Jon has 16 years’ experience engaging consumers and distributed assets in energy markets. He spent 12 years managing a €1bn wholesale trading book on behalf of C&I consumers, working with retailers to develop innovative new contracts and managed delivery of market intelligence, procurement and bill validation for over 1,000 businesses. This breadth of responsibilities, anchored in wholesale energy trading, gave Jon a unique insight into the interactions between markets and policy, and a detailed understanding of the evolving cost structures of the energy system. Jon was a member of the Power Responsive forum, representing the TPI sector, and is a member of the UK ISGAN team. Jon has also worked on local energy markets including a p2p curtailment market on Orkney, demand response optimisation in South Korea, and oversaw market design for the Regional Energy System Operator Smart Local Energy System detailed design project. He is a frequent commentator on the energy industry, and a regular speaker at industry events.