James Hann (businessman)

Sir James Hann CBE FCIM FInstPet FINucE (18 January 1933 - 14 February 2004) was a British businessman and former chairman of Scottish Nuclear.

Early life

He was born in Southampton. He had a brother and sister. He would later study at the Institut pour l'Etude des Methodes de Direction de l'Entreprise (IMEDE, now IMD) in Lausanne. From 1952-54 he did his National Service in the Royal Artillery.

Career

Scottish Nuclear

He became Chairman of Scottish Nuclear. ^[1] It was planned to sell off the entire electricity industry, but the stock market would not buy the nuclear industry components as they contained too much risk and long-term cost. British Energy was actually privatised in 1996, having been formed in 1995.

Scottish Nuclear consisted of Hunterston B in North Ayrshire, and Torness in East Lothian; the two AGR power stations had been run by the South of Scotland Electricity Board before privatisation. Hunterston A had been shut down the day before privatisation (31 March 1990). Scottish Nuclear supplied 40% of Scottish electricity. As a Chairman, his salary was £39,000. He joined the European Nuclear Society.

Personal life

He married Jill Howe in 1957 in Southampton. His wife was a nursing sister when he went into hospital. They had a son (born 1959) and a daughter (born 1961). He lived in Wrington in North Somerset. When Chairman of Scottish Nuclear, he lived in Dunbartonshire, and had earlier lived in Banchory. He was appointed CBE in the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours. He was knighted in the 1996 Birthday Honours. His wife died in 1999.

References

↑ Energy, the State, and the Market: British Energy Policy Since 1979

External links

Business positions
Preceded by New company	Chairman of Scottish Nuclear 1990 - 1996	Succeeded by Defunct company, subsumed into British Energy

Energy in Scotland

Energy in the United Kingdom

Sectors

Companies and
organisations

Current	Aquamarine Power Community Energy Scotland EDF Energy European Marine Energy Centre FREDS National Grid Office for Nuclear Regulation Score Group SGN Scottish Government (Energy Department) Scottish Gas Scottish Power SSE Wood Group

Defunct	British Energy Pelamis Wave Power Scottish Hydro Electric Scottish Nuclear South of Scotland Electricity Board Wavegen

Active
power stations

Hydro-electric	Northern scheme Cruachan Breadalbane Tummel Foyers scheme Sloy-Awe scheme Galloway scheme Glendoe scheme Lanark scheme Kinlochewe-Talladale scheme

Nuclear	Hunterston B Torness

Oil and gas	Peterhead Lerwick

Wave	Islay LIMPET

Wind	Ardrossan Arecleoch Beatrice Beinn an Tuirc Black Law Braes of Doune Clyde Cruach Mhòr Crystal Rig Farr Hadyard Hill Hare Hill Pates Hill Whitelee

Other	Dundee Incinerator Greengairs Lerwick Incinerator Steven's Croft Westfield

Decommissioned
power stations

Coal	Barony (1980s) Braehead (1980s) Cockenzie (2013) Kincardine (1997) Longannet (2016) Methil (2000) Pinkston Portobello (1977) Yoker (1976)

Nuclear	Chapelcross (2004) Dounreay (1994) Hunterston A (1990)

Oil and gas	Inverkip (1988) Fife (2011)

Other

Category
Commons

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