Alan Barlow brings to EEEGR 25 years'  international business experience, 15 of them in energy-related fields.

He was previously chief executive officer of Hamworthy Combustion, a world leading engineering business in the downstream oil and gas and emissions reduction sector. It had offices in 18 countries and it traded over 90% of its business outside the UK.

Before that he was corporate development director with Eastern Electricity/TXU in the region and, earlier, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he advised corporations on their international development and was responsible for its Asia Pacific offices. He holds a doctorate degree in economics, University of Oxford.

Mr Barlow and wife Lindsey live at Haslemere, Surrey, and have two adult children. Away from work he enjoys international travel, painting and keeping fit. He is a director and trustee of the charity "Saferworld", which aims to reduceconflict and improve local security in world troublespots.