Francis Egan

Francis Egan

Francis Egan is the chief executive of Cuadrilla Resources, a UK energy company based in Staffordshire. Set up in 2007 and backed by British Gas, Cuadrilla has been described as "the pioneer of fracking in the UK".

Dinner and meetings with government ministers

• Stephen Lovegrove
• Jeremy Heywood

On 9 May 2013 Egan joined a 'working dinner' hosted by Sir Jeremy Heywood and Stephen Lovegrove, Permanent Secretary of DECC at the Preston Marriott hotel in Broughton. Organised by the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil the declared purpose of the dinner was 'to discuss the issues relating to the development of unconventional gas and oil in Lancashire and nationally'.

Resources

• We will stick to fracking plan, says Cuadrilla boss, Channel4 News, YouTube