Jonathan Brearley
Former Director of Energy Strategy and Futures, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Jonathan Brearley runs a consultancy focussed on the energy sector. He advises a range of public sector and commercial clients on energy markets, policy and regulation. He helps clients formulate their commercial strategy in response to regulatory changes and advises governments on regulatory and market design issues.
Until July, Jonathan was the Director of Energy Markets and Networks at the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. In this role, he focused on ensuring the security of supply and driving the low carbon transformation of the UK electricity sector.
Before this, Jonathan was Director of the Office of Climate Change – a cross government strategy unit focussed on climate change/ energy issues. Jonathan has also worked at the Prime Ministers Strategy Unit, focussed on UK public services and prior to that as a consultant at Bain and Company.