Prof. Gareth Taylor received a BSc from the University of London in 1987 and the MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Greenwich in 1992 and 1997, respectively. He has been a research member of the Brunel University of London Research Centre BIPS since May 2000 and was appointed as Director in 2010. He was appointed Professor in Power Systems and Electrical Engineering in 2012 and as the Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering from May 2019 to June 2023. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Fellow of the IET. He is also a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was also appointed as a Visiting Professor within the Control & Power Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London from 1st October 2023 to 30th September 2026. His current research interests include transmission system operation, smart grids, and power system modelling and analysis.