Navigant Adds Strategy, Energy Transformation, Transmission, and Operational Excellence Expertise to Growing Global Energy Sector

Latest senior hires are focused on helping clients thrive by
providing unique insights to help navigate industry complexities

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Navigant (NYSE: NCI) today announced six senior-level industry experts
have joined the company’s growing global Energy segment

John Roddy, managing director; Ted Walker, managing director; René Groot
Bruinderink, director; Andrew Johnston, director; Laura Manz, director;
and Konstantin Staschus, director, are seasoned energy industry experts
with the unique insights clients rely on to adapt and thrive in a
changing energy landscape.

Roddy brings a deep knowledge of strategy and operations to ensure
utility clients are maximizing their investments, while Walker’s rich
knowledge and vision related to the energy transformation offers
stability in a time of uncertainty. Johnston takes a strategic and
client-centric approach to smart city opportunities by focusing on local
contexts and precedents, and Groot Bruinderink relies on an
understanding of the link between government policies, technological
innovation, and end-user needs to create low carbon strategies for
clients. Manz uses her expertise in transmission and performance
excellence to offer guidance and source innovative solutions, and
Staschus, the former secretary-general of the European Network of
Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E), applies his knowledge in
solving client business and strategic problems with a focus on
transmission.

“Collectively, John, Ted, René, Andrew, Laura, and Konstantin represent
more than a century of relevant experience, and individually they are
already helping our clients navigate a steady path forward based on
strategic advice and unique industry perspectives,” said Jan Vrins,
managing director and leader of Navigant’s global Energy segment. “We
view their hiring as an investment in Navigant’s future and specifically
as an investment in our clients and the trust that they place in us to
assist in the complex decisions around emerging technologies, industry
changes, and operational excellence.”

John Roddy, managing director, Los Angeles

With more than 25 years of utility industry experience, Roddy is
passionate about leveraging his expertise in strategy and operations to
assist clients with business and technology planning. He is a trusted
advisor on wholesale and retail electric markets, technology assessment
and road map planning, business architecture solutions, smart grid/smart
metering, business process/performance improvement, and revenue cycle
systems. Roddy’s career spans the majority of the utility value chain
and encompasses U.S. and international engagements with utilities,
regional transmission organizations/independent system operators, energy
merchants, industry suppliers, municipalities, professional service
firms, and research organizations. Prior to joining Navigant, Roddy
operated his own consulting firm, was a leadership partner in
Accenture’s North American Utility Practice, and served as the senior
executive lead of strategic programs for Black & Veatch’s management
consulting division.

Ted Walker, managing director, Atlanta

A key leader in the areas of strategy, policy, and regulation, Walker
uses his expertise to hone in on energy company growth opportunities and
help clients thrive alongside the changing role of the utility in an
evolving energy ecosystem. His knowledge spans the areas of energy
retail, transmission and distribution, customer front and back-office,
and shared services. Walker also has significant experience working with
medium and large electric and gas utilities to develop and plan
strategies that extend beyond the business as usual mindset. Prior to
joining Navigant, Walker served as a managing director in Accenture’s
Utilities Strategy practice. His content focus areas include distributed
energy resources, alternative transportation fuels – including electric
vehicles, non-commodity products and services, digital customer
transformation, innovation strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and
emerging technologies, with a particular depth in blockchain.

René Groot Bruinderink, director, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Dedicated to sustainability, Groot Bruinderink focuses on helping
clients transition their businesses toward a low carbon future, while
capturing short-term business opportunities as well as dealing with
reorganizational transitions arising from the energy shift. He is
skilled at developing tailor-made proposals to help clients realize
sustainable and profitable products and business models. With more than
two decades of consulting experience for large corporations and energy
companies, Groot Bruinderink has served clients across the retail,
utilities, and telecom sectors, in addition to the construction and
chemical industries. He spent nearly 10 years at RWE and its successor
Innogy, predominantly as a partner responsible for the in-house
consulting unit in the Netherlands and Belgium. Groot Bruinderink is a
former director of Essent’s strategy department and has also served as a
senior manager at Arthur D. Little.

Andrew Johnston, director, Austin, Texas

With a background spanning the energy, technology, policy, and urban
planning sectors, Johnston works to achieve strategic technology
implementation among utility clients, cities, manufacturers, and
third-party groups. As an expert in aligning policy and program
execution with the larger strategic priorities of utilities, his focus
also addresses the areas of independent evaluation, quantitative and
qualitative analysis, contingency planning, market analysis, and
competitive intelligence. Prior to Navigant, Johnston was president of
ETS, for Zpryme. He has also served in a variety of roles at
organizations centered around emerging technology, including Austin
Energy and Pecan Street Inc. Johnston is a former chief of staff to
economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin and is the 2014 recipient of
the Austin Under 40 Award for Energy & Technology.

Laura Manz, director, Folsom, Calif.

Focused on utility operations and performance excellence, Manz leverages
her expertise in transmission planning and grid operations to provide
the insights clients need on pressing industry topics. With more than 30
years of related experience, she is well-versed in the areas of
transmission planning and technical studies, policy, bulk grid
reliability requirements, generator interconnections, advanced grid
technologies, the effects of distributed generation on the power grid,
and, particularly, independent system operator requirements and trends.
Prior to joining Navigant, Manz was instrumental in forming PJM and its
signature nodal market design. She has also managed her own consulting
practice with projects in every interconnection in North America. Most
recently, Manz was a vice president of market and infrastructure
development for the California ISO and a senior vice president at
Viridity Energy. Her utility experience also extends to San Diego Gas
and Electric, Southern California Gas Company, and Public Service
Electric and Gas Company. Manz is a senior member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a member of Cleantech San
Diego’s Education and Outreach Committee.

Konstantin Staschus, director, Berlin

An expert in EU energy policy, and the former Secretary-General of
ENTSO-E, Staschus focuses on advising European transmission system
operator clients and working to shape markets, grids, and systems for
the energy transformation. Drawing on more than 30 years of industry
experience, Staschus leverages strengths in multicultural management to
combine business value with public interest thinking, relying on a
technical, economic, and analytical approach. While at ENTSO-E, Staschus
contributed to network code drafts, 10-year network development plans,
and a transparency platform for EU-wide fundamental electricity system
data. In his new role, he continues to chair two of the organization’s
research and development committees. Prior to Navigant, Staschus served
as a member of BDEW, Berlin’s association of energy and water
industries, as managing director of VDN, Germany’s association of
network operators, and in roles at the association of German TSOs, DVG,
as well as Pacific Gas and Electric.

About Navigant

Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized, global
professional services firm that helps clients take control of their
future. Navigant’s professionals apply deep industry knowledge,
substantive technical expertise, and an enterprising approach to help
clients build, manage, and/or protect their business interests. With a
focus on markets and clients facing transformational change and
significant regulatory or legal pressures, the firm primarily serves
clients in the healthcare, energy, and financial services industries.
Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and
technology/analytics services, Navigant’s practitioners bring sharp
insight that pinpoints opportunities and delivers powerful results. More
information about Navigant can be found at navigant.com.

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