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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Manager operating in the CleanTech space. If you think a Manager 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.
Nicole Pretorius
Senior Product Manager of Emitwise
Nicole was born and raised in South Africa, educated at St. Andrews University in Scotland, and is currently immersed in the tech industry having cofounded SheCanCode – a career consulting and coaching platform that aspires to bridge the digital skills gap by empowering diverse technologists to enter and remain in the tech industry.
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About Emitwise: Emitwise empowers businesses to automatically measure, report, and reduce their carbon footprint in real-time.
Charlie Blair
Marine Technology Accelerator Manager of Carbon Trust
Charlie leads the Carbon Trust’s work on Marine Energy, bringing the technology to market quicker and at lower cost. He is responsible for delivery of the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund for the Scottish Government, an £18 million fund that will support the first arrays of marine energy devices in Scottish Waters. Charlie is also working on an industry consortium supported by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in Glasgow to develop enabling innovations for early wave and tidal arrays. He was involved in the installation of 6 full-scale prototype devices at EMEC through the Carbon Trust’s Marine Renewables Proving Fund, and supports Carbon Trust work on the European SI Ocean initiative. Charlie is also involved in work on other technologies by the Carbon Trust Innovation team (particularly electricity storage, micro-generation and electric vehicles; and generic commercial support to low carbon innovators). Charlie has over ten years’ experience commercialising innovative emerging energy technologies. Before joining the Carbon Trust in 2010 he worked as a strategic energy consultant, both for his own company and for Delta Energy & Environment in Edinburgh. He has experience analysing markets and business plans for a number of emerging energy technologies other than marine, particularly distributed generation, electricity storage and solar PV. Charlie has a first class Geography Degree from Durham and an MSc in Environmental Technology (Energy Policy) from Imperial College London
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About Carbon Trust, Gravitricity: Carbon Trust is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy, by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions now and develop.
Simon Westwood
Sales & Marketing Manager of Westfield Technology Group
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About Westfield Technology Group: Westfield is an autonomous vehicle provider that is known for selling niche sports cars globally.
Mark Walker
Technical / Engineering Manager of Westfield Technology Group
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About Westfield Technology Group: Westfield is an autonomous vehicle provider that is known for selling niche sports cars globally.
Clare Cornes
Intelligent Mobility Manager of Westfield Technology Group
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About Westfield Technology Group: Westfield is an autonomous vehicle provider that is known for selling niche sports cars globally.
Wendy Rayner-Hall
Programme Manager of Westfield Technology Group
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About Westfield Technology Group: Westfield is an autonomous vehicle provider that is known for selling niche sports cars globally.
