Tom is Deputy Director of External Affairs for National Grid Strategic Infrastructure. He has led consultation and communications campaigns in aviation, retail, housing and energy across all of the regions and nations of the UK. He led EDF Energy’s Regional External Affairs and Development Team for Sizewell C. The new nuclear power station achieved Development Consent and Government investment in 2022. Having overseen the legally binding financial commitments and pledges to communities and the local environment, Tom went on to join National Grid in 2023 and leads the Team delivering consultation and community relations for the Great Grid Upgrade, the largest overhaul of the Grid in England and Wales in decades. Tom lives in Suffolk with his two children, five minutes by foot from Ipswich Town Football Club.