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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 CEO’ operating in the Environmental Engineering space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Tim Sawyer
Chief Executive Officer of Carnegie Clean Energy
Tim has over 13 years experience in marine surveying, environmental impact assessment, management and mitigation of environmental impacts, permitting and approvals. Tim has an in depth knowledge of offshore renewable energy development including wave, wind and tidal stream energy. As Project Development Officer Tim is responsible for wave energy resource definition and commercial site identification and assessment. Tim’s role also encompasses stakeholder consultation and management of project permits and approvals.
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About Carnegie Clean Energy: Carnegie Clean Energy Limited (ASX: CCE) is an Australian wave energy technology developer
Alexander Guslisty
Founder, CEO of BIG Atom
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About BIG Atom: Recycling company on a mission to end polymer waste. They develop, build and operate new generation infrastructure for processing waste.
Niall Dunne
CEO of Polymateria
Niall Dunne is the Chief Executive Officer of Polymateria.
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About Polymateria: Polymateria is a London-based startup advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.
Riccardo Segat
Founder & CEO of Amplio Group
During his career, Riccardo has worked on a number of private equity deals across Europe, which required international complex financial structuring. He was partner of AMP Private Capital a large international insurance company managing USD 2 billion of private capital in Europe, Asia and Australia. Prior to this, Riccardo was a Principal at Compass Partners, a USD 1 billion LBO fund focused on acquisition of non-core assets from large international corporations. Riccardo started his career in the Investment Banking group of Merrill Lynch in London and the Equity Capital Group at GE Capital.
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About Amplio Group, Envirogen Group, ReGen Future Planet: Amplio Group invests in renewable energy, alternative fuels, filtrations, recycling, environmental services and specialty care enterprises.
Simón Torras
CEO of Bageera
Simón Torras is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bageera. He has previous experience as founder and CEO of an early stage venture he launched during his years at university, of which he successfully exited in 2016. After that, he worked as an analyst and associate in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley in London. He holds a BBA from ESADE Business School in Barcelona and an MSc from the Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method department from the London School of Economics.
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About Bageera: Unlocking investment opportunities to protect and restore nature
Adrian Griffiths
Founder & CEO of Recycling Technologies
Founder of RT in 2011. Previously a management consultant and engineer, Adrian has extensive commercial and technical experience in a variety of manufacturing sectors. He co-founded two successful UK businesses: OEE Consulting & Vendigital. Adrian holds a degree in engineering from Imperial College.
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About Recycling Technologies: Recycling Technologies specializes in waste management and engineering processes and helps customers achieve financial gains from waste.
Madhuban Kumar
Chief Executive Officer of CarbonLaces
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About CarbonLaces: CarbonLaces provides environmental services.
Josh Gill
Chief Executive Officer of Everflow
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About Everflow, Everflow Tech, Market Operator Services Limited: Everflow are switching their water and sewerage services.
Roland Wessel
Chief Executive Officer of Trans European Oil & Gas
Roland is a geology graduate from University College London and has over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Initially involved in the drilling services sector, he has undertaken managerial roles in most of the active oil and gas regions of the world including West Africa, the Middle East, the North Sea and North and South America. Leaving his position as Eastern Hemisphere Manager at Teleco Oilfield Services in 1992, Roland founded Integrated Drilling Services in 1992 backed by 3i Group plc. Roland sold Integrated Drilling Services in 1998 before founding Star Energy, a leading onshore UK oil and gas producer and developer and operator of gas storage facilities. Star Energy acquired and developed gas storage projects in the UK (Humbly Grove, commissioned 2005), Denmark, UK North Sea, Holland and Ireland (subsequently Kinsale Energy under Petronas ownership). Star Energy became the largest onshore UK oil and gas operator in terms of wells and fields (25) and second largest producer after BP with daily production of c. 3500 bopd. Star Energy was purchased by Petronas, the Malaysian state oil company in 2008 and Mr Wessel continued as CEO of Star Energy until late 2011. Roland jointly managed an oil and gas technology fund and subsequently was EVP at APS Technology Inc. in Connecticut USA before returning to London to found Trans European Oil & Gas. Roland held a number of non-executive positions in the oil and gas sector, including Dominion Petroleum for four years until the sale to Ophir. Roland has been involved in the development of several key oilfield technologies including the Schlumberger PowerDrive rotary steerable system, multi-lateral drilling systems, electromagnetic prospecting technology and wireline drilling systems. Mr Wessel has participated in several patents and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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About Trans European Oil & Gas: A new platform from the founders and former management team of Star Energy
Antonio Cianci
Co-Founder & CEO of Airlite
Antonio Cianci is co-founder and CEO at Airlite® / AM Technology Ltd.
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About Airlite, Kauffman Fellows: Airlite is a Bozen, Italy-based company that produces natural high performance paints.
Alexander Patto
Chief Executive Officer of Waterscope
Alexander Patto and Tianheng Zhao founded Waterscope in 2015, since which Alexander has been serving as its chief executive officer.
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About Waterscope: Waterscope is a not-for-profit impact-defined company based in Cambridge.
Daniel Dickson
Chief Executive Officer of Atalian Servest
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About Atalian Servest: Servest Group is a multi-service facilities management provider.
Susan Graham
Co-Founder & CEO of Dendra Systems
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About Dendra Systems: We equip you with the data and tools to restore biodiverse ecosystems at scale.
Jonathan Carling
CEO of Tokamak Energy
Jonathan Carling is CEO, Tokamak Energy Ltd.
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About Tokamak Energy: Tokamak Energy is a private company developing and accelerating the development of fusion power.
Pawel Kisielewski
Chief Executive Officer of CCm Technologies
Pawel Kisielewski is the chief executive officer of CCm Technologies.
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About CCm Technologies: CCm Technologies is an environmental technology company that focuses on resource optimisation.
Tom Mowat
CEO and Co-founder of Vesta Smart Packaging
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About Vesta Smart Packaging: Vesta Smart Packaging provides environment-friendly packaging services.
Hannah Gardiner
Co-Founder, CEO of AirPublic
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About AirPublic: AirPublic measures and analyses air quality with fixed and mobile devices.
