Carolina TortoraHead of AI, Innovation and Sector Digitalisation at NESOSpeaker
Profile
Ms Anna Carolina Tortora, an Italian/Colombian/Canadian MIT alumna in Aerospace Engineering, is the Head of AI, Innovation and 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 energy system’s data sharing infrastructure.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.