Former oil executive Mark McAllister lined up to be next Ofgem chair
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6EGHQ)
Government's choice of energy regulator boss criticised as putting the fox in charge of the hen house'
A former North Sea oil and gas boss has been lined up to chair Great Britain's energy regulator, Ofgem, in a move criticised as putting the fox in charge of the hen house".
The government said Mark McAllister, who founded two oil and gas companies, Fairfield Energy and Acorn Oil & Gas, had vital expertise" that would help him in the role.
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