SSE has announced the appointment of Finlay McCutcheon as the new Managing Director of SSE Thermal. Finlay will be responsible for driving the strategy, performance and development of the company's flexible power generation and energy storage activities in the UK and Ireland, including the delivery of SSE's new low-carbon hydrogen and carbon capture projects. Finlay will commence his new role in May 2024 and will become part of the Group Executive Committee during the course of the summer.

He will report to Martin Pibworth, SSE's Chief Commercial Officer and Board member. Finlay is currently Director of Onshore Renewables (Europe) at SSE Renewables, where he has been responsible for the development, construction, and operation of all of SSE's Onshore Wind, Hydro, Pumped Storage, and Solar and Battery investments across Europe. Prior to that he has held several senior roles within SSE, including as Managing Director of SSE's Energy Portfolio Management division (now Energy Markets) and as Director of SSE Business Energy.

After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Finlay worked as a Corporate & Commercial lawyer, before joining SSE in 2010. Finlay joins SSE Thermal following a period of strong performance with the company's existing assets playing a key role in recent years supporting the electricity systems in both the UK and Ireland. SSE Thermal has a growing portfolio of low-carbon growth options, with development work progressing on carbon capture projects at Keadby and Peterhead, sustainable biofuels in Ireland and hydrogen projects across the value chain of production, storage and power generation.

The company has recently announced plans for a new hydrogen-ready power station at Keadby.