Star Energy is pleased to announce that Anthony White MBE has accepted an invitation to join the Board as an Independent Non-executive Director with immediate effect. Anthony will be a member of the Audit Committee.

Anthony has over thirty five years experience in international power markets and low carbon economy from capital markets analytical and industry strategy roles.

He has been involved in developing economic and financial frameworks that have reformed the energy sector and opened up whole new areas to private sector investment. This was particularly in relation to the conventional power sector reform but also for renewables. He played an important part in helping formulate government policy to make clean energy projects investable. He has also been an energy industry regulator.

His key responsibilities included being lead analyst for the top ranked energy team at investment bank, James Capel, who advised the UK Government on privatising the power sector. As Head of Citigroup's pan-European power team he also oversaw market liberalisation in other European markets. He was also National Grid's Group Head of Strategy in the 1990's.

In 2003, Anthony was one of the founders of Climate Change Capital, a specialist low carbon advisory and asset management business. He has been heavily involved in UK energy and power market policy participating in numerous UK Government advisory bodies including the Energy Advisory Panel, Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Reform, Energy Networks Strategy Group and the Nuclear Liability Financing Assurance Board.  He was awarded an MBE in 2004 for services to UK energy policy.

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