{"id":686,"date":"2025-11-13T09:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/flexibility-market-facilitator\/?page_id=686"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:16:11","slug":"stakeholder-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/flexibility-markets\/committees-and-groups\/stakeholder-advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Stakeholder Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The market facilitator Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) provides independent advice to the market facilitator. It brings together representatives from different sectors to highlight emerging issues and provide strategic guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The market facilitator Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) provides independent advice to the market facilitator. It brings together representatives from different sectors to highlight emerging issues and provide strategic guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":352,"featured_media":0,"parent":359,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-686","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"semantic_search":{"post_id":686,"title":"Stakeholder Advisory Board","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/flexibility-markets\/committees-and-groups\/stakeholder-advisory-board\/","categories":[],"tags":[],"content":"<article id=\"page-686\" class=\"article post-686 page type-page status-publish hentry\" role=\"article\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<section class=\"section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"centering small\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-text\">\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The market facilitator Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) provides independent advice to the market facilitator. It brings together representatives from different sectors to highlight emerging issues and provide strategic guidance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t\t<section class=\"section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"centering small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"tabs-navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" class=\"is-selected\" data-tab=\"about-the-sab\">About the SAB<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" class=\"\" data-tab=\"members\">Members<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" class=\"\" data-tab=\"meetings\">Meetings<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-panels\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-panel is-selected\" data-tab-panel=\"about-the-sab\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-title h2\">About the SAB<\/div>\n\t                        <div class=\"tabs-content\">\t                            \n\t                            <div class=\"section-text\">                       \t\t                            \t\n\t                                <p>Some text<\/p>\n<h2>h2 heading<\/h2>\n<p>text<\/p>\n<h3>h3 heading<\/h3>\n<p>text<\/p>\n<h4>h4<\/h4>\n<p>text<\/p>\n<h2>Purpose of the Stakeholder Advisory Board<\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of the Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) is to provide open and transparent governance in an advisory capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The SAB ensures that the Flexibility Market Rules and associated processes are governed and overseen to benefit the wider flexibility market.<\/p>\n<p>It is a critical function of the Market Facilitator to uphold transparency, accountability, and compliance across the flexibility market landscape.<\/p>\n<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>The Stakeholder Advisory Board\u2019s objectives are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure transparency and accountability: Hold the Market Facilitator accountable for delivering transparent, objective, and consistent outputs aligned with the Authority-owned Governance Framework Document and any ancillary documents.<\/li>\n<li>Support the market facilitator in delivering its objectives: Offer constructive feedback on the market facilitator budget, Delivery Plan, and the Flexibility Market Rules to enhance decision-making quality.<\/li>\n<li>Support policy alignment: Advise on alignment of the Market Facilitator\u2019s activities with national policy objectives and identify regulatory barriers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The board&#8217;s role, membership, and responsibilities are set out in the\u202fStakeholder Advisory Board Terms of Reference.<\/p>\n\t                            <\/div>\t                            \n\t                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-panel \" data-tab-panel=\"members\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-title h2\">Members<\/div>\n\t                        <div class=\"tabs-content\">\t                            \n\t                            <div class=\"section-text\">                       \t\t                            \t\n\t                                <div class=\"people-group\">\n<div id=\"page-42022\" class=\"item item-people post-196432 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"item-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.elexon.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-content\/themes\/elexon-2018\/images\/avatar.jpg)\">\n    \t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">View Aaron Seamer<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"item-content\">\n<h2 class=\"item-title h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elexon.co.uk\/bsc\/people\/aaron-seamer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Aaron Seamer<i class=\"item-link icon-right-arrow\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read More<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"item-excerpt\">\n<p>BSC Committee or Group Member<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/support.elexon.co.uk\/csm\" title=\"Contact Communication Team\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\">Enquiries via Elexon Support<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item-excerpt\">\n<p>Aaron is a member of the BSC committee and groups that support our BSC change and operational processes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item-excerpt\">\n<p><strong>Committee membership:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Imbalance Settlement Group (ISG)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Stakeholder Advisory Board is made up of the chair, independent members, members representing key market roles\u00a0 (sellers, buyers, enablers) and representatives from relevant industry bodies.<\/p>\n<h3>Chair<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Joanne Wade, Stakeholder Advisory Board Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joanne brings extensive and crucial experience in energy markets and governance, with over 30 years\u2019 experience of strategy, policy research and evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Joanne currently holds a diverse portfolio of roles, including but not limited to serving as a Non-Executive Director at the Energy Saving Trust and as a Specialist Advisor for the House of Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee. Notable previous roles include Chief Strategic Advisor at the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and Chair of the Advisory Board at the Centre for Research on Energy Demand Solutions.<\/p>\n<h4>Independent members<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Robert Hull (deputy chair), Riverswan Energy Advisory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bob is an independent consultant with over 30 years\u2019 leadership experience in the energy and utility sectors. He previously held senior roles with Ofgem, National Grid, and KPMG.\u00a0 He has broad commercial, regulatory and strategic expertise and has led or advised on many business investments, in the UK and worldwide. \u00a0In 2017, he founded Riverswan Energy Advisory to advise energy and utility clients worldwide. He also holds several non-executive and board advisor roles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Crabb, SC Consulting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steve is an independent chair and non-executive specialising in driving improvements in service for vulnerable customers in the energy and water industries in particular. He serves on the board of Smart Energy GB, is co-chair of the customer challenge group for SES Water and was formerly chair of Energy UK\u2019s Vulnerability Commitment.<\/p>\n<h4>Members representing sellers<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Claire Addison, Flexitricity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since 2019, Claire has been the Head of Regulation for Flexitricity. Claire also serves as a member of Northern Powergrid\u2019s independent DSO Review Panel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nick Sillito, Sol Three Ltd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-932\" style=\"border: 1px solid grey\" src=\"https:\/\/elexon-fmf-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/05102458\/test-portrait-258x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elexon-fmf-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/05102458\/test-portrait-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/elexon-fmf-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/02\/05102458\/test-portrait.png 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><strong>Name, pic, no bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Representatives<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Ofgem, Joseph Cosier<br \/>\n\u2022 DESNZ, Ruby Holmes<br \/>\n\u2022 NESO, Becky Hart<br \/>\n\u2022 ADE, Michelle Fryzuk<br \/>\n\u2022 ENA, Helen Jarva<br \/>\n\u2022 Citizens Advice, Tom Lowe<\/p>\n\t                            <\/div>\t                            \n\t                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-panel \" data-tab-panel=\"meetings\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-title h2\">Meetings<\/div>\n\t                        <div class=\"tabs-content\">\t                            \n\t                            <div class=\"section-text\">                       \t\t                            \t\n\t                                <p>Meeting dates&#8230;<\/p>\n\t                            <\/div>\t                            \n\t                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n<\/article> <!-- MAIN ARTICLE ENDS -->","s3_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stakeholder Advisory Board - Flexibility market<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stakeholder Advisory Board\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The market facilitator Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) provides independent advice to the market facilitator. 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