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Martin Blaxall - Group Head of Corporate Communications - National Grid Transco plc

I first started work with Simon Howlett in the summer of 2000 when he was part of the team which was established to ensure the appropriate web presence for the Lattice Group which was demerged from BG Group in October 2000. In particular, Simon took the lead role in ensuring the Group had both intranet and internet sites up and running on Day 1. Both had to be developed to an exacting timetable and to a high standard; Simon was crucial to ensuring that both were successfully launched on time.

Simon was indispensable to the project. He worked closely with our in-house service provider for the Lattice intranet and with the external provider for the internet, liaising with the designers of the sites and the other people in my team - the communications professionals - who were providing the content. It was a role he filled with professionalism, enthusiasm and great ability. The skill which I particularly valued was Simon's ability to explain the technical issues to the layman and translate the communications' requirements into a technical specification.

After the merger took effect, Simon took the lead in developing, either on his own or in partnership with others within Lattice, Righteous Solutions or other third-parties, applications that met a business need. He always worked to provide high quality dependable solutions rather than promote applications that sought a need. As such his expertise, approachability, good humour and ability to deliver was both relied on and highly regarded by those in the Lattice Group and our various partners.

While remaining a Righteous employee, Simon became a valued and integral part of the Lattice Corporate Communications team, and would be the first to point out any potential conflicts of interest that arose in his work. He could be trusted completely. He promoted the use and development of the Lattice intranet among staff, again developing solutions that met the needs of the user. So far as the website was concerned, he guided the development of a user-friendly content management system which both improved the efficiency of the site and its effectiveness, while also reducing its running costs.

On the announcement of the merger with National Grid in spring 2002 to create National Grid Transco, Simon again worked professionally with the National Grid in-house team and appointed providers. He helped ensure the new Group had its Group internet and intranet sites up and running on Day 1 of the merged Group. In doing so, he took the lead in developing the Group's website which was subsequently rated as the number one in the FTSE 100 in an independent survey.

I would have no hesitation in recommending Simon as an employee and colleague.

July 2003

Louise Farrell - Communications Officer - Fulcrum Connections

"When our company separated from Transco in November of 2001, Simon Howlett, working on behalf of Righteous Solutions was responsible for designing and publishing a new independent intranet site for our employees. We wanted a site that would be aesthetically pleasing but most importantly user friendly.

'Click' is a vital interface within our business, as industrial staff access the site as remote users to gain access to the systems and information they need to complete their day to day tasks. The intranet contains several crucial links that were tested fully to ensure they were operational on launch of the site.

Simon worked closely with our PR and Communications manager Frances Davies to ensure the site met all our requirements. The result was a very clean and quick to access site that is now widely used throughout our organisation. The site has met the needs of our business from both an IS and Communications standpoint."

October 2002