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IGEM NEWS | 155th AGM
New faces and

new beginnings

Sheila Lauchlan and Steve Edwards

THIS YEAR, IGEM’s Annual General “I know this is an industry going she suffered the sudden loss of her
Meeting saw the introduction of a through a lot of exciting changes and husband shortly before taking up the
new CEO as well as a new President. challenges and I guess that’s why I chains of office.
Held ahead of the Gas Industry am here, so hopefully I will get to Following Sheila’s speech, it was
Awards, the 155th AGM bid farewell meet you, talk to you, learn from you time to hand the reins over to
to our first female President, Sheila and help the Council take the incoming President Steve Edwards.
Lauchlan, and welcomed IGEM’s new Institution forward.” Steve is Director of Regulation and
CEO, Neil Atkinson. Sheila then gave her valedictory Commercial for Wales & West Utilities
Neil is a Chartered Engineer and a address, which unusually took the and joined the gas industry in 1992 as
Fellow of the Institution of Chemical form of a poem. In it, she spoke of a Finance Graduate.
Engineers, where he worked for over how much she enjoyed all the He has 26 years’ experience in the
10 years. Prior to that, he worked for activities undertaken as IGEM sector, having been a Past Chair of the
Proctor and Gamble. President, her desire to inspire the IGEM Welsh Section and Section
Addressing the crowd at London’s next generation of engineers and the Treasurer for the past 10 years.
Park Lane Hilton, Neil said: “I’m very love and support shown to her when Steven was closely involved in the
excited to be joining IGEM. Many of Ofgem review of the RPI-X, resulting
you may not know me, but I have an THE FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS in the RIIO form of regulation. He led
industry background of 20-odd years HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN RESPECT OF the RIIO-1 business plan submission
and an institution background of ORDINARY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL: for Wales & West Utilities and is a key
another 12 or 13 years. I come from player in addressing the role of gas
the Institution of Chemical Engineers Andrew Middleton networks in a changing energy system.
and about 25 per cent of IChemE’s Gary Tomlin He has given evidence to the UK
membership was from the oil and gas Colin McCann government’s Energy Select
industry, so it’s been a pleasure to Barry Dalus Committee on the future of the gas
touch the gas industry and also view it Albert Chi Kong Leung network and, as Chair of the ENA
from an institution perspective. Regulation Group and a member of

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