Company: NEWEN
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-004929
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Company: NATIONAL GRID PLC
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: 6-K
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 almost 10 years in post, has decided to retire from his role effective 16 November 2025.

Following a comprehensive succession planning process both the Board and John believe it is the right time to transition leadership at National Grid. Zoë's proven track record makes her ideally qualified to guide National Grid into its next phase of growth.

Zoë will join from Shell plc ("Shell") where she was, until recently, Integrated Gas and Upstream Director and a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to Shell, Zoë held a number of progressively senior roles at Rio Tinto, including President and Chief Executive of the Iron Ore company of Canada. She has recently joined the board of Unilever plc as a Non-Executive Director.

Zoë will join the National Grid Board as Chief Executive Designate on 1 September 2025 and will be appointed Chief Executive on 17 November 2025. John will retire from the Board of Directors and his role as Chief Executive on 16 November 2025, enabling a seamless transition and orderly handover of responsibilities.

John joined National Grid as a graduate in 1991. During his time at the company he has held a variety of senior roles, including UK Director of Engineering, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President for the US Electricity Distribution & Generation business, Chief Operating Officer for UK Gas Distribution, and UK Chief Operating Officer, joining the National Grid Board as Executive Director, UK in 2014. He became Group Chief Executive in 2016.

Paula Reynolds, Chair, National Grid, said:

"The Board and I would like to thank John Pettigrew for his commitment and invaluable contribution to National Grid over the last three decades. His leadership as Chief Executive has been exemplary, driving the Group's strategic transformation, enabling the energy transition and delivering significant shareholder value. He will leave the Group in a strong financial and operational position to deliver on the exciting growth opportunity ahead.

"We are delighted to have found such a talented and worthy successor in Zoë Yujnovich, someone who is highly regarded in, and has wide experience of, the energy sector. An internationalist in outlook, she has a strong sense of purpose and is an inspiring leader. Further, she will arrive with a notable track record of delivering complicated, large scale capital projects in complex political environments.

**John Pettigrew, Chief Executive, National Grid, said:**

**"It has been an immense honour for me to lead the company I joined as a graduate. All that I have achieved has only been possible