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Alan Bates

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Chief Executive at Guernsey Electricity
📍 St Martin, Guernsey, Guernsey

As Chief Executive of Guernsey Electricity, Alan Bates is a Chartered Engineer with an MBA leading the islands energy transition. With extensive board-level experience in the energy sector, he focuses on directing strategy, transformation, and ensuring high levels of corporate governance. People who have worked with him describe him as passionate and pragmatic.

He is spearheading the complex strategy for Guernseys complete energy decarbonisation, a significant undertaking for an island jurisdiction.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive
Location
St Martin, Guernsey, Guernsey
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Priorities

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Energy Transition
He is actively leading Guernsey's journey towards decarbonisation and publicly speaks on the need for community and industry collaboration to achieve environmental aspirations.
Grid Infrastructure
As a director of the Channel Islands Electricity Grid, he is involved in high-voltage transmission and has advocated for new subsea cables to ensure energy security.
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Career

Work history

8-2010
Chief Executive
Guernsey Electricity
9-2021
Director
Alderney Electricity Ltd
6-2021
Director
Foresight Environmental Infrastructure (FGEN)
8-2010
Director
Channel Islands Electricity Grid Limited
7-2017
Board Member
Guernsey Water
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Guernsey Electricity's CEO, Alan Bates, said past under‑investment was still hurting. Featured in BBC Guernsey (Facebook post)
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Guernsey Electricity CEO says price rises 'needed for reliability' - BBC. Featured in BBC
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Education
2007 - 2010
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Liverpool John Moores University
1988 - 1991
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
Loughborough University
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