Mike Alexander (businessman)
Michael Richard Alexander FIET FIGEM FIChemE (born 17 November 1947)[1] is a British engineer and businessman, and a former chief executive of British Energy.
Early life[edit]
He attended grammar school in Southport (then in Lancashire, now in Merseyside). From the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology he obtained a first-class BSc degree in Chemical Engineering, then an MSc degree in Control Engineering.
Career[edit]
BP[edit]
He joined BP in 1966.
British Gas[edit]
He joined British Gas (BG) in 1991. From 1993 to 1996 he was managing director of Public Gas Supply.[2] The Public Gas Supply division was merged with the Business Gas division. From 1996 to December 2001 he was managing director of British Gas.[3] On 17 February 1997, Centrica was formed, with BG Group (former British Gas exploration). On 1 January 2002 Mark Clare took over as managing director of British Gas Residential Energy.[4]
From became Chief Operating Officer of Centrica on 1 January 2002, leaving at the end of February 2002.
British Energy[edit]
On 1 March 2003 he became the chief executive of British Energy. On 22 March 2005 he was removed as chief executive of British Energy, when aged 56.[5] British Energy was the largest producer of electricity in the UK.
ATOC[edit]
From 2008 to 2009 he was the Chairman of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC, now the Rail Delivery Group).
Personal life[edit]
He divorced in 2011. He has two sons. He lives in Chalfont St Peter.
See also[edit]
- Sir Adrian Montague (chairman from 2002 to 2009 of British Energy)
References[edit]
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- British chemical engineers
- British chief executives in the energy industry
- Businesspeople in nuclear power
- Centrica people
- Fellows of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
- Fellows of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
- People from Chalfont St Peter
- People from Southport
- British business biography stubs