Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Product operating in the Energy space. If you think a Product is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Shahrin Mohamed
Digital Venture Head / Product Owner of Shell Oil Company
Shahrin Oli Mohamed serves as a digital venture head at Shell.
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About Shell Oil Company: Shell Oil Company is an oil and gas company that explores and produces energy products.
Richard Kelly
Director & Head of New Product Development of Foresight Group
Richard Kelly joined Foresight Group in 2014 and currently works as a Director in the London office. He has over 11 years of experience. Richard is responsible for the development and launch of innovative investment products and new business divisions. Prior to joining Foresight Richard worked at Accenture as a Strategy Manager where he focused on merger and acquisition strategy across a variety of industries. He has also worked as an Intern at Oxford Capital Partners, focusing on investment business plan screening and portfolio company performance improvement. Richard holds a BA in Business & Management from Exeter University.
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About Foresight Group: Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Michael Scott
Production Industry Solutions Advisor of Halliburton
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About Cognite, Halliburton: Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry.
Paul Wilson
Director of Product Marketing of Kandou Bus
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About Kandou Bus: KANDOU specializes in the design of high-speed, and pin- and energy-efficient chip-to-chip links, SerDes, and associated technologies.
Chris Robinson
Product Manager of WATR
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About WATR: WATR develops a water monitor that is self-powered, portable, easy to install, with a live data dashboard and notification alerts.
Hugh McEvoy
Senior Vice President Product of Sefaira
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About Sefaira: Sefaira is a provider of software for high-performance building design.
John Calvert
Production of SAVORTEX
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About SAVORTEX: SAVORTEX is set apart within the marketplace uitising our pioneering and patented techniques
John Lewis
VP Product Management, Marketing and Partners, and CSO of Telensa
Jon has over 20 years’ experience in leadership and innovation roles at global technology companies including NEC, Toshiba and Motorola. These roles have covered fundamental research, product development and sales. Jon joined Telensa to broaden the company’s application portfolio and open new market segments. He holds a number of patents and has a PhD in engineering.
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About Telensa: Telensa makes wireless smart city control systems, including the worlds most deployed smart streetlight solution.
Nigel Preston
Co-Founder & Vice President Product Management of Azuri Technologies
Nigel has 30 years’ global experience of embedded electronic systems development and manufacture. Previous positions include a variety of senior roles with Motorola’s Automotive business unit including European Design Centre Director, and more recently he was COO International Operations for Pi Shurlok. Nigel is a Chartered Engineer and holds a B.Eng. and PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Liverpool.
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About Azuri Technologies: Azuri brings affordable solar power to off-grid rural africans.
Martin Thomas
Product Manager of Contigo Software
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About Contigo Software: Contigo provides energy trading, portfolio risk management (ETRM), logistics supply chain management, and emissions reporting software.
Damon Rand
Co-founder, Head of Product Development of Clean Energy Prospector
Damon Rand. Co-founder and head of product development, Damon is a visionary engineer with an entrepreneurial background. A proponent of lean startup principles he has worked as a developer and technology consultant for the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand, Natwest Bank, Microsoft Europe and Amnesty International. He is passionate about the potential for technology to benefit our environment.
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About Clean Energy Prospector: Clean Energy Prospector is the Smarter ‘Internet of Things’ technology.
Anna Mackenzie
Consultant, Consumer Products & Retail of Baringa Partners
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About Baringa Partners: Baringa Partners LLP is a management consultancy that specialises in the energy, financial services and utilities markets in the UK.
Paul Higginson
Product Line Manager of Reactive Downhole Tools
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About Reactive Downhole Tools: Reactive Downhole Tools is a provider of industry-leading swellable isolation tools to the global oil and gas industry.
