Helen Mahy

Biography

Ms. Helen Mahy, CBE, is Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of the Company. She is an experienced chairman and nonexecutive director. Helen was Group Company Secretary and General Counsel of National Grid plc and was a member of its Executive Committee from September 2003 to January 2013 when she retired from National Grid plc. She is also a director of SSE plc where she joined the board in March 2016. Her other directorships are with Bonheur ASA, an Oslo listed company, which she joined in October 2013 (and which in May 2016 merged with Ganger Rolf ASA where Helen was also on the board), and SVG Capital plc (from July 2014) where she chairs the Remuneration Committee. SVG Capital plc (SVG) is in the process (following shareholder agreement) of selling its assets to an entity managed by HarbourVest Partners LLC and it is expected that SVG will be wound up during 2017. Helen is also a member of the steering committee of the Parker Review which in 2016 reported on ethnic minorities on UK Boards. She was a director of Stagecoach Group plc from January 2010 until February 2016 and she also chaired the Health, Safety and Environment Committee there. She was also non-executive director of Aga Rangemaster Group plc between March 2003 and December 2009. In 2005 and 2006, Helen sat on the General Management Committee of the Bar Council and chaired its Employed Barristers’ Committee in 2006 and was a Director of Bar Services Company Ltd between January 2006 and February 2008. Helen was Chair of the General Counsel 100 Group in 2007. Helen qualified as a barrister and was an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Helen was awarded a CBE for services to business in June 2015. Helen is a resident of the UK.  

Research Interest

Green Biofuels and Energy Green Innovative Trends Environmental Engineering Biobased Chemicals Green synthesis and Designing Waste Management