Steve Holliday was born on October 26, 1956, in Exeter, United Kingdom. Steve earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining from the University of Nottingham in 1978. He began his career at Exxon joining the energy company in also in 1978.
Steve spent 19 years of his early career at Exxon leaving the company in 1997. While at Exxon he gained experience in the various aspects of the oil industry. By the time Steve was 30 years old he was the operations manager of the Fawley refinery. This was the largest refinery of Exxon outside the US. From 1990 to 1994 he was assigned to the US. In his last post at Exxon he was responsible for the company’s international gas business throughout Asia and the Far East, where he led several projects associated with the development of new markets, including China.
Before Steve joined National Grid he was on the Board of British Borneo Oil and Gas as was responsible for the successful development of its international business in Brazil, Australia and West Africa. He also played an important role in the merger of the company with Hardy Oil & Gas in 1998.
Steve joined National Grid in March 2001 as the Board Director responsible for the UK and Europe. In October 2002, National Grid Group plc and Lattice Group merged, after which he became responsible for the Group’s electricity and gas transmission business. Steve was promoted from Group Director (responsible for worldwide Transmission operations) to Group Director responsible for UK Gas Distribution and Business Services.
Steve became CEO in January 2007. He has also been a Non-Executive Director of Mark & Spencer plc since 2004.
Steve leads a behemoth. It is an electricity and gas company that connects consumers to energy sources through its networks. The publicly traded company connects more than 7 million gas and electric consumers to energy sources in the Northeast US. In the UK it runs the gas and electricity systems.
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