Pipeline Industries Guild

Phil joined the National Gas Transmission Board and was appointed as the Chair of the Company and Sufficiently Independent Director on 31 January 2023.

Phil has a wealth of experience on the boards of many companies, private and public and in both executive and non-executive capacities. He has industry experience as Executive Director of BG Group plc and Chief Executive of Transco plc between 1998 and 2000.  Phil also led the demerger of Transco from BG Group plc, as the Chief Executive of Lattice Group.Phil is currently the Chair of Associated British Ports, a leading UK ports group, and the Chair of Encyclis.

He has also served as the Chair of John Laing between 2010 and 2018, Ulster Bank Limited and Ulster Bank Ireland Limited (a subsidiary of Ulster Bank Limited) between July 2013 and July 2017, and was also a non-executive director of EnQuest PLC, an oil and gas development and production company from August 2012 to July 2017. Other previous roles include the Chair of Affinity Water; Chair of Infinis; Chair of Sepura plc and Chief Executive of Eircom, Ireland's national telecommunications supplier. 

Please note Guild members attending this face-to-face event will be automatically registered for the Guild's 2023 AGM which will follow.