Name
Carolina Tortora
Job Title
Head of Innovation, Digitalisation & AI
Company
NESO (National Energy System Operator)
Speaker Bio
Ms Anna Carolina Tortora, an Italian/Colombian/Canadian MIT alumna in Aerospace Engineering, is the Head of AI, Innovation and Energy Sector Digitalisation for NESO (National Energy System Operator).
Her mission is to accelerate the UK's system decarbonisation to meet Net Zero targets through new digital solutions and grid technologies. She also leads the Virtual Energy System, NESO’s programme to develop the first Digital Twin of Great Britain’s (England, Scotland, and Wales) energy system.
Before NESO, Carolina led the deployment of Europe's largest high voltage connected storage plants at Terna Spa in Rome, earning worldwide recognition.
Carolina is a senior advisor to promising battery start-ups and a recipient of numerous honours, including being a 2017 TEDxRome speaker and one of Italy’s Top 40 under forty managers in 2016.
Carolina splits her time between NESO, her peloton bike, running, family and friends.
Her mission is to accelerate the UK's system decarbonisation to meet Net Zero targets through new digital solutions and grid technologies. She also leads the Virtual Energy System, NESO’s programme to develop the first Digital Twin of Great Britain’s (England, Scotland, and Wales) energy system.
Before NESO, Carolina led the deployment of Europe's largest high voltage connected storage plants at Terna Spa in Rome, earning worldwide recognition.
Carolina is a senior advisor to promising battery start-ups and a recipient of numerous honours, including being a 2017 TEDxRome speaker and one of Italy’s Top 40 under forty managers in 2016.
Carolina splits her time between NESO, her peloton bike, running, family and friends.