Coal boss Kevin McCullough is joining the top line-up at Energy Live 2013 in November.

The chief executive of UK Coal has been at the helm of the firm since January 2013 and is a mine of knowledge on the UK energy sector.

He will be well aware of the pressures on the nation’s energy supply, recently handling with expert care the difficult fall-out of a huge fire at UK Coal’s colliery Daw Mill.

Formerly chief operating officer for energy supplier npower he is well-schooled on the ins and outs of the electricity market – and the Government’s upcoming reforms.

Mr McCullough also has an impressive pedigree in power stations, kicking off his career in 1984 working at Ferrybridge B Power Station as an auxiliary plant attendant, later working at Ferrybridge C, Drax and Staythorpe coal power stations and the gas plants Killingholme and Little Barford.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the Energy Institute.

Energy Live 2013 is the exciting second annual conference presented by Energy Live News and takes place at the stunning London Film Museum on 7 November 2013.