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Ian Funnell
CEO, UK and Ireland,
Hitachi Energy
United Kingdom
Ian Funnell is a Globally experienced energy and automation Chief Executive with extensive Non-Executive experience and a broad background across the UK and international power sectors, the global oil & gas and digital industries sectors and in the delivery of major infrastructure projects. Track record includes a strong focus on business performance, with experience in leading business improvements and in growing and developing businesses that deliver in challenging environments, a strong stakeholder engagement ethic and an extensive network in businesses at Board level, senior levels of government and academia across the UK and internationally.
Bringing a strong engineering, marketing, commercial, risk and governance background, coupled with financially literacy and an ability to operate in complex organisations, experience also includes succession planning (particularly focusing on diversity) and remuneration – in both commercial and regulated businesses.
Bringing a strong engineering, marketing, commercial, risk and governance background, coupled with financially literacy and an ability to operate in complex organisations, experience also includes succession planning (particularly focusing on diversity) and remuneration – in both commercial and regulated businesses.