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| Simon Bliss |
simon.bliss@lumis.co.uk |
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Simon has 15 years' experience in the
electricity industry, joining the UK industry pre-privatisation
as a graduate trainee with the CEGB in London. After
6 years spent in the US working for Scotland's inward
investment organisation and subsequently its venture
capital group he returned to the industry as the Business
Development Manager for Scottish Nuclear. Here he was
responsible for energy policy and strategy and played
a leading role in the privatisation of the company in
1996. |
| In 1996 Simon became the first member
of the newly privatised British Energy’s international
business development team where he was responsible for
North America. He played a leading role in British Energy’s
entry into this market starting with the formation of
AmerGen, a 50/50 joint venture with Exelon (formerly
PECO Energy). This venture subsequently went on to acquire
2,500MW of nuclear assets in the US. As part of his
responsibility Simon served on the AmerGen Management
Committee. During this period he worked on a number
of major transactions including two very large US utility
mergers. |
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| On returning to the UK, he became head
of business development and latterly Director of Strategy
and Business Development where he was on company’s
executive team and on a number of subsidiary boards.
Simon led numerous transactions in Eastern Europe (Czech
Republic nuclear), the UK (supply and fossil, nuclear
and renewables generation) and in Canada (nuclear, fossil
and hydro generation). |
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| Simon led the company’s strategy
development activities including its submission to the
energy review as well as the collaboration projects
with BNFL and AECL to explore new nuclear build in the
UK. |
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| Simon has an honours degree in economics and
statistics from Surrey University and an MBA from the Strathclyde
Business School. |
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