OREANDA-NEWS. September 14, 2012. Alison Kay, Transmission commercial director at National Grid, takes up her role as General Counsel of the gas and electricity utility on 1st September. She takes over from Helen Mahy who will be leaving her post as General Counsel and Company Secretary in January 2013 when Alison will assume both roles.

Alison joined National Grid in 1996 and was joint lead on the integration of National Grid Electricity Transmission and National Grid Gas (formerly Transco) following the merger of National Grid and Lattice. Previously she was associate solicitor at Martineau Johnson in Birmingham.

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