Panel Representatives

Olivia leads the CCSA, overseeing its London and Brussels offices and supporting engagement between more than 100 members across the CCUS value chain and UK and EU decision-makers. Her focus is on enabling constructive industry participation, strengthening the collective knowledge base, and supporting the development of an effective regulatory and legislative framework. This includes promoting market conditions that support a sustainable, long-term CCUS industry.

Olivia joined the CCSA in 2021 following senior roles at the National Infrastructure Commission and Ofgem, where she led work on economic regulation, infrastructure policy, and energy market initiatives. Her earlier career includes roles in communications as well as leading advocacy and European programmes for affordable and sustainable housing.

Helen is a Voting Member of the Code Modification Panel and serves as a User Representative for the Encyclis Protos CCS project. She is currently the Project Manager for the Protos carbon capture project, having previously led its development and successfully progressed it into the construction phase.

A Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the energy-from-waste sector, Helen has worked across the full project lifecycle. Her recent focus has been on delivering complex projects through construction, commissioning, and into operation. She is particularly committed to ensuring that the operational realities of energy-from-waste plants with carbon capture are effectively represented within the Code Modification Panel.

Iain is a Modification Panel Voting Member and User Representative for Heidelberg Materials Padeswood Cement CCS project. He is currently head of process and sustainability carbon capture storage and utilisation.

Iain is a chartered Chemical Engineer and has over 35 years experience in the cement industry in process engineering and sustainability roles with a focus on carbon reduction. He has been working on the Padeswood CCS project from its inception in 2020 and network code development since 2023.

Ben is a Modification Panel Voting Member and User Representative for the Net Zero Teesside Power project, a joint venture between bp and Equinor, which aims to be the worlds first dispatchable gas fired power station with carbon capture.

Ben works for bp and is currently the Commercial Manager on the project supporting the project delivery through construction.  Ben’s background is over 12 yrs at bp in the energy industry, with a number of business development and commercial roles across the upstream and low carbon value chains.

Barry is a Modification Panel Voting Member and T&SCo Representative for the Liverpool Bay T&S Network. He is currently Head of Commercial and Negotiations for Liverpool Bay CCS Limited, a subsidiary of Eni SpA.

Barry has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry and since 2021 has been deeply involved in the development of the CCS Network Code and TRI Business Model through Liverpool Bay’s selection as a Track-1 T&SCo by the UK government

Neal joined Northern Endurance Partnership in September 2024 as Network Developer and leads on Network Code implementation, business development and network user engagement.

Neal has a background in process engineering and has been working in CCS since 2022, formerly leading the CCS and CDR project for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and leading engagement on the CCS Network Code for the H2Teesside project prior to joining NEP.