Meet the Group Executive Committee

Alistair became Chief Executive of SSE on 1 July 2013. He has a degree in Natural Sciences and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has worked in the energy industry since 1997, when he joined Southern Electric. He was appointed to the Board of SSE as Energy Supply Director in 2002 and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in 2012. As Chief Executive, he leads the Executive Committee and the rest of the SSE team in the day-to-day running and operations of SSE and is responsible for implementing the strategy and policy set by the Board.

Barry joined SSE in 2008 and became Chief Financial Officer on the Board in December 2023. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer, Barry was Finance Director for SSE Renewables as well as having responsibility for corporate finance across the whole of the SSE Group. In his previous role of Director of Treasury and Corporate Finance he oversaw group funding and treasury operations. He is a chartered accountant who trained with PWC in Dublin before joining Airtricity in 2005.

Martin joined SSE in 1998 as an energy trader and undertook a series of commercial roles in the Company, becoming Managing Director, Energy Portfolio Management, and a member of SSE's then Management Board, in 2012. In 2014, he was appointed Managing Director, Wholesale, and a member of SSE's Group Executive Committee, taking on responsibility for SSE's electricity generation portfolio and associated capital investment programme. During this time, Martin has overseen the development of SSE's diverse and flexible generation portfolio including its growing renewable fleet. In 2017, he was appointed to the Board as Wholesale Director, where he also has responsibility for the supply of energy and related services to industrial and commercial customers and SSE's businesses in Ireland. Martin brings significant knowledge of energy markets and experience of commercial, technical and operational matters to the Board, and his innovative approach to strategy, in seeking opportunities to create future value, is also important to his role. Prior to 1998 Martin worked for Eastern Power and Energy Trading, and Total Gas Marketing.

Chris has been MD, SSEN Distribution since November 2020, following an extensive career in transport where he held several MD and Group level operational and commercial leadership positions, including with Arriva, The Go-Ahead Group and Railtrack. Chris also brings wider sector experience having been a non-Executive Director with Ofwat and as Chair of the Rail Delivery Group trade body.

Finlay McCutcheon has been MD of SSE Thermal since May 2024 having previously held various senior roles within SSE including Director of Onshore Renewables – Europe for SSE Renewables, MD of SSE’s Energy Markets, Director of SSE Business Energy and Director of Offshore Renewables.

Before joining SSE in 2010, Finlay worked for a number of years as a Corporate and Commercial lawyer.

Rob has been MD, SSEN Transmission since January 2019, having joined SSE in 1997 and holding a number of senior roles within the Group Regulation function. Prior to his current position, he was MD, Corporate and Business Services covering Legal, Regulation, Compliance, Safety and Large Capital Projects Services across SSE.

Sam joined the Group Executive Committee in April 2020 and leads SSE’s teams overseeing corporate strategy, government and regulatory affairs, communications, brand, and local project communications. Prior to joining SSE in 2011, he directed government affairs at Ofgem and worked at leading communications agency Edelman, as well as in Parliament and in Government.

John has been Director of HR since joining SSE in July 2009. Prior to this he worked in a broad range of senior management roles in the energy and water sectors and has experience of working in both the UK and in the US. He oversees all areas in relation to SSE’s people including talent and capability, training and development, employee engagement, and inclusion and diversity.

Stephen has been MD, SSE Renewables since January 2022 having previously held the roles of MD, SSE Thermal and MD, SSE Ireland. Prior to SSE, he was part of the management team that grew the Airtricity renewable energy platform before SSE acquired it in 2008. Before joining Airtricity, he spent over 10 years working with ABB and Siemens internationally.

Liz is a Barrister and joined SSE in 2002 with the acquisition of Neos Networks. Since then, she has held a variety of legal and commercial roles and was appointed to the Group Executive Committee as Group General Counsel in March 2019, in advance of becoming Company Secretary and Group General Counsel in August 2023. Liz leads SSE’s Company Secretariat and the corporate functions of Legal, Ethics and Compliance, Data Protection, and Large Capital Project Services. She is also a member of the GC100 Executive Committee.

Peter is a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute. He joined SSE in 2005 and has held a variety of finance and company secretarial roles. Peter has been Deputy Company Secretary since 2013 and oversees the delivery of the Group company secretarial service with responsibility for corporate governance, entity management, corporate reporting, and share registration and share plans. Peter was appointed Secretary to the Group Executive Committee in August 2023.