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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 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.
Dimitris Triantafyllidis
Emerging Technologies Manager of Rolls-Royce
Dimitris Triantafyllidis the Emerging Technologies Manager in the Rolls-Royce Future Technologies Group. My responsibility is to identify and develop emerging technologies with significant potential business value. I am currently focusing on advanced imaging and computer vision, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, remote operations, electrical technologies and novel materials. My remit covers all Rolls-Royce businesses, including the Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Nuclear, Marine and Power Systems markets and covers applications across the company’s operations, products and aftersales services portfolio. I have worked for Rolls-Royce for more than 10 years in various roles across Engineering and Technology, including Manufacturing and Test & Measurement. I am a Chartered Engineer (IMechE) and hold a PhD in Mechanical Engineering.
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About Rolls-Royce: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Matteo Dalla Valle
Senior Global Regulatory Affairs Manager of Chevron
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About Chevron: Chevron is an integrated energy and technology company with subsidiaries that conduct businesses under Chevron, Texaco and Caltex brands.
Marco Casassa Mont
Principal Cyber Security Consultant and Manager of BMT Group
Results-driven Senior Manager, Principal Cyber Consultant and enthusiastic technologist. Over 20 years of experience and leadership in: cyber security; cloud & enterprise solutions and architectures; consultancy and trusted advisory; strategy; research and innovation. Worked in CTO Offices as strategist & innovator. Business development and bids coordination. Team leadership. Lead & delivery of digital transformation and large projects for: cloud and enterprise security, cyber analytics & threat detection, risk analysis, security controls. Sectors: private, public, defence, financial, energy, telecommunication. (ISC)2 CISSP, (ISC)2 CCSP, MSc and BSc Computer Science, IEEE Senior member, CIISec member. • Lead and delivery of digital transformation, architectures, complex/large projects, software solutions, consulting for: enterprise and cloud security (Azure, AWS); SIEM, UEBA; cyber threat detection (advanced use of AI/ML); threat intelligence; EDR; VTM; cyber security operations; risk analysis; situational awareness; IAM; privacy. Proficient in Agile, DevOps methodologies. • Lead of technology strategies and roadmaps for: cloud and enterprise security; cyber security controls; SIEM; big data for security; IAM; Network Traffic Analysis & Management; privacy. • Lead of business development through innovation. Shaped and developed new business opportunities for next generation SIEM, security analytics for threat detection, new security controls for IAM & privacy, risk analysis. • Director of multi-party, interdisciplinary, international R&D security programmes: TSB EnCoRe; EU PRIME; IAM & Federated Identity Management. • Lead of multiple technology transfers into HP/HPE software security products. • Inventor and innovator (HP Labs, HPE CTO Office) with strong background in cyber security, cloud, big data, security analytics, SW architectures, IAM and privacy. Named inventor of 50+ patents, 31 granted patents. • Speaker and presenter at many public events, trade shows, conferences. Cited author of scientific publications. Published 60+ referred articles and papers. • Effective communicator at all levels in large organisations, including acting as trusted advisor. • Proficient in cyber security, cloud security (Azure, AWS, etc.), protective & detective security controls, cyber attacks, kill chain, APT threats, security risk management. • Proficient in cyber security standards / frameworks including ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NIST security controls & risk guidelines, MITRE ATT&CK, NCSC CAF, CSA, OWASP, CIS. • Proficient in security operations and cyber incident response.
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About BMT Group: BMT Group Ltd is an international design, engineering, science, and risk management consultancy firm.
Matt Leipnik
Lead Specialist Cyber Security Sales Manager of Baker Hughes
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About Baker Hughes: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
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.
Mike Hodgson
Strategy Development Manager – Renewables of James Fisher and Sons plc
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About Excelsa Ventures, James Fisher and Sons plc: James Fisher and Sons plc provider of specialist services to the marine, oil & gas, and other high assurance industries worldwide.
Graeme Mckinstry
Investment Manager of Foresight Group
Graeme Mckinstry is an Investment Manager at Foresight.
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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.
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.
Jeffrey Amos
Global Compliance Manager of Argus Media group
Jeffrey Amos is Global Compliance Officer for the Argus Media group of companies. Jeffrey ensures that the company’s global price assessments are derived in strict conformity with its official methodologies and that all Argus staff are actively aware of their personal accountability to deliver compliance. From 1991 to 2008, Jeffrey worked at BP, fulfilling various roles in the UK and Russia including financial and fiscal development, financial control, group operations assurance and as Commercial Director for BP’s UK ground fuels business.
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About Argus Media group: Argus Media group is a global energy and commodity price reporting agency.
Andrew Birnie
Systems & Applications Manager, Automotive Microcontrollers of NXP Semiconductors
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About NXP Semiconductors: NXP Semiconductors produces secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications
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.
Kevin Fotheringham
Project Manager of Teledyne Technologies
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About Teledyne Technologies: Teledyne Technologies provides electronic components, instruments, and communications products in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Canada.
Geoff Childs
General Manager of Gentrack Group
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About Gentrack Group: Gentrack designs, builds, deploys and supports solutions for some of the world’s most progressive utilities and airports.
Lewis Lawrence
IT Manager of Weatherford International
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About Weatherford International: Weatherford is an oilfield service company that engages in well drilling, evaluation, production, and intervention of oil and natural gas.
Chris Robinson
Product Manager of WATR
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About WATR: WATR develops a water monitor that is self-powered, portable, easy to install, with a live data dashboard and notification alerts.
Joseph Tidball
Commerical Manager of Rovco
Joseph Tidball has been serving as Commerical Manager at Rovco since January 2019.
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About Rovco: Rovco provides an autonomous underwater vehicle and remotely operated underwater vehicle technologies and support services.
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.
Charlie Blair
Marine Technology Accelerator Manager of Carbon Trust
Charlie leads the Carbon Trust’s work on Marine Energy, bringing the technology to market quicker and at lower cost. He is responsible for delivery of the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund for the Scottish Government, an £18 million fund that will support the first arrays of marine energy devices in Scottish Waters. Charlie is also working on an industry consortium supported by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in Glasgow to develop enabling innovations for early wave and tidal arrays. He was involved in the installation of 6 full-scale prototype devices at EMEC through the Carbon Trust’s Marine Renewables Proving Fund, and supports Carbon Trust work on the European SI Ocean initiative. Charlie is also involved in work on other technologies by the Carbon Trust Innovation team (particularly electricity storage, micro-generation and electric vehicles; and generic commercial support to low carbon innovators). Charlie has over ten years’ experience commercialising innovative emerging energy technologies. Before joining the Carbon Trust in 2010 he worked as a strategic energy consultant, both for his own company and for Delta Energy & Environment in Edinburgh. He has experience analysing markets and business plans for a number of emerging energy technologies other than marine, particularly distributed generation, electricity storage and solar PV. Charlie has a first class Geography Degree from Durham and an MSc in Environmental Technology (Energy Policy) from Imperial College London
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About Carbon Trust, Gravitricity: Carbon Trust is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy, by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions now and develop.
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 Thomas
Product Manager of Contigo Software
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About Contigo Software: Contigo provides energy trading, portfolio risk management (ETRM), logistics supply chain management, and emissions reporting software.
Sandy Mackie
Trust Manager of Scrabster Harbour
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About Scrabster Harbour: Britain’s most northern mainland port providing services for oil and gas, renewables, cruise, ferries, fishing, property and cargo sectors.
Ross Watkins
People Analytics & Reporting Manager of EDF Energy
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About EDF Energy: EDF Energy is a producer of low-carbon electricity that has 35 wind farms – including two off-shore.
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.
Neil Carter
Business Development Manager of Bosch Thermotechnology
Neil is a Business Development Manager for Bosch Thermotechnology, focusing on developing partnerships. Neil has been with Bosch for 14 years within various roles and was instrumental in the launch of Bosch Smart Home into the UK back In 2017. Neil now focuses on strategic projects for the business, which includes Healthcare, Smart Cities and Cross-divisional activities.
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About Bosch Thermotechnology: Bosch Thermotechnology provides world solutions for their room climate, domestic hot water and decentralised energy management requirements.
Paul Higginson
Product Line Manager of Reactive Downhole Tools
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About Reactive Downhole Tools: Reactive Downhole Tools is a provider of industry-leading swellable isolation tools to the global oil and gas industry.
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
