SSE announced that Catherine Raw, Managing Director of SSE Thermal, will join its Group Executive Committee, effective from January 2023. Catherine is responsible for the strategy, performance and development of the company's flexible power generation and energy storage activities. She joined SSE in April 2022 following being both Chief Operating Officer for North America and Chief Financial Officer for international metals and mining firm, Barrick Gold.

Prior to this she worked at Blackrock as a managing director and fund manager. Catherine has a wealth of expertise in operational and financial performance, commodity markets and investment management. She holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Downing College, University of Cambridge, an MSc in Mineral Project Appraisal from Imperial College London and is a CFA charterholder.

In her first year at the company Catherine has also helped progress SSE Thermal's decarbonisation plans, driving forward a number of key options for power generation and energy storage activities using CCS and hydrogen technologies.