John Mogg, Baron Mogg
John Frederick Mogg, Baron Mogg, of Queen 's Park in the County of East Sussex, KCMG ( born October 5, 1943 in Birmingham ) is a British civil servant, manager and politician, who is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 2008.
Life
Administrative Officer and Director General of the European Commission
After going to school and studying Mogg was 1965-1974 employees of Rediffusion Ltd and following representatives of the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ), a is set by the Fair Trading Act 1973 Non-Governmental Authority for the promotion of consumer protection and competition law.
1976 Mogg joined as executive officer in the government service and was initially to 1979 employees in the Department of Commerce as well as in connection 1979-1982 First Secretary at the Permanent Representation to the European Community. After completing this activity, he began in 1982 his work in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, where he was first assistant secretary of the Department of Minerialien and metals, and from 1985 to 1986 Senior Private Secretary to the Minister of State. Subsequently, he served from 1986 to 1987 as Under Secretary of State and Head of the Department for European policy and most recently between 1987 and 1989 as Under-Secretary and Head of the Department for the market of industrial materials in the trade and industry ministry.
After a subsequent post of Deputy Head of the European Secretariat in the Cabinet Office ( Cabinet Office ) moved Mogg 1990 European Commission and was there until Deputy Director General for Industry and Internal Market before he was head of the Directorate General for the Internal Market between 1993 and 2002.
Energy managers and upper house member
After completing his work at the European Commission in 2003, he was member of the Board of Gas and Electricity Markets ( Office of Gas and Electricity Markets ) and since 2003 has been chairman of the board of that authority. In addition, Mogg was the Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2003 and from then on the additional name "Sir" led from 2005 to 2011 Chairman of the European Regulation Group for Electricity and Gas, President of the Council of European Energy Regulators and Chairman of the regulatory body of the agency for the cooperation of energy regulators.
In addition, Mogg, who was between 2006 and 2010 Visiting Professor at the University of Parma, engaged since 2006 as Chairman of the Board of Directors of University of Brighton.
By Letters Patent on 28 May 2008 was raised to the peerage John Mogg as a life peer with the title Baron Mogg, of Queen 's Park in the County of East Sussex. Shortly after, on 3 June 2008, his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the House of Lords he belongs to the group of so-called Cross Bencher.
Since 2010, Lord Mogg is also Chairman of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators and also acts as a special advisor to the President of the European Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, as well as a trustee of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra.