David Porter

David Porter began his career in local government. He then ran businesses of his own, including a successful restaurant in Cornwall and later a PR consultancy. He was an adviser to the Association from 1987, then became its Chief Executive in 1991 (until 1995 it was the Association of Independent Electricity Producers).

He has served on the Executive Committee of the Electricity Pool of England & Wales; the government's Renewable Energy Advisory Committee and the 'Foresight Energy Futures Task Force' and he was President of the UK's Energy Industries Club 2003 - 2005.

He is currently

• on the Board of the European electricity body 'Eurelectric';
• a Director of the Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group ('PRASEG') and
• a member of the government's Coal Forum.

David is an Honorary Fellow of the Energy Institute.

He was appointed OBE for services to the Power Generation Industry in June 2007.