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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 Director operating in the Energy space. If you think a Director 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.
Alfredo A. Marti
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Marti is a Managing Director of Riverstone. He is based in London. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2008, Mr. Marti served in various leadership positions at BP plc, one of the world’s largest energy firms, including leading the organization responsible for overseeing the financial and operational performance and capital allocation of all of BP’s oil & gas exploration and production businesses worldwide. Other roles at BP included Head of Strategy for BP’s North America Gas business, General Manager of oil & gas production operations in Wyoming, USA, and Joint-Ventures Coordinator in Venezuela. Mr. Marti received his M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He also holds a summa cum laude degree in Economics from Venezuela’s Andres Bello University and a Corporate Finance diploma from London Business School.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Andy Lund
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Andy joined Advent International in 2011 and is located in Advent’s London office where he focuses on research and analysis initiatives to support the Firm’s fundraising and investor relations activities. Andy was previously a Director at UBS Private Equity Funds Group where he managed several fundraising assignments for leading private equity firms. Prior to attending business school, Andy spent over ten years as a pilot in the UK Royal Air Force flying Tornado fast jets and Puma helicopters in a number of operational theatres.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Robin Duggan
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Duggan is a Managing Director of Riverstone. He is based in London. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2007, Mr. Duggan was the founder of Commodity Optimization Ventures Ltd., a business providing advice to clients in the private equity industry, including Texas Pacific Group. Before the founding of his business, Mr. Duggan served for over 17 years in various positions with subsidiaries and affiliates of BP plc, one of the world’s largest energy firms. From 2004 to 2005 Mr. Duggan was the Vice President of European Business Optimization at Innovene, BP’s olefins and derivatives subsidiary, where he was responsible for commercial activity for olefins and refining in Europe, and also oversaw Innovene’s successful separation from BP in Europe. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Duggan held a number of senior level positions in BP’s Petrochemicals segment, including serving as the Performance Unit Leader of the Aromatics and Olefins division, Global Business Manager of the Styrene business unit, and the Planning, Performance and Strategy Manager of the Acetyls business unit. Prior to that time, Mr. Duggan held various positions in the BP’s Upstream segment in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Venezuela over a period of 10 years. Mr. Duggan currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cuadrilla, Enviva, Origo, Patagonia, Proserv Group, ReEnergy and Velocita, and previously was the Chairman of the Board of Seajacks. Mr. Duggan holds a degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University and a Sloan Master’s of Science in Management from Stanford University.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Bob Brown
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Brown is a Managing Director of Riverstone, focused on Limited Partner relations, fundraising, and communications. He is based in London. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2014, Mr. Brown was Managing Director and Global Head of Limited Partner Services for Advent International. Prior to Advent, he was a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, where he focused on North American fundraising and investor relations. Mr. Brown joined Carlyle in 1999 and during his tenure there raised capital for the firm’s investment partnerships, including funds and coinvestments, and was actively involved in product development, fund formation and marketing strategy for these partnerships. Bob also served on the firm’s Investor Relations Coordinating Committee, focusing on new fund initiatives, capital formation and limited partner relationships. Prior to Carlyle, he was a Vice President in the Private Equity Group at Merrill Lynch from 1994 to 1999. There, he was responsible for raising private equity, real estate, hedge fund, co-investment capital and direct private placements for almost 100 transactions. Mr. Brown graduated with a B.A. from Southern Methodist University and has an M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Helen Alexander
Non-executive Director of Rolls-Royce
Dame Helen Alexander joined the Board as Deputy Chairman in December 2011. Dame Helen chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. Dame Helen is chairman of UBM plc, the Port of London Authority and Incisive Media, and a non-executive director and chair of the remuneration committee at Rolls-Royce Group plc. Dame Helen is a senior adviser to Bain Capital and Chancellor of the University of Southampton. Dame Helen served as president of the CBI until June 2011. Dame Helen Alexander joined The Economist as Marketing Manager in 1985 after studying at INSEAD for an MBA and completing various roles with Faber and Faber and with Gerald Duckworth & Co. She became Managing Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit in 1993 and in 1997 became Chief Executive of the Economist Group, a position she held until 2008, having joined the company in 1985. Dame Helen was President of the CBI from 2009 to 2011. Dame Helen is also currently involved with not-for-profit organisations in media, the internet, the arts and education, through the trustees at Thomson-Reuters, the WorldWide Web Foundation, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Said Business School in Oxford and St Paul’s Girls’ School. Dame Helen was awarded a CBE for services to publishing in 2004 and in June 2011 was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to business. She has an MBA from INSEAD.
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About BT, Centrica, Esure, Northern Foods, Rolls-Royce, UBM Plc: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Brendan Nelson
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of BP
Brendan Nelson is a chartered accountant. He was made a partner of KPMG in 1984 and served as a member of the UK board of KPMG from 2000 to 2006, subsequently being appointed vice chairman until his retirement in 2010. At KPMG International he held a number of senior positions including global chairman, banking and global chairman, financial services. He served for six years as a member of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel and in 2013 was the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
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About : BP delivers heat, light and mobility products and services to people all around the world.
Ignacio Gimenez
Managing Director Europe and Middle East, BP Ventures of BP
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About BP: BP delivers heat, light and mobility products and services to people all around the world.
Yiannis Ventikos
Co-founder and Non-Executive Director of First Light Fusion
Yiannis Ventikos is the Co-founder and Non-Executive Director of First Light Fusion.
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About First Light Fusion: First Light Fusion is an energy company that focuses on researching energy generation by inertial confinement fusion.
Simon Evans
Director, Digital Engineering of SNC Lavalin
Simon Evans is the Director, Digital Engineering at SNC-Lavalin.
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About SNC Lavalin: SNC-Lavalin is an engineering and construction group.
George Coehlo
Managing Director of Good Energies
George Coehlo is the Co-Founder and Partner of Astanor Ventures. He joined Good Energies from Balderton Capital, formerly known as Benchmark Capital, Europe, which he co-founded in 2000. Good Energies has actively invested in technology companies in all stages of development in both Europe and North America. George previously led Intel Corporation’s strategic venture capital investment outside the U.S. and, prior to that, was a founder of the group that evolved to become Intel Capital. He has served in a number of senior positions in corporate finance. George holds a B.S. from The American University and an MBA from The George Washington, D. C. University. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the UK chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs).
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About Astanor Ventures, Good Energies, PROfounders Capital: Good Energies is a New York-based investment company focused on the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries.
Martin Mayer
Director of LNG Technology of CB&I
Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member of the Management Committee and Treasurer of Gas Processors Association Europe. 30 years experience in the LNG and gas processing industry (onshore and floating) in feasibility, conceptual, detailed design, commissioning, plant testing and revamps. He has worked on projects worldwide in Peru, Egypt, UK, USA, Canada, Russia, Qatar, Australia and Nigeria. As Director of LNG Technology at McDermott is their focal point of expertise and capability for LNG production and receiving facilities, responsible for assuring the validity and technical integrity of the process design content of all deliverables on projects and proposals
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About CB&I: CB&I provide technology and infrastructure for the energy industry, focusing on safety and quality standards.
Ben Watts
Innovation and Solutions Director of Engie
Ben is Innovation & Solutions Director at ENGIE UK & Ireland. In addition to this role, Ben also undertakes non-executive and advisory activities in the field of low-carbon energy technology and networks, providing a key link between industry and academia. Ben is a non-executive Director of Storengy UK and a Director of the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), where Ben also chairs the ADE’s Strategy Board. Prior to his current role with ENGIE, Ben was Managing Director of ENGIE’s Urban Energy sector. Ben has also previously worked as an Associate with ARUP, providing energy and utility consultancy services. His expertise in low-carbon energy includes decentralised generation in all forms, low carbon heat and cooling, project origination, development and commercialisation.
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About Engie: ENGIE is a global energy player and an expert operator in the three key sectors of electricity, natural gas and energy services.
Robin Pinchbeck
Board of Directors of Enteq Upstream
Robin brings nearly 40 years of experience in the oil and gas upstream and services sector. He spent 23 years with BP, before he moved to the oil services sector where he was the managing director of Atlantic Power & Gas which was sold to Petroleum Geo-Services and subsequently purchased by Petrofac. Robin had a variety of roles over a 10-year period at Petrofac, most recently as group director of strategy and corporate development, before retiring in 2012. He has a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London, and an MSc in Management from Stanford Business School, California. Robin also currently holds non-executive director positions on the boards of IGas and Enteq Upstream.
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About : Enteq Upstream supplies the global oil & gas Directional Drilling market with high-end, differentiated, robust Measurement While Drilling
David Tupman
Member of the Board of Directors of Cirrus Logic
Tupman is a long-time innovator and technology executive, most recently serving as vice president of iPhone and iPod Engineering at Apple from 2001-2011 where he led the development of numerous hardware products. Tupman previously served as hardware engineering manager at Psion Computers from 1995-2001 and his career also includes key engineering positions at Schlumberger and Caterpillar Ltd. Dr. Tupman, who is a citizen of both the UK and United States and holds more than 30 U.S. and worldwide patents, received his bachelor of engineering degree, and an honorary doctorate in science, from Salford University and his HTEC in electrical engineering, with distinctions, from De Montfort University in Leicester.
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About : Cirrus Logic, Inc. is a premier supplier of high-precision analog and digital signal processing components for audio and energy markets.
Richard Smith
Client Director of Elutions, Inc.
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About Elutions, Inc.: Energy and operational efficiency global market leader with AI solutions.
Peter Landau
Executive Director of Makomo Diamonds Limited
Mr Peter Landau is the founding director of Okap Ventures Pty Ltd and Komodo Capital Pty Ltd. Mr Landau is a former corporate lawyer and corporate advisor and has over 17 years’ experience in providing general corporate, capital raising, transaction and strategic advice to numerous ASX and AIM listed and unlisted companies. Mr Landau has project managed a significant number of oil and gas and mining and exploration and development transactions around the world including capital raisings, M&A, joint ventures and finance structures. Mr Landau is an Executive Director of various ASX and AIM listed resource companies including Range Resources Limited, Nkwe Platinum Limited, Black Mountain Resources Limited, Kaboko Mining Limited and Makomo Diamonds Limited.
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About Australian American Mining Corporation, Hipo Resources, Makomo Diamonds Limited, NKwe Platinum Limited: Makomo Diamonds Limited provides coal based energy solutions.
Charlotte Mason
Non-Executive Director of Pavegen
Charlotte is an experienced angel investor and mentor who has helped numerous companies raise seed capital from angels. Charlotte is the Director of an angel investment network supporting more than £7m of seed capital for a group of around 40 businesses. Charlotte has a portfolio of 13 investments and holds 5 board / advisory positions: a Non-Executive Director to Pavegen Systems Limited and INSEAD National Alumni Association, an Advisory Board Member to Loughborough University Alumni, an INSEAD Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Co-Chair of INSEAD UK Alumni Entrepreneur Group and is director of INSEAD’s Start-up Bootcamp. Charlotte is also an entrepreneurship Professor at Hult International Business School.
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About Hult International Business School, Pavegen: Pavegen is the global leader in harvesting energy and data from footfall.
Gay Evans
Member of the Board of Directors of ConocoPhillips
Huey Evans was formerly vice chairman of the board and non-executive chairman, Europe, of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. from 2011 to 2012. She was former vice chairman, Investment Banking and Investment Management at Barclays Capital from 2008 to 2010. She was previously head of governance of Citi Alternative Investments (EMEA) from 2007 to 2008 and president of Tribeca Global Management (Europe) Ltd. from 2005 to 2007, both part of Citigroup. From 1998 to 2005, she was director of the markets division and head of the capital markets sector at the U.K. Financial Services Authority. She previously held various senior management positions with Bankers Trust Company in New York and London. Huey Evans currently serves as a non-executive director of Aviva plc., Itau BBA International Limited and The Financial Reporting Council and previously served on the boards of The London Stock Exchange Group plc and Falcon Private Wealth Ltd.
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About : ConocoPhillips is an oil and gas exploration and production company in the energy industry that promotes health and environmental safety.
Bala Nagarajan
Investment Director, Equinor Energy Ventures of Equinor
Bala Nagarajan is an Investment Director at Statoil Energy Ventures (SEV), a USD 200MM corporate venture capital fund. SEV was set up in 2016 to identify and invest in startups in the clean energy sector. Bala has led SEV’s investments in distributed generation and energy storage. He joined Statoil’s business development team in 2012 and has originated and executed transactions across the globe. Prior to joining Statoil he was an investment manager/entrepreneur-in-residence for a family office fund investing in clean energy and technology start-ups following on from experiences with Arthur Andersen, Citigroup and Lehman Brothers. Bala is a Chartered Accountant from India and MBA graduate from IESE Business School, Spain.
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About Equinor: Equinor is an energy company that specializes in providing oil, gas, wind energy, and solar power energy.
Martin Bloom
Non Executive Director of Renesola Pty Ltd.
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About Renesola Pty Ltd.: ReneSola is a leading global manufacturer of solar wafers and PV modules
David Ladipo
Managing Director of Azura-Edo IPP
David Ladipo is the managing director of Azura-Edo. David earned his PhD at University of Cambridge.
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About Azura-Edo IPP: Azura-Edo IPP is a 450MW open cycle gas turbine power station being constructed near Benin City in Edo State, Nigeria.
Mark Anderson
Operations Director of HCS Control Systems
Mark Anderson is the operations director at HCS Control Systems.
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About HCS Control Systems: HCS Control Systems designs, manufactures, assembles and tests direct hydraulic production systems for the oil and gas industry.
Jonty Graham
Director, Head of Institutional Capital of Foresight Group
Jonty Graham joined Foresight Group in 2015 and currently works as a Director and the Head of the Institutional Capital team in the London office. He has over 10 years of experience. Jonty is responsible for building and managing relationships with institutional clients, through fundraising, strategy and deal co-ordination across all mandates and geographies. Prior to joining Foresight Jonty worked at Bloomberg as a Senior Relationship Manager where he focused on sales of Fixed Income Cash and Derivatives products to Investment Banks, Pension Funds, Asset Managers, Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Funds across EMEA. He has also held roles at a merchant bank, a global real estate investor, and was a Second Lieutenant in the British Army. Jonty holds an MA in Classics and French from Edinburgh University, and has an Investment Management Certificate from CFA UK.
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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.
Hugi Clarke
Director of Foresight Group
Hugi Clarke joined Foresight Group in 2016 and currently works as a Director in the London office. He has over 19 years of experience. Hugi is responsible for developing sales, marketing and customer satisfaction for Foresight. Prior to joining Foresight Hugi worked at Octopus as an Area Director where he focused on managing a regional sales team. He has also worked as a Sales Manager at Zurich, managing a regional team. Hugi holds a BSc in Psychology from Nottingham Trent 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.
Rodney Appiah
Director of Foresight Group
Rodney joined Foresight in 2016 from the Business Growth Fund where he spent 5 years providing minority growth capital and board support to UK SMEs. Prior to BGF, Rodney was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch, advising PE sponsors and TMT corporates on leveraged finance transactions and M&A activity. In his spare time, Rodney is a business advisor to a number of start-up businesses and a school governor for an East London based Academy. Rodney holds a Bsc in Economics from Royal Holloway, University of London.
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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.
Louise Chesworth
Director, Head of Institutional Investor Relations of Foresight Group
Louise Chesworth joined Foresight Group in 2015 and currently works as Director and Head of Institutional Investor Relations in the London office. She has 17 years of experience. Louise is responsible for the management and development of Foresight’s relationships with institutional investors and oversees client reporting. Prior to joining Foresight, Louise worked at Hermes GPE as an Investor Relations Manager, responsible for the group’s private equity and infrastructure clients. She also worked in IR at Gartmore Private Equity prior to the merger with Hermes Private Equity, and was previously a private equity journalist with Thomson Financial. Louise holds a BA in European History from the University of East Anglia.
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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.
John Holden
Director of Foresight Group
John joined Foresight in November 2016 to work on deploying the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund and is a specialist investor in technology. John has worked in and managed technology investment teams at businesses such as 3i Group, ANGLE and Imperial Innovations, where he spent five years investing in and working with early stage technology and medtech companies, before working on his own advisory and funding businesses. John is a graduate of Durham University and has a MBA with Distinction from Cranfield 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.
Suzie Ruffley
Director, Head of People of Foresight Group
Suzie Ruffley joined Foresight in January 2017 to set up Foresight’s HR function, she is a Director and the Head of People. Suzie has 14 years of HR experience and is responsible for all aspects of people strategy across the group. Prior to joining Foresight Suzie was Head of HR Operations at Royal Botanical Kew and before that held a breadth of HR roles for State Street. Suzie holds a MSc in Occupational Psychology from Liverpool John Moores 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.
Ben Thompson
Group Marketing Director of Foresight Group
Ben Thompson joined Foresight Group in 2011 and currently works as the Group Marketing Director in the London office. With over thirty years of integrated communications experience both on the agency side and within financial companies, Ben is responsible for marketing activities for the group, including brand and corporate communications for all offices. Prior to joining Foresight Ben was Marketing Director at Espirito Santo Investment Bank where he focused on launching the Portuguese bank into the London market. Ben holds a BA in Music from Durham 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.
Sarah Cole
Director, Institutional Capital of Foresight Group
Sarah joined Foresight in 2012 and is responsible for Foresight’s institutional client relationships. Prior to joining the firm, Sarah started her career at Barclays in corporate finance and has focused upon institutional investors and their alternative investments since 2004, establishing Citigroup’s European Capital Introductions effort, followed by 3 years in the US advising public and corporate pension funds on hedge fund portfolios totalling over $3bn, before joining Winton Capital as a VP within their UK/US institutional team. Sarah holds a BA in Politics from The University of Nottingham.
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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.
Matt Hammond
Director of Foresight Group
Matt Hammond joined Foresight Group in 2015 and currently works as a Director in the London office. He has over 20 years of experience. Matt is responsible for new infrastructure investment opportunities and enhancing investor returns by optimising financing structures within Foresight’s renewable energy infrastructure portfolio. Prior to joining Foresight Matt worked predominantly at Macquarie as a Director where he focused on infrastructure and renewable energy advisory, investing, and lending. He has also worked at Henderson, BT Alex Brown and the WHEB Group where he raised and invested two renewable energy funds investing across Europe. Matt holds a degree in Engineering (Industrial Automation) from the University of Sydney, an MA in Political Economy from London School of Economics and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Australian Securities Institute.
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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.
Claire Alvarez
Director of Foresight Group
Claire joined Foresight’s Manchester office in 2016 from Deloitte’s Manchester practice where she spent six years advising banks and company directors and returning value from distressed SMEs. In this time Claire also completed an 18 month secondment to Barclays Bank Plc. Since graduating from Lancaster University with a 1st class degree in Management, Claire has worked extensively in the North West, initially for KPMG and subsequently at Altium Capital. In this time Claire also completed an MBA for Financial Professionals (with Distinction) through Manchester Business School.
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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.
Yanti Falangola
Director – Head of Institutional Capital Southern Europe of Foresight Group
Yanti joined the Institutional Capital Team at Foresight in April 2016 from Cheyne Capital Management, one of Europe’s leading alternative investment fund managers. While at Cheyne, Yanti was responsible for the business development in Southern Europe and the Far East. Prior to this, he has been a fund analyst in two London based fund of hedge funds. Yanti holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Lynn University and a Master’s degree in International Business from Florida Atlantic 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.
Beth Watkins
Director of Foresight Group
Beth Watkins joined Foresight Group in 2015 and currently works as a Director in the London office. She has over 14 years of experience in project finance, project development and law. Beth is responsible for leading the origination, execution and monitoring of Foresight’s investments in the bioenergy and waste infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Foresight Beth worked at Balfour Beatty Investments on the development of projects to finance, build and operate new straw fired and wood fired biomass renewable energy plants and a wide range of PFI and PPP projects. Beth is a solicitor, having trained and qualified with Pinsent Masons, and holds a Law degree from Bristol 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.
Charles Sheldon
Director of Foresight Group
Charles joined Foresight in 2013 after four years at management consultancy Oliver Wyman, where he specialised in Financial Services, running projects for Investment and Retail banking and Private Equity clients. Prior to that he worked at Monitor Group. Charles is a PE graduate from the University of Oxford.
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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 Quinn
Director of Foresight Group
Mike joined Foresight in 2016 to further develop our regional presence from the Nottingham office and into the wider Midlands market. Mike joined from RSM UK, where he led the East Midlands Corporate Finance team and was responsible for many corporate finance transactions in the region. At RSM, Mike worked closely with owners and Management Teams across a broad range of sectors on business disposals, management buyouts, fund raising and growth capital deals. Since joining Foresight, Mike has led investments into many businesses including Ekkosense, Retail Assist, 200 Degrees and Luminet. He currently sits on the board of six companies helping to deliver the strategy and drive value for all shareholders. Mike is well-established in the local professional community and recognised as a prominent dealmaker.
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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.
Stephen Thayer
Director of Foresight Group
Stephen Thayer joined Foresight Group in 2012 and currently works as a Director and the Head of Finance in the London office. He has over 13 years of experience. Stephen is responsible for overall financial reporting and control across the group, both on the corporate and fund sides of the business. Prior to joining Foresight Stephen worked at Marks & Spencer as a Senior Finance Manager where he focused on the international subsidiaries and franchise partners plus the general merchandise supply chain and logistics. He has also worked as an Audit Executive at EY, working in their Consumer Products audit division, focusing on a number of large listed and privately owned businesses. Stephen holds an MA in Chemistry from Oxford University and is a Chartered Accountant (ICAS).
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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.
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.
Carlos Rey Micolau
Director of Foresight Group
Carlos joined Foresight in December 2011. Prior to that, he covered several roles at Renewables Energy Source “RES” project developer and technical consultant in the international Renewable Energy sector with a particular focus on the Spanish and Italian markets. Based in Foresight’s UK HQ, Carlos is responsible for the origination, arrangement and execution of infrastructure investments in Southern Europe, primarily in the renewable energy sector and has led Foresight’s investments in subsidy-free solar assets in the Iberian peninsula. Carlos graduated in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management Engineering from UPC Barcelona and is fluent in Spanish, Catalan, Italian and English.
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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.
Bethany Dudley
Associate Sales Director of Foresight Group
Bethany Dudley joined Foresight Group in 2007 and currently works as an Associate Sales Director in the London office. She has over 10 years of experience. Bethany is responsible for sales of Foresight products in the in the south-east of England, East Anglia and Northern Ireland. Bethany holds a BA in Politics from the University of Leeds as well as an IMC qualification. She has also been awarded the STEP Certificate for Financial Services – Trusts and Estate Planning.
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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.
Tom Moore
Director of Foresight Group
Tom Moore joined Foresight Group in 2014 and currently works as a Director in the London office. He has over 10 years of experience. Tom is responsible for the asset management of the global renewable energy infrastructure assets. Prior to joining Foresight Tom worked at Jubilee Financial Products as a Financial Controller where he was responsible for internal finance, operations and compliance. There he also performed advisory work for M&A transactions and corporate restructurings. Tom is a Chartered Accountant and holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of York.
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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.
Margherita Della Valle
Non Executive Director of Centrica
Margherita Della Valle, Chief Financial Officer, was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Vodafone Group PLC Board on 27 July 2018. Margherita’s previous roles within Vodafone were Deputy Chief Financial Officer from 2015 to 2018, Group Financial Controller, Chief Financial Officer for Vodafone’s European region and Chief Financial Officer for Vodafone Italy. She joined Omnitel Pronto Italia – which later became Vodafone Italy – in 1994 and held various consumer marketing positions in business analytics and customer base management before moving to finance. Margherita is a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Centrica Plc.
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About Centrica, Vodafone: Centrica is a multinational energy and services company developing innovative solutions, offers, and products.
Jonathan Tudor
Technology and Strategy Director of Centrica
Jonathan has a Doctorate in Chemistry, and has been working in Venture since the late 1990s. He is a generalist investor having been involved in the creation of more 15 companies covering Oil & Gas, materials, sensors, telecoms, enterprise software, machine learning and consumer SAAS. Jonathan co-heads the ventures team with responsibility for mobility related investments and downstream lubricants and fuels. He sits on the boards of Autino, GreenSteam, RepairPal, Zubie, and as observer at Peloton Technology, Lightning Hybrids and Drover.
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About Centrica, Clean Growth Fund: Centrica is a multinational energy and services company developing innovative solutions, offers, and products.
Jill Shedden
Human Resources Director of Centrica
Jill joined British Gas plc as a graduate in 1988 and has since held a wide range of roles across the Group. Prior to her appointment as Group HR Director Jill was HR Director in British Gas Business, HR Director of British Gas Energy, a role that saw her determining and delivering the people agenda for 25,000 people in the UK, India and South Africa, and HR Director for Centrica Energy where she led the successful integration of Venture Production.
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About Centrica: Centrica is a multinational energy and services company developing innovative solutions, offers, and products.
Jorge Pikunic
Managing Director, Centrica Business Solutions of Centrica
Jorge is Managing Director of Centrica’s international Distributed Energy & Power business, established to deliver distributed energy solutions for large energy users as part of a more flexible energy landscape. He joined Centrica in 2010, first heading up the Group’s strategy team before taking over as Managing Director of British Gas’ Smart Metering business, where he lead the roll-out of smart meters to over one million residential customers. Born in Venezuela, Jorge is an engineer and holds a MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering. He was also a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford before joining McKinsey & Company where he advised a number of institutions in energy and other sectors. He has also worked for Procter & Gamble and PDVSA (Venezuelan national oil company), and was a Board Director of Smart Energy GB.
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About Centrica: Centrica is a multinational energy and services company developing innovative solutions, offers, and products.
Chris Joly
Board of Director of Upside Energy
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About : Upside Energy reduces greenhouse gases by enabling people to make smart choices about when to use energy.
Andy Molineux
Director of Development of Upside Energy
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About Tripod Software, Upside Energy: Upside Energy reduces greenhouse gases by enabling people to make smart choices about when to use energy.
Tim Clark
Managing Director of ie: music
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About ie: music, Unicef UK: Hagler Bailly offers the energy, utility, and environmental industries with management consulting and other services.
Andrew Diplock
Angel Investor & Non Executive Director of Marine Power Systems
Andrew Diplock is the Angel Investor and Non-Executive Director at Marine Power Systems.he also the Founder and Managing Director at Utility and Environmental Solutions.
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About Marine Power Systems, Utility and Environmental Solutions: Marine Power Systems Ltd (MPS) develops wave power technology.
Vikas saluguti
Co-Founder and Director of Fourth Partner Energy
Vikas’ early career was spent as an investment banker with ABN Amro in Europe for over 10 years. Since his return to India, he has been a serial entrepreneur and investor in a variety of ventures in the area of water treatment, healthcare, IT and education. Vikas brings with him extensive experience in setting and scaling-up of businesses successfully.
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About Fourth Partner Energy: Fourth Partner Energy provides turnkey rooftop solar energy solutions for customers in India.
Andreas Galatoulas
Data Science Director of AECOM
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About AECOM: AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets.
Darryl Mattocks
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Enistic
Darryl Mattocks is Co-Founder & Managing Director at Enistic.
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About Enistic: Enistic designs and manufactures its own range of smart-meters, software and end-to-end aM&T solutions.
Benjamin Wigoder
Financial Services Director of Utility Warehouse
Benjamin Wigoder is the Head of Financial Services at Utility Warehouse
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About Telecom Plus, Utility Warehouse: Telecom Plus PLC is a multi-utility supplier based in the United Kingdom.
Shaun Hanrahan
Commercial Director and Executive Director of Epwin Group
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About Epwin Group: Epwin Group Plc is a leading supplier of low maintenance, sustainable and energy efficient products to the new build.
Chris Empson
Group Finance Director of Epwin Group
Chris joined Epwin in 2012 to support the business integration and development post the Latium merger. Before this Chris was a divisional finance director within Rentokil Initial Plc, having previously worked with Jon at BI Group as Group Finance Director. Chris also spent five years with 3i after having qualified as an ACA at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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About Epwin Group: Epwin Group Plc is a leading supplier of low maintenance, sustainable and energy efficient products to the new build.
Robert Hartill
Commercial Director of Epwin Group
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About Epwin Group: Epwin Group Plc is a leading supplier of low maintenance, sustainable and energy efficient products to the new build.
Nick Sassow
Director of SEaB Energy
Nick Sassow is Founder & CTO at SEaB Energy.
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About SEaB Energy, SEaB Energy: SEaB Energy has patented a micro anaerobic digestion system for onsite and in-building conversion of organics to energy, water, & fertiliser
Ning Zhang
Co-Founder & Executive Director of Limejump
Ning Zhang is the Co-founder at Limejump.
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About Limejump: Limejump is a Technology-Driven Utility: harnessing the power of big data to positively disrupt and transform today’s energy market.
David Shaffer
Director, President & Chief Executive Officer of EnerSys
Shaffer was appointed Director, President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 2016. He served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2014 through March 2016, and our President – Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) from January 2013 through October 2014. From 2008 to 2013, Shaffer was President – Asia. Prior thereto he was responsible for EnerSys’ telecommunication sales in the Americas. Shaffer has worked in various roles of increased responsibility in the industry since 1989. Shaffer received his Masters of Business Administration degree from Marquette University and his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
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About EnerSys: EnerSys is the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We complement our extensive line of motive power,
Ian Balcomb
Founder & Director of Bow Resources
Ian has worked in the oil and gas sector for over 15 years. He has held senior positions such as regional director, business development director and country manager; supplying project manpower solutions to some of the world’s largest oil and gas operators.
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About Bow Resources: Bow Resources is a manpower solutions provider focussed on the energy market; specialising in renewables,oil and gas.
Ben Carlisle
Founder & Director of Bow Resources
Ben has been working with small to large oil and gas operators for more than six years. An expert in the industry, he largely specialises across Africa and has signed commercial terms with clients to assist in the delivery of major international projects.
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About Bow Resources: Bow Resources is a manpower solutions provider focussed on the energy market; specialising in renewables,oil and gas.
Richard Douglas
Board Of Director of Atmos Energy Marketing
Executive vice president for Jones Lang LaSalle LLC in Dallas, Texas since July 2008. Mr. Douglas has been a director of Atmos Energy since 2007. Mr. Douglas has gained leadership experience with Jones Lang LaSalle LLC, a global real estate management, and investment firm and developed business and strategic planning expertise while at The Staubach Company, a nationally renowned real estate brokerage and services firm with international partnerships. Mr. Douglas also possesses outside board experience on numerous civic and nonprofit boards such as the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
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About : Atmos Energy Marketing is a full-service natural gas marketing company providing supply and asset management services.
Roy Franklin
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cuadrilla
Roy Franklin is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Statoil since June 2015. Roy was a Member of the Board of Directors at StatoilHydro from October 2007 and Statoil from November 2009 until June 2013. Roy has previously been the chair of both the board’s safety, sustainability and ethics committee and the board’s audit committee. Roy was also previously a Member of the Board of Directors at StatoilHydro from October 2007 and Statoil from November 2009 until June 2013. Roy is also a Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Keller Group plc, a London-based international engineering company and Cuadrilla Resources Holdings Limited, a privately held UK company focusing on unconventional energy sources. Roy is also a Member of the Board of Directors at the Australian oil and gas company Santos Ltd., the private equity firm Kerogen Capital Ltd. and the London-based international engineering company Amec Foster Wheeler. A geologist by training, Roy has over 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Roy spent 18 years in various exploration and management positions with BP, before leaving to join Clyde Petroleum plc, where he became Group Managing Director in 1994. Roy subsequently became Chief Executive Officer at Paladin Resources plc, a position he held until the company’s sale to Talisman in 2006. Roy earned his Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Southampton, UK. In 2004, Roy was awarded an Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to the oil and gas industry. Roy is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Cuardrilla since April 2015, having joined the board of Cuadrilla Resources in 2012.
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About : Cuadrilla is owned exploration and production company.
David Ainsworth
Managing Director of Sustainable Marine Energy
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About Kite Power Systems, Sustainable Marine Energy, Sustainable Marine Energy: Sustainable Marine Energy develops a deployment platform for the tidal energy industry.
Arun Jayadev
Co Founder & Director of Airlite
Arun Renuka Jayadev is strengthening the cleantech team since November 2008. As a Principal, his primary task is to source and evaluate new deals and to support the current cleantech portfolio. An Indian native, Arun has exclusively focused on the cleantech industry in the last years. He has worked for Spanish S.I. Capital, a private equity firm investing in renewable energies, where he conducted extensive research on cleantech investments. Prior to this he has worked for a start up electric motorcycle company and also served as an advisor to an Australian Waste to Energy company. He has helped organize five clean technology forums across the world, e.g. the first industry-specific seminar in Spain, which brought together start-up companies, VCs and executives for the first time. Arun started his career as a consultant with Computer Associates on projects in India, the U.S. and various other locations. There, he has managed teams of up to 16 people. Arun holds a MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelona in 2008, where he took also the opportunity to study one term at UCLA Anderson School of Management, Los Angeles. In 2003, he finished a BE with a focus on computer science with distinction at the Rashtriya Vidhyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore.
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About Airlite: Airlite is a Bozen, Italy-based company that produces natural high performance paints.
Massimo Bernardoni
Co-Founder & Director of Airlite
Massimo Bernardoni is co-founder and director at Airlite® / AM Technology Ltd.
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About Airlite: Airlite is a Bozen, Italy-based company that produces natural high performance paints.
William Allan
Regional Managing Director Scotland, Ireland & Investments of Currie & Brown (Australia)
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About Currie & Brown (Australia): Currie & Brown is a project services consultancy firm.
Alastair Bloore
Group Risk and Compliance Director of Currie & Brown (Australia)
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About Currie & Brown (Australia): Currie & Brown is a project services consultancy firm.
Shash Patel
Director & Information Risk Management & Privacy of Air Products and Chemicals
In this role he is responsible for overall Information Governance, including Risk assessments and response activities which encompass the evaluation, mitigation and reporting of information and privacy risks facing the Company. This includes leading an enterprise wide Information Risk Management (IRM) program covering Intellectual Asset Protection (IAP), Data Privacy (acting as the Data Privacy Officer) and Enterprise Records Management. He is currently Co-Chair of Spectrum Europe (The European chapter of Air Products’ LGBT+ Employee Resource Group) and is on the Tech Partnership Degrees Employer Board. His volunteering activities are focused on STEM related mentoring, education and awareness with Tech Partnership Degrees and charities such as SATRO and TeenTech. Previous business roles include in the Air Products’ Corporate Risk Office, as Director of Intellectual Asset Protection. Prior to that, he has held various IT leadership roles including Global Director of Business Relationship Management and Director of IT Security, Compliance and Risk Management. Over his career he has lived and worked in Germany, the Netherlands and the United States of America.
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About Air Products and Chemicals: Air Products supplier of industrial gases and equipment, specialty and intermediate chemicals, and environmental and energy systems.
Chris Hogg
Investment Director of Amber Infrastructure
Chris is an Investment Director at Amber Infrastructure, a leading UK-based infrastructure fund, with a focus on digital infrastructure businesses operating in the UK. He was previously an investment banker at Arma Partners, where he covered the Internet Infrastructure and Communications Services sector.
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About Amber Infrastructure: Amber Infrastructure is a sponsor, developer, fund and asset manager of infrastructure, real estate and sustainable energy projects.
Paul Ward
Co-Founder & Managing Director of BoilerJuice
Paul Ward is Co-Founder & Managing Director at BoilerJuice.com.
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About BoilerJuice: BoilerJuice was created by a group of friends who wanted to make ordering heating oil easier
Bianca Cefalo
Director of International Business Development of Carbice Corporation
Bianca Cefalo is the Director of International Business Development at Carbice Corporation.
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About Carbice Corporation: Carbice is developing a product used to dissipate heat away from product packaging to stop electronic devices from overheating.
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.
Denise Devenny
Director of Plant Operations of Celtic Renewables
Denise Devenny serves as director of plant operations at Celtic Renewables.
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About Celtic Renewables: Celtic Renewables is a biofuel startup focused on the renewable energy and whisky sector.
Stewart McGarrity
Finance Director of Celtic Renewables
Stewart McGarrity serves as finance director at Celtic Renewables.
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About Celtic Renewables: Celtic Renewables is a biofuel startup focused on the renewable energy and whisky sector.
Dave Connolly
Director of Frontline Energy & Environmental
Dave Connolly is Director at Frontline Energy & Environmental. He was the director at HOCHTIEF facility management Ireland before, former director at Richmond Group and was the audit manager of KPMG Ireland .
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About Frontline Energy & Environmental: Frontline Energy & Environmental provides energy and facilities solutions and services for sustainable buildings
Rod Crawford
Co-Founder & Technical Director of Zennor Petroleum
Rod’s wide experience includes the use of seismic inversion, attributes and reservoir characterisation over the whole range of geological environments: rifts, fold belts and forelands; both clastic and carbonate reservoirs; post/sub salt and sub basalt targets. Additionally, Rod has been an active member of several multi-disciplinary teams looking at projects as diverse as frontier exploration, prospect definition, field development studies and equity determinations. Rod graduated from the University of Wales with a BSc in Geophysics.
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About Zennor Petroleum: Zennor Petroleum is an oil and has E&P company focused on the UK North Sea.
Phil Gower
Director and Co-Founder of Q2i Group
A senior technology leader and development manager, experienced from greenfield to enterprise. He has formerly worked at State Street as Development Manager and Head of Strategic Technology
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About Blue Spear Software, Q2i Group: Blockchain Interoperability – Complex Transactions Monetised – Blockchain Agnostic Platform – Q2iD – ID Control – Q2iPay
Mark Standish
Director and Co-Founder of Q2i Group
Senior business and technology executive and investor in the financial and asset management industry. Former COO of Egerton Capital, founder of a hedge fund consulting firm and former professional services manager at Advent Software
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About Q2i Group: Blockchain Interoperability – Complex Transactions Monetised – Blockchain Agnostic Platform – Q2iD – ID Control – Q2iPay
Paddy O’Clery
Business Development Director of Amber Energy
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About Amber Energy: AMBER is a for profit cooperative with the goal of growing community based green energy generation in Ontario by engaging residents.
Matthew Boyle
Finance Director of BBOXX
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About BBOXX: BBOXX designs, manufactures, and distributes plug and play solar systems.
Tom Lipinski
Founder & Technical Director of Ventive
Founder of the company, Tom is an exceptional visionary and inventor. He is highly regarded in the sustainable construction sector, with his achievements recognized by more than 20 prestigious industry awards. Tom, a firm believer in Better by Design, is constantly proving his ability within the built environment. You can often find Tom locked away in the test facility, playing with his sensors.
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About Q-Bot, Ventive: Ventive creates healthy internal environments. Pioneers of Passive Ventilation with Heat Recovery
James Batchelor
Managing Director, Automotive Division of Intelligent Energy
James Batchelor was appointed Managing Director, Automotive Division in October 2011. James brings a wealth of experience, including engineering leadership, business development, sales, technology licensing and partnership-forming responsibilities with large OEMs and their tier-one suppliers. James joins from Torotrak plc, a clean-technology development and IP licensing business, where he was responsible for the commercialisation of its innovative transmission systems across a number of global markets and applications. He has previously held senior engineering, commercial and business development positions at Land Rover, BMW AG and Trafficmaster plc, where he was responsible for its European subsidiary. As Managing Director, Automotive Division at Intelligent Energy James is responsible for expanding the company’s automotive business globally, building upon successful relationships such as its ongoing partnership with the Suzuki Motor Corporation.
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About Intelligent Energy: Intelligent Energy is a clean power systems company offering fuel cell and hydrogen generation technologies.
Peter Brown
Managing Director, Distributed Power & Generation Division of Intelligent Energy
Peter joined from Turbo Power System where he was Chief Executive. Turbo Power System manufactures high performance electric motors and generators, drives and power electronics. Prior to that, Peter’s experience spanned a number of roles in Customer Sales and Finance in Rolls-Royce’s Energy business, Vickers Specialist Engines and Vickers Defence Systems, culminating in the position of Executive Vice President for Customer Business for Rolls-Royce Energy.
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About Avnera, Intelligent Energy: Intelligent Energy is a clean power systems company offering fuel cell and hydrogen generation technologies.
Stephen Thornton
Executive Director of Energy Optimisation Solutions
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About Energy Optimisation Solutions, Socialite: Energy Optimisation Solutions provides research-based solutions to building energy storage systems.
Mikhail Gryaznevich
Director of Tokamak Energy
Mikhail is a founder of Tokamak Energy, the Chief Scientist and a member of our executive board. He is a leading global authority on tokamaks and has performed experiments on 16 different tokamak during his distinguished career. After graduating with an Honours Diploma in Plasma Physics from the Leningrad University in his homeland, Mikhail earned a PhD in Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion from the USSR Academy of Science. In 1990, he joined the Culham Laboratory in Abingdon and has been responsible for leading experimental programmes, preparing and performing experiments, designing, constructing and operating tokamak systems and diagnostics, as well as supervising students and scientific and engineering personnel. Mikhail is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College in London and an editorial board member for the Plasma Science & Technology Journal and the Open Plasma Physics Journal. He regularly lectures about the physics behind spherical tokamaks at universities and plasma physics schools across the world.
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About Tokamak Energy: Tokamak Energy is a private company developing and accelerating the development of fusion power.
Ken Ritson
Group Managing Director and Co-Founder of EDS HV Group
Ken Ritson is Group Managing Director. Ken is responsible for installation contracts and services/project management within EDS. Ken started his career with a UK Electricity Company and progressed to a Training & Development Engineer. In 1993 he joined a UK contracting firm as Contracts Manager, and formed EDS in 1994. As a founder member of EDS Ken has a vast experience from installation, training and development through management of multi-million pound companies. Ken’s practical, commercial, business and industry knowledge has left him well placed to deliver solutions to clients in the most challenging situations.
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About EDS HV Group: EDS HV Group engages in the design and installation of wind farm construction projects.
John Quinn
Group Director of Photonomi
John is an Electronic Engineering and Applied Finance graduate, and a serial entrepreneur in disruptive technology startups having founded or had significant leadership roles in over 10 Blue Chip startups over the last 23 years. He has been recognized by the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in 2002, the UK Business Innovation Awards in 2011, several International Innovation Awards in Semiconductor and Nanotechnology from 2003 to 2011 and shortlisted for Innovator of the Year 2014 in the London Energy Awards. In the early 90’s, he established world semiconductor nanotech benchmarks for the fabrication of CD-ROM, DVD & Blu-Ray & was technology lead for the conversion of Microsoft from floppy disc to CD-ROM for the release of Windows 95. He worked for lengthy periods abroad, including Germany, the Far East, and the United States. With past Senior Leadership roles in some of the most successful semiconductor company’s such as British Telecom, Hitachi-Maxell Europe, PIONEER Japan, JVC Europe, KAO Corp Japan, Oerlikon GmbH, Unaxis USA, he brings substantial strategic Technology and Innovation Executive Leadership to the Photonomi Group. He also sits on numerous policy, technical and governmental boards on Business & Innovation and is a regular guest speaker on Entrepreneurship.
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About Photonomi: A world leading nanoscience and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) ecosystem in FEW Science Technologies, (Food, Energy & Water)
John Quinn
Group Director of Photonomi
John is an Electronic Engineering and Applied Finance graduate, and a serial entrepreneur in disruptive technology startups having founded or had significant leadership roles in over 10 Blue Chip startups over the last 23 years. He has been recognized by the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in 2002, the UK Business Innovation Awards in 2011, several International Innovation Awards in Semiconductor and Nanotechnology from 2003 to 2011 and shortlisted for Innovator of the Year 2014 in the London Energy Awards. In the early 90’s, he established world semiconductor nanotech benchmarks for the fabrication of CD-ROM, DVD & Blu-Ray & was technology lead for the conversion of Microsoft from floppy disc to CD-ROM for the release of Windows 95. He worked for lengthy periods abroad, including Germany, the Far East, and the United States. With past Senior Leadership roles in some of the most successful semiconductor company’s such as British Telecom, Hitachi-Maxell Europe, PIONEER Japan, JVC Europe, KAO Corp Japan, Oerlikon GmbH, Unaxis USA, he brings substantial strategic Technology and Innovation Executive Leadership to the Photonomi Group. He also sits on numerous policy, technical and governmental boards on Business & Innovation and is a regular guest speaker on Entrepreneurship.
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About Photonomi: A world leading nanoscience and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) ecosystem in FEW Science Technologies, (Food, Energy & Water)
Alessia Affinita
Founder & Creative Director of Idea 188
Alessia has been passionately working in the advertising ir1JUSUV since 1996. Born copywriter and grown up as art director. she worked in well-known creative agencies in Italy and the UK for over 10 years. before becoming a professional freelancer. She won the Design S Art Directors Advertising Workshop in 2004. Alessia founded Ideai88 in 2008 and is enthusiastically leading the team. ty •
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About Idea 188, it’s campus: Idea 188 is driven by experienced creative freelancers. carefully selected across the world.
Andrea Ugona
Managing Director of Idea 188
Andrea has over 15 years’ advertising experience in top tier Italian and international advertising agencies in the handling department. He has acquired a profound knowledge of the most advanced communication strategies and production techniques. Since December 2010 is the managing director of MPTBOX.
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About Idea 188: Idea 188 is driven by experienced creative freelancers. carefully selected across the world.
Huw Poppy
Sales Director of Breathing Buildings
Huw joined the team in 2011. Since 1997, he has been designing and developing ventilation, filtration and evaporative air cooling systems for commercial, industrial and domestic building types. Prior to joining Breathing Buildings, Huw specialised specifically in the design of natural ventilation systems and the development of control strategies to ensure the systems operate at their maximum efficiency.
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About Breathing Buildings: Breathing Buildings develops and commercializes low energy e-stack mixing ventilation systems.
George Prassinos
Director – Systems Engineer of SDnC Ltd
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About OXTO Energy: SDnC, is a private start-up engineering company focused on the development of energy storage solutions.
Michael Brown
Director of Engineering of Telensa
In his early career with DEC, he managed voice and graphics product design groups, and later large scale data network implementations. Mike moved to Plextek to lead the development of hardware and software for production test and recently was responsible for the development of Telensa’s manufacturing test system. Moving to Telensa, Mike now heads up the team of software and hardware engineers responsible for the design, and development of Telensa’s products. Mike has an Msc in instrument design from Aberdeen University.
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About Telensa: Telensa makes wireless smart city control systems, including the worlds most deployed smart streetlight solution.
Dominic Quennell
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Enertechnos
Enertechnos is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Enertechnos.
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About Enertechnos: Enertechnos develop, patent, and commercialize CTS as a new concept in ultra-low loss cable based on capacitance technology.
Charles lucas Clements
Business Development Director of Enertechnos
Charles has 37 years of design, contracting, consulting and operator experience in the energy sector primarily focused in the oil and gas sector. Qualified as a Chemical Engineer, he started his career at Fluor, one of the largest hydrocarbon contractors. He then joined Global Engineering and was posted various locations including the UK, Middle East and Africa and following Global’s acquisition by ABB to Malaysia. On his return to Europe he joined as a board member of a consultancy which was acquired by IHS. He headed up the North American consultancy division of IHS Energy and subsequently returned to the UK to run the strategy practice, business development and then worldwide consulting operations. He then joined Xcite Energy Resources plc as a board director developing new methods to exploit heavy oil in the North Sea. Key skills include project management, business development, strategic planning, cost and economics. Charles has a BSc from Imperial College, London.
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About Amni International Petroleum Development, Enertechnos: Enertechnos develop, patent, and commercialize CTS as a new concept in ultra-low loss cable based on capacitance technology.
Adam Deering
Director Of Special Projects of EI_H2
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About EI_H2, Globenet Solutions: EI H2 is a hydrogen-focused renewable energy firm that plans to make ecologically friendly green hydrogen to help industries decarbonize.
Andrew Lever
Director, Policy & Innovation of Carbon Trust
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About Carbon Trust: Carbon Trust is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy, by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions now and develop.
Sandip Ukani
Global Technology, Systems and IT Director of Pulse Structural Monitoring
Sandip Ukani an electronic engineer by training, has been working in the oil and gas industry since 2003 and has extensive experience in monitoring of subsea structures. Like many Pulse employees, Sandip has worked on pioneering projects such as the development and delivery of the first fully monitored SCR for the Chevron Tahiti project.
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About Pulse Structural Monitoring: Pulse is the leading provider of marine structural monitoring services and has been providing highly successful monitoring systems.
Thomas Olsen
Managing Director of Lagoni Engineering
Thomas is the founder and Managing Director of Lagoni, a specialist consultancy firm operating within control systems and functional safety. He has over 10 years experience in this field of work, particularly within the Oil & Gas sector. Thomas began his career in 2002 after completing a degree in Electronic Engineering from DTU, a technical university in Copenhagen. He went on to complete his Masters of Science in London. Thomas founded Lagoni in 2008 and, as at 31 Dec ’16, has grown the business to a multi-skilled team and a turnover in excess of £2.5m in the latest financial year through his focus on growing a dynamic business that adapts and meets the clients needs.
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About Lagoni Engineering: Lagoni is a technical services provider with over 10 years’ operating experience in the energy sector.
Niels Kroninger
Director of Green Hedge
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About Green Hedge, Nimble & Agile Partners: Green Hedge is a leading developer and operator of low carbon electricity generation and storage projects.
