David Richardson is Head of Energy Network Special Projects Fund at Innovate UK, where he established and delivered the £450M Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund for gas and electricity network innovations. His career spans large-scale public software and infrastructure projects across transport, digital services, and energy. In the energy sector, he has led initiatives in local energy markets, integrated infrastructure planning, regulatory frameworks, and national digitalisation programmes. His current interest is on leveraging resilience, AI, and ML to digitalise energy systems and enhance end-user services.