{"id":106239,"date":"2026-08-18T21:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/106239\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:47:47","slug":"national-grid-slashes-size-of-its-top-management-team-from-13-to-eight-in-major-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/106239\/","title":{"rendered":"National Grid slashes\u00a0size of its top management team from 13 to eight in major shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By DAILY MAIL CITY &amp; FINANCE REPORTER <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Updated:  22:01 BST, 3 August 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">National Grid has slashed the size of its management team to eight from 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Britain\u2019s electricity network operator will cut down its executive committee to \u2018sharpen execution, improve performance and increase accountability\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The London-based firm is combining leadership under new UK and US presidents as it embarks on its biggest-ever investment programme, pledging to spend \u00a370billion over the next five years to modernise and expand energy networks in the UK and North-East US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cordi O\u2019Hara, who heads the UK\u2019s electricity distribution, will be appointed UK president on September 1. 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