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David Ashbourne moved to Ofgem's Network's Division in 2004 as Legal Director, and is now Head of Legal profession.
David joined Ofgem in October 2003 as a senior lawyer. He began his career in housing and the environment managing major regeneration projects in the inner city. He moved into the energy sector joining British Gas's South Eastern Region, progressing to the role of regional solicitor. He joined the British Gas's pre-Network Code Gas Transportation Division and was then appointed Head of Transco's central legal team in 1994.
He was involved in the development of the Network Code, the MMC Inquiry, the Centrica Demerger and the subsequent formation of Lattice on the demerger of Transco from BG. He set up the regulatory compliance function at Transco and was involved in the separation of the metering business.