Dr Tony Ballance
Chair of the National Forest Company
Tony has broad Board level experience in strategy, regulation and sustainability in the utility and environmental sectors. Tony is presently chief strategy & regulation officer at Cadent Gas Ltd - the largest of the UK’s gas distribution businesses, where he leads the company’s work to deliver net zero through their decarbonisation strategy. Prior to Cadent, Tony was director of strategy & regulation at Severn Trent where he was on the Severn Trent Plc Board for eight years. Tony has a background as an economic consultant in the utilities sector, as well as having previously been Ofwat’s chief economist. He is a trustee of the Soil Association, a council member of the Regulatory Policy Institute and sits on the Board of Cadent’s charitable foundation. He chairs the National Forest Company Board and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
