President

Phil Brown is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years experience in the gas industry and is a Fellow of The Institution.

Phil's priorities during his year as President are "to help IGEM develop further it's membership offering, specifically by improving access to the underpinning knowledge that our standards promote, and more generally by supporting the implementation of the findings from our strategy review".

He joined South East Gas as a Student in 1979 and has undertaken many roles during his career in British Gas, Transco, and now National Grid including district engineering operations, asset and policy management, contract management, and most recently running the 24/7 distribution network control centre.

Phil is a past Chairman of the IGEM Midlands Section and of the Onshore Pipeline Operators Association. He supports and is also a Trustee of the Gas Safety Trust, a charity that focuses on increasing awareness of the safety and health risks associated with carbon monoxide.

Outside of work Phil enjoys spending time walking and cycling with his family and is a passionate 'veteran' rower on the River Trent in Nottingham.