Reihaneh Irani-Famili

Vice President, Gas Enablement - Business Readiness and Design National Grid

Reihaneh Irani-Famili is the vice president of business readiness and design at National Grid. National Grid is an electricity, natural gas, and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million customers through networks across New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and is the largest distributor of natural gas in the Northeast. National Grid also operates the systems that deliver gas and electricity across Great Britain.

Reihaneh has worked in the energy industry for over 17 years in variety of roles in oil and gas as well as utilities. Combining her engineering and operational expertise with strategic business acumen, she has designed and led major transformation projects of all kinds - from process and culture to digital. In her current role, Reihaneh is responsible for a large-scale agile technology implementation that is transforming how National Grid serves its customers and delivers on its obligations. Beyond her leadership on this technology program, her work also includes architecting a US-wide change leadership approach for National Grid’s Gas Business Unit.

Reihaneh started her career in the energy industry as a process engineer designing sour gas and heavy oil facilities. Her passion for driving efficiencies and transformation provided her opportunity to take on multiple leadership roles where she has designed and led strategic enterprise wide initiatives. She earned an M.B.A. and M.Sc. in chemical engineering from University of Calgary Alberta Canada and a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Tehran University.