Rick Squires an IHRDC Senior Lecturer, is the founder of PiEnergy, which provides consulting services to the energy industry. He has extensive experience in the international energy sector at the senior management level across a wide range of activities and fuels. He spent four year as Senior Vice President of Boston-based InterGen, an international power company with over 1000 employees and 16 GW of power plants in ten countries. Prior to InterGen, Rick headed the Power Business within Shell Gas and Power in London. His 25-year Shell career also included senior management positions in International Oil Trading, Coal Business Development and Marketing in the UK, South Africa and Japan. Rick holds a First Class Honours Degree in Electrical Engineeringfrom Lanchester University and a Masters Degree in Business Studies from Durham University, UK. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Institute of Directors and also the Energy Institute.