Paul Spence

Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs – EDF Energy

Paul joined the EDF Energy Executive Team in January 2009. His teams are responsible for R&D, Strategy, Policy & Regulation, Communications, and Supply Chain activities across EDF Energy in the UK. He also chairs EDF Energy’s UK R&D centre.

He currently serves on the board of Energy UK, the Energy Technologies Institute, and is a Fellow of the Energy Institute.

Before their acquisition by EDF he was Head of Strategy and Business Development for British Energy. He was with Accenture for 17 years with Accenture where he was Partner, responsible for the UK Energy Strategy and Human Performance practices. His early career included time with Davy McKee (London) Limited, and Ford Motor Company.

He holds an MBA from London Business School and a BSc in Engineering from the University of Bristol.