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This list showcases the top London based Manager operating in the Energy 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.
Matt Owen
Global Social Media Manager of Shell Oil Company
Matt Owen Global Social Media Manager at Shell. Previously He was senior content strategist at gyro (Part of the Dentsu Aegis network), with a focus on business content portals for Hewlett Packard and Vodafone, where I designed and executed content strategy across EMEA.
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About Shell Oil Company: Shell Oil Company is an oil and gas company that explores and produces energy products.
Marco A. Sánchez Alfaro
Retail Territory Manager of BP
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About BP: BP delivers heat, light and mobility products and services to people all around the world.
Richard Sephton
Business Development Manager (UK) of tado°
Richard joined tado in early 2017 and now leads the UK growth of it intelligent heating control products by partnering with utility, tech and telco partners. Super passionate about the connected home and in-particular the impact tado has on consumer savings and energy conversation, Richard is focussed on strategic partnerships in the UK to ensure households are educated and adopt its smart technology .
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About tado°: Tado° offers smart thermostats and apps that adjusts to the real-time behavior of residents in private homes and small businesses.
Daniel Crispin
Key Account Manager of tado°
Dan is the UK&I Key Account Manager for tado°, Europe’s most efficient and compatible smart thermostat. Dan’s focus is on developing successful customer propositions with utility and home services partners, whilst establishing solutions where these partners can also achieve significant value from the data that tado° can provide. tado° is multi-award winning, including receiving many UK Best Smart Thermostat awards for 2019. Their aim is to offer customers not only best-in-class features and benefits, but also to provide unique insights into their boiler health and deliver remote boiler monitoring services, so that a tado° home can be quickly notified and assisted if their heating system ever fails. In addition to energy efficiency benefits, tado° provides users with key insights on the air quality in their home, combining this data with external pollution and pollen data to make specific and data-backed recommendations on the best times and lengths to open your windows for, to maintain optimum air quality in the home. Dan has worked for almost 10 years in the energy, cleantech and smart home sectors in both the UK and Australia. His experience spans a range of company size, from a multi-billion dollar energy company through to a two-person start-up.
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About tado°: Tado° offers smart thermostats and apps that adjusts to the real-time behavior of residents in private homes and small businesses.
Stephan Gueorguiev
Senior Investment Manager of Foresight Group
Stephan Gueorguiev joined Foresight Group in 2018 and currently works as a Senior Investment Manager in the London office. He has over 17 years of experience. Stephan is responsible for sourcing and executing investments in high-potential UK businesses across the UK . Prior to joining Foresight Stephan worked at August Equity where he focussed on buyouts of UK technology businesses. Stephan holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Cambridge University as well as an MBA from INSEAD.
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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.
Chris Wardle
Senior Investment Manager of Foresight Group
Chris joined Foresight in 2014 from Accenture’s M&A practice, where he managed pre-deal due diligence and post-deal corporate strategy projects for private equity, consumer goods, and technology clients. He has also worked closely with a number of start-ups and charities. Chris holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
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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.
Amy Crofton
Senior Investment Manager of Foresight Group
Amy joined Foresight in January 2017 from Lesmoir-Gordon, Boyle & Co, a boutique investment advisory and corporate finance firm in Mayfair. At LGB Amy focused on structuring equity and debt investments in UK SMEs. Prior to this, she spent seven years as a research analyst in the food retail sector, at both Barclays Capital and Citi. Amy graduated from Oxford, where she was an open scholar and has a first class degree in Materials, Economics and Management.
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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.
Elena Palasmith
Senior Manager, Institutional Capital of Foresight Group
Elena joined Foresight Group from Morgan Stanley where she worked within the Global Wealth Management Division. Elena holds a first class degree in Management from the University of Warwick.
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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.
Tomer Strikovsky
Investment Manager of ETF Partners
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Lucy Rands
Investment Manager of ETF Partners
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Courtney Glymph
PR Manager of ETF Partners
Courtney Glymph is a PR Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners, TempoCap: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Aleksandra Lament
Operations Manager of ETF Partners
Aleksandra Lament serves as an Operations Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Desiree Francois
Executive Assistant and Office Manager of ETF Partners
Desiree Francois serves as an Executive Assistant and Office Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Finance Manager of ETF Partners
Tiina Tanav serves as a Finance Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Finance Manager of ETF Partners
Tiina Tanav serves as a Finance Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Duran Cesur
Investment Manager of Vinci Venture Capital
Duran is an experienced strategy and investment professional. While working for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) with blue chip clients, Duran built expertise in growth strategy and due diligence and gained considerable skills in operational improvements and organisational restructuring. As Director of Strategy and Business Analysis at Global Data (formerly Progressive Digital Media), Duran worked on the largest acquisition in the company’s history and carried out multiple projects with a direct impact on the bottom line. Duran is currently Head of Strategy for the Sturrock & Robson Group and an Investment Manager at Excelsa Ventures. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Swarthmore College.
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About Vinci Venture Capital: Vinci invests in early-stage European tech companies in mobility, industry 4.0, energy storage and management, supply chain and logistics.
Spencer Summons
Global Manager of Tullow Oil
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About Tullow Oil: Tullow Oil is an independent oil and gas, exploration and production group.
Arran Abbott
Business Development Manager of TotalEnergies
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About TotalEnergies: TotalEnergies is an energy company that produces and markets oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables, and electricity.
David Simons
Software Engineering Manager of Kaluza
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About Kaluza: Kaluza is an intelligent grid technology company.
Liz Dawson
Policy and Public Affairs Manager of SmartEnergyGB
Liz is an experienced policy manager at Smart Energy GB. She leads on Smart Energy GB’s work looking at the importance and benefits of smart meters and smart grids to the future of Great Britain’s cities and rural areas. She also manages the delivery of Smart Energy GB’s programmes aimed at engaging parliamentarians and local authorities with the national smart meter rollout. Liz has extensive experience of parliamentary and political engagement. Before joining Smart Energy GB Liz worked at the Industry and Parliament Trust where she ran the Fellowship programme which provides parliamentarians with a unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience of how business and industry operates
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About SmartEnergyGB: Smart Energy GB is the national campaign for the smart meter rollout. It’s our task to help everyone in Great Britain.
Martin Rayomand
NPD Commercialization Project Manager of Monster Energy
An aspiring bi-lingual Project Manager who has gained invaluable skills and experience across the private sector both internationally and in the UK. Possesses a detailed knowledge of all aspects of the packaging development and design, manufacture engineering, IT sector, advertising and printing industry combined with business development, marketing, branding, project and production management. Highly skilled to deliver pre-planned business objectives within a highly competitive industry.
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About Monster Energy: Support the scene, bands, athletes and fans
Paul Dykes
Content and Channels Manager of Scott Logic
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About Scott Logic: At Scott Logic we create intuitive software applications for clients in the energy sector.
Paul Monroe
Co-founder & Business Manager of SMAP Energy
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About Cambridge Energy Data Lab, Enechange, SMAP Energy: A data analytics solutions provider for energy retailers
Paul Monroe
Co-founder & Business Manager of SMAP Energy
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About Cambridge Energy Data Lab, Enechange, SMAP Energy: A data analytics solutions provider for energy retailers
