Neil Freeman has extensive business development, management and policy experience in the electric industry. Currently, he is the Principal and CEO of NBF Group Inc., a consultancy providing business and market development strategies for the utility, energy and municipal sectors. Over his career, he has also held senior roles in strategic planning and wires strategy at Ontario Hydro, business development at Hydro One Networks, power system planning at the Ontario Power Authority (now IESO), and business development and corporate relations at Horizon Utilities. Early in his career, he was a professor at University of Waterloo, University of Saskatchewan, Wilfrid Laurier University, and University of Toronto. Neil is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and received his PhD from the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Politics of Power: Ontario Hydro and its Government, 1906-95 (University of Toronto Press, 1996). In 2016, Neil was named the Canadian Electricity Association’s first ever “Individual Sustainability Leadership” award recipient.