Meet our leaders

Chief Executive Officer 1 March 2022

A Chartered Director, Tim has over 20 years’ experience in the energy and utility industry across utility connections, smart metering, data and energy services. Tim was previously part of the UPL business (acquired by SMS in 2014) almost from its inception and, prior to taking up his role as Chief Executive Officer (from 2022), he served as Managing Director of SMS’s asset management, data and energy management businesses.

Tim has expert knowledge of electricity and gas smart metering, having been responsible for setting up UPL’s electricity metering business following deregulation in 2004.

December 2022

Gail has strong corporate finance and accounting experience acquired over a number of years in senior financial roles. Since joining SMS in 2016, Gail has worked to standardise and streamline processes ensuring alignment with the strategic direction of the business.

Prior to joining the Company, Gail spent six years at Aggreko plc and three years with BAA Limited Group. Gail is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland, qualifying with Baker Tilly LLP in 2007.

July 2016

Having joined SMS in July 2016 to head up the Group’s asset installation division, John brings over 20 years of senior management experience to the company, including a previous role as MD of one of the UK’s largest independent metering installation businesses. He believes in strong leadership and enabling a culture that inspires and motivates his team to ensure successful service delivery. John has a proven track record of delivering meter assets at scale, and his knowledge and experience in this field make him perfectly positioned to lead SMS’s asset installation business.

February 2022

Mark has over 25 years’ experience across technology architecture, IT operations, software engineering, change management and enterprise transformation, including large scale digital transformation. His experience has been gained across a number of sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, sales and distribution, as well as in the public sector. Prior to joining SMS in February 2022, Mark spent five years as CTO defining and then delivering the digital strategy at Hodge Bank, before which he was Chief Architect and Head of Technology at the DVLA.

March 2022

Having initially served as Group HR Director since joining the business in 2019, in April 2022 Judy moved into the newly created role of Chief People Officer. Her remit includes leading the people strategy and driving the culture, whilst ensuring that employee engagement, development, health and wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion are paramount. In addition, leading the ESG agenda, and the Marketing department. Judy’s HR experience of more than 20 years includes being FCIPD qualified and a trained workplace mediator, and spans across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors including the manufacturing, construction and financial services industries within the UK, Ireland and internationally.

External appointments
Judy currently holds a long-term Non-Executive Director (Trustee) position with a charitable group.

October 2016

Craig is a qualified corporate and banking lawyer with over 20 years of experience and has responsibility for the management of all legal matters affecting the Group, for ethical risk matters and for supporting the Board in setting and maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance. He is a Qualified Solicitor in Scotland, England and Wales and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Craig joined SMS in October 2016 having previously been a partner in the international legal firm CMS Cameron McKenna, and at Dundas & Wilson prior to its merger with CMS.

September 2021

A qualified chartered accountant, John spent more than a decade in financial services working for major global institutions in the UK and Europe before moving into the energy sector. Within the energy industry his experience spans senior roles within conglomerates and start-ups across finance, customer service, and commercial, through which he has made notable contributions to energy innovation over the past ten years. Since joining SMS as Director of Business Development in 2018, he now heads up the Group’s Grid-scale Energy Storage division.

August 2020

In a career spanning 40 years, Iain has worked in numerous sectors both in the UK and overseas in the field of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (SHEQ). Iain is a chartered member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, a member of the International Institute for Risk & Safety Management, and is also a member of the Institute of Directors. He has a master’s degree in Safety and Risk Management, and for nine years he tutored on the subject at the University of Strathclyde. Iain is also a published author.

April 2024

Andrew Furze joined KKR in 2021 and is Managing Director in the Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Furze spent fourteen years at Macquarie, where he was a managing director focused on the European infrastructure sector.

He holds a BSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an MSc. in Finance from INSEAD.

April 2024

Yimei Luo joined KKR in 2016 and is Director on the Infrastructure team, focusing on investments across Europe, Middle East and Africa. She also spent four years of her tenure at KKR in Singapore and Hong Kong, covering infrastructure sectors in the APAC region.

Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Luo was with UBS in London focusing on M&A and financing transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. She began her career on the corporate development team with Total SA, the French oil and gas major.

Ms. Luo holds degrees from Peking University and ESSEC Business School.

April 2024

Aadhaar Mehra joined KKR in 2019 and is a Principal in the Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Mehra was a member of the investment banking division at Morgan Stanley, focusing on M&A and financing transactions in the transportation and infrastructure sectors.

Mr. Mehra holds a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Economics from the University of Warwick.