsman. I learnt an incredible amount
fantastic to see. by doing the stuff that I now talk
say it’s not just about learning but also about, set policies around and improve
about finding new ways of doing things Gordon: What value has IGEM brought to you investment in. That learning that I
as well. And in doing that, I think you’ve throughout your career? received from just being out there on
got to learn a bit of tenacity; if someone Antony: I’m a relative newcomer to the coalface was incredibly important
says something can’t be done, go and the institution, I joined about ten for me. I am strong advocate for getting
find a way that it can be done – there’s years ago. But since I moved across, that experience – it’s invaluable to be
usually a way forward. it’s certainly built my relationships out there. And the one of the reasons it’s
as Andy mentioned earlier, it’s invaluable is because the individuals
Gordon: What is your favourite part of your brought professional development that work there doing that stuff on a day-
current job? opportunities and then recognition, to-day basis are an absolute goldmine of
Antony: Hydrogen is the next big thing so because I was able to work my way up knowledge, experience and wisdom. You
I’m thoroughly enjoying myself figuring through Council and then I was selected can talk to loads of people and you can
out: ‘What are the gotchas? How do we to be President. So it’s given me an go to loads of conferences and network
get round them? How do we innovate awful lot over the last ten years. as much as you like, but those people out
to close the gap? How do we convince there that really get into the muck and
government, do it technically and then Andrew: IGEM is the place where you bullets know a huge amount and have a
deliver it?’ There’s plenty of work ahead find world class standards for gas huge amount of wisdom.
from a change perspective, so that’s engineering, without a shadow of a
why I find it absolutely fascinating. doubt. There’s a huge amount of effort View the full Tomorrow’s Leaders
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