Steven Steer works for a Swiss data and digitalisation engineering consultancy, Zuhlke, and he was formally Ofgem’s inaugural Head of Data. Steven’s contributions to digitalisation include:
- overseeing government’s Energy Data Taskforce on behalf of Ofgem;
- authoring government’s first energy digitalisation strategy and action plan;
- establishing Ofgem's regulatory environment for treating energy industry data as 'presumed open’ for sharing by creating its Data Best Practice regulation and;
- designing a sector-wide architecture governance solution for government and the energy system operator to gain technical coordination across energy digitalisation

Steven provides data and AI innovation services across multiple economic sectors. He has worked in academia producing research findings; in government creating policy and; delivering data and analytics services directly in energy and oncology companies. He has a PhD in fundamental nuclear physics and is a former member of the University of Cambridge Energy Policy Research Group. His academic career includes 70+ credited publications, these have earned him an academic h-index of 29.