As Elizabeth Lawlor prepares to become Chief Executive Officer of RECCo, she has outlined a clear vision focused on delivering positive outcomes, listening to stakeholders, and supporting innovation across the retail energy market. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in code management and energy market governance, Elizabeth emphasises the importance of building on RECCo’s strong foundations while preparing for significant future market change.
A key theme of her leadership approach is collaboration. Elizabeth has committed to engaging closely with REC Parties, industry stakeholders, regulators, consumer representatives and service providers to better understand challenges, remove unnecessary complexity and ensure governance arrangements remain effective, proportionate and focused on outcomes.
Looking ahead, RECCo’s priorities include supporting the transition to the licensed Code Manager model, advancing work on data, digitalisation and consumer consent, and strengthening cross-code collaboration. Elizabeth believes governance should enable innovation rather than hinder it, ensuring market arrangements remain flexible whilst continuing to protect consumers and maintain market integrity.nuity and evolution. RECCo intends to build on its existing successes whilst helping create a more joined-up, efficient and consumer-focused retail energy market. Under Elizabeth’s leadership, the organisation aims to deliver practical improvements that benefit both market participants and consumers as the energy sector continues to evolve.