The NGN is run by a dedicated team of elected and volunteer members (please check the Vacancies page if you would like to get involved). Team meetings are held every month via teleconference and the team meets every year at the CIGRE UK AGM. the AGM is open to all NGN member who may be interested, and can be joined either online or offline.
NGN Team
NGN Organisation Chart
Organisation chart of the NGN
NGN TEAM MEMBERS
CHAIR
Name: Jiajie Luo
Organisation: ARUP
Email: chair@cigre-ngn-uk.org
Previous Chairs were Jonathan Halliday (2007-2009), Beatrice Chong (2009-2011), Aruna Gunatilake (2011-2013), James King (2013-2015), Stefie Cray (2015-2017), Xiaolong Hu (2017-2019), Jingyi Wan (2020) Ying Xue (2020-2021), Yue Zhou (2021-2022), Jianing Li (2022-2024)
VICE CHAIR
Name: Nan Chen
Organisation: University of Birmingham
Email: vice-chair@cigre-ngn-uk.org
Previous Vice Chairs were Maria Brucoli (2007-2009), Aruna Gunatilake (2009-2011), Angela Rotheram (2011-2012), James King (2012-2013), Tianning Xu (2013-2014), Stefie Cray (2014-2015), Supipi Weerasinghe (2015-2016), Xiaolong Hu (2016-2017), Shengji Tee (2017-2018), Jennifer McCartney (2018-2019), Diptargha Chakravorty (2019-2020), Zongwen Yan (2020-2021), Jianing Li(2021-2022),Jiajie Luo(2022-2024)
SECRETARY / TREASURER
Name: Wei Gan
Organisation: Cardiff University
Previous Vice Chairs were Ciara Ritson-Courtney (2020-2021), Jiajie Luo (2021-2022), Nan Chen (2022-2024)
COMMUNICATIONS LEAD
Name: Ali Arjomandi Nezhad
Organisation: Wartsila
Email: communications@cigre-ngn-uk.org
Communications supporters:
– Shuailong Dai (NESO)
– Wenyan Qian (University of Birmingham)
Previous Communications Officers were James King (2011-2012), Peter Roddis (2012-2013), Nathaniel Cowton (2013-2015), Tom Haslam (2015-2016), Jennifer McCartney (2017-2018), Phillip Paradine (2018-2019), Julio Perez Olvera (2020), Jianing Li (2021), Melike Selen Ayaz (2021-2022), Jesus Valdivieso(2022), Wei Gan(2022-2024)
EVENTS
Event Team Lead:
Name: Maria-Irina Oancea
Organisation: The University of Manchester
Email: events@cigre-ngn-uk.org
Events Coordinator Support:
– Mark Kent (CIGRE UK liaison)
– Lois Efe (The University of Manchester)
– Zixuan Jia (GE Vernova)
TECHNICAL
Technical Lead:
Name: Margi Shah
Organisation: Cardiff University
Technical Support:
– Kai Lin (NESO)
– Di Liu (University of Strathclyde)
MEMBERSHIP
Membership Lead:
Name: Yavuz Korman
Organisation: Arup
Email: membership@cigre-ngn-uk.org
Membership Coordinators:
– Yixin Li (Arup)
– Liam Fensom (SSE)
INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE
Name: Siva Kaviya Trichy Siva Raman
Organisation: NESO
Support from Jingyi Wan.
UNIVERSITY HUB
Name: Yinru Chen
Organisation: Mott MacDonald
Support from Lois Efe
MARKETING
Name: Jingyi Wan
Organisation: Xlinks
ACTIVE SUPPORTER
