Director of Markets, NESO

Biography

Rebecca Beresford - Director of Markets, National Energy System Operator (NESO) Rebecca Beresford was appointed as NESO’s Director of Markets in September 2024. Prior to joining NESO Rebecca spent over 20 years working for EDF, where she most recently held the position of Director of Net Zero Strategy and Policy. She has also held several other key roles within EDF, covering retail market policy & regulation, smart metering, sustainability, and generation strategy. Rebecca’s career has focused on implementing the right energy policies and frameworks to support a decarbonised energy system, including work on Electricity Market Reform and more recently on REMA. At NESO, Rebecca leads a team responsible for designing and delivering energy markets that facilitate security of supply at the lowest sustainable cost for consumers, while enabling the transition to net zero. Rebecca is passionate about ensuring a balanced and whole system approach to market design, which puts the needs of customers at the heart of the solution.