Neal will be responsible for driving the group narrative throughout National Grid’s operations across UK and US, bringing together all external corporate affairs activities. She will oversee the company’s mediarelations and executive profiling, and will be the lead company spokesperson to the media. She will join the National Grid’s corporate affairs leadership team, which includes the corporate affairs directors of both the company’s US and UK businesses as well as brand and digital, employee communications and public affairs.

Wild says, “National Grid is at the forefront of ensuring a healthier, greener energy future for Britain and the US, combining the best of British engineering with smart technology to deliver cleaner, lower cost renewables to power our homes, our travel, and our work. We have a great story to tell, and with her wealth of experience across journalism and corporate communications we look forward to Molly helping us raise our game.”

Neal joins National Grid from Land Securities Group, one of the UK's largest commercial real estate companies, where she is head of corporate communications. She says, “I am excited to be joining National Grid at this pivotal moment. As a leading electricity and gas utility business in the UK and US, National Grid has a unique role to play in the drive to reduceemissions and I look forward to shaping and sharing that vision.”

At Landsec, Neal was instrumental in the rebranding of the company and streamlining of their digital estate. As a leader in diversity and inclusion, she founded Landsec's Women's Network, and chaired the Inclusion & Diversity Committee delivering initiatives and policy changes aimed at improving the recruitment, retention and promotion of under-represented groups. Prior to Landsec, Neal spent eight years in journalism, latterly as a columnist and editor at the Wall Street Journal.