Mr McGrail, who was previously chief executive of Siemens Engines and managing director of Siemens Power Generation, will “draw on his wealth of experience in clean energy” to help “rapidly scale up the new company so it can start delivering as quickly as possible”, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said.
“Together with the talented leadership team, I’m excited to hit the ground running to scale up the company and work with industry to unleash billions of investment in clean energy, helping to grow new industries at scale with job opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people, as well as helping the Government achieve its clean power targets.”.
“Great British Energy is at the heart of our clean power mission, and will support thousands of well-paid jobs, drive growth and investment into our communities and deliver energy security for the British people.”.
A former chief of energy giant Siemens has been appointed interim chief executive of the Government’s flagship Great British Energy company.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: “With the appointment of Dan McGrail as interim CEO, we now have a fantastic team in place to lead Great British Energy and start delivering on our plan for change.
