Anna has 15 years’ of experience in Power Networks and Renewable Energy, including nearly a decade of experience working at Director level with Atkins, TNEI, WSP and now as Managing Director of Blake Clough Consulting. Since Sept 2021 she has grown the Blake Clough team from a small start-up to one of the UK’s leading Power Networks consultancies. During her time with Blake Clough, Anna has also developed skills in electrical package management for large offshore wind farms, as well as carrying out complex power systems studies and delivering regulatory and strategic projects.
Anna has a broad range of knowledge and experience in areas including electricity regulation, power system economics, technical advisory/ due diligence, innovation, support to generation/ demand/ storage developers and multi-disciplinary project management. She is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IET and an active member of Cigré, where she sits as a member of the Steering Committee.
Prior to moving into the field of Power Networks, Anna has worked in other industry sectors including Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking, and applies principles gained working for major global clients to projects within the Energy industry. Anna has a strong academic background, having read Electrical and Information Sciences at the University of Cambridge (MEng), gained a PhD from the University of Leeds and an MSc in Electrical Power Systems from the University of Bath. Following successful completion of the MSc, she was invited to be a member of the teaching staff at Bath University for this course, and held the post for five years.
Anna is also a keen amateur musician, currently playing principal cornet for the Slaithwaite band, as organist of the Upper Slaithwaite Church and she has recently been awarded the Associate of the Royal Schools of Music (ARSM) diploma in trumpet with distinction.
