Kerry-Ann Adamson
Kerry-Ann has over ten years experience in the fuel cell industry and specialises in transport and distributed generation applications for fuel cells. Kerry-Ann has worked with both the private and public sector on a variety of fuel cell projects, with a regional focus mainly on North America and the Rest of World region (excluding Europe and Asia). She is heavily involved with consulting activity, producing bespoke analytical reports, liaising with corporate clients, giving high profile presentations, and developing business-to-business activities. Kerry-Ann previously worked as Deputy Editor at Fuel Cell Today and prior to this at the Technical University of Berlin, on a Marie Curie Research Fellowship. She gained a PhD from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London on the socio-economics of fuel cell technology in the transport sector, sponsored by BP. Expertise: Transport and stationary applications of fuel cells; sustainable and clean development; distributed power generation. Other Projects and Networks: Kerry-Ann sits on a number of fuel cell committees and is involved in wider fuel cell activities including the EU Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Platform and the London Hydrogen Partnership. She is a member of the Energy Institute. Kerry-Ann joined the panel for the Green in the City, Cleantech Economist event on 29 July on the topic of: Integrating Clean Energy
Peter, Vice President EMEA, TrilliantTrilliant provides intelligent network solutions and software to utilities for advanced metering, demand response, and Smart Grid management. With more than twenty years experience solving meter communications needs, the company focuses on the adoption of open standards-based technologies for electric, gas, and water utilities. Headquartered in California, Trilliant has secured secured contracts for more than three million meters to be supported by network solutions and services. Peter is a 20-year veteran of the industry, previously with IBM, who has lived and worked in the UK for the past 12 years.
Chief Scientist, Zander Corporation, Rupert has been involved in the natural world for most of his working life. He learned practical Horticulture at Pershore College, Worcs and ran his own consultative business for many years. Since 1995 Rupert has been researching the properties of organic sediments as growth stimulants and in 2001 the Zander Corporation was able to patent the technologies he had developed. Since this time Rupert has been advising farmers and growers on the use of his products in arid and marginal soils, and has been conducting trials in Morocco on behalf of UNIDO. Rupert believes that food shortages in many countries can be reduced by ‘kick-starting’ the process of revegetation, thereby revitalising soils that would otherwise revert to desert. Panelist at Cleantech Economist Green in the City Carbon Capture event 22 April 2010.
Megan, Associate, WHEB Ventures invests in cleantech companies with high growth potential, from initial product commercialisation stage through to expansion stage. WHEB manages two major cleantech venture capital funds and has made several investments in smart grid companies. Megan jointed WHEB in mid-2007 following four years at the UK Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform where she was Private Secretary to the Secretary of State, with responsibility for advising Ministers in the run up to the publication of the Energy White Paper 2007.
Bob, Waveney MP, 1997 to 2010, was first elected to Parliament in May 1997. He was the first Labour MP to represent the area since 1959 and was re-elected as Waveney's MP in June 2001 and May 2005. Born in Suffolk, he went to Birmingham University and was a teacher for 25 years. In addition, he was the Leader of Waveney District Council from 1991 to 1997, having been first elected to the council in 1987. Bob was most recently a Government Whip, with the title of ‘Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury’ since 2008. Among other posts, he has been an Assistant Whip (2007-2008), the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Douglas Alexander as the Secretary of State for Transport (2006-2007) and Minister for Europe (2005-2006). He was also the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Brown as the Minister for Work at the Department of Work and Pensions (2001-2003), and to Baroness Hayman as the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1999-2001). Bob was the Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary British Offshore Oil and Gas Group (1997-2007), the All Party Parliamentary Renewable Transport Fuels Group (2007), the All Party Parliamentary British - Brazilian Group (1997-2007), the All Party Parliamentary British-Chilean Group (2005-1007) and the All Party Parliamentary British – Latin America Group (2004-2007); and the Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (2004-2007). He has also served on the Environmental Audit Select Committee. Anticipating the growth of offshore wind energy, Bob established and led a steering group of key local partners to obtain £9 millon funding for the OrbisEnergy centre which has attracted leading energy companies to make Lowestoft the operational base for Greater Gabbard, the world's largest offshore wind farm currently under construction. There is now huge interest from companies involved in the East Anglian Array round three offshore wind farm on Lowestoft's doorstep. Bob spoke at the Green in the City, Cleantech Economist event on 24 June on the topic of: Funding 2020 Renewable Energy Targets - Where will it come from?
Chief Technology Officer, Dr Simon is the Chief Technology Officer of ITM Power. Simon joined ITM in 2002 as a Technical Manager and has been one of the leading scientists involved in the development of ITM's suite of patented membrane materials. Before joining ITM Simon was a project engineer with Sonatest Plc and a researcher with the Ministry of Defence. Simon has a BSc Hons in Materials Science from UMIST and a PhD from Cranfield University. Simon joined the panel for the Green in the City, Cleantech Economist event on 29 July on the topic of: The Future of Road Transport.
Brink is the Managing Director of Viridas Energy. Viridas is growing Bio-Energy crops on its own plantations in Brazil. Based on the conventional plantation model the company is active throughout the Bio-Mass and Bio-Oil supply chain. From seed production and agronomy, through plantation management to seed crushing and product extraction Viridas owns and controls every stage of the process. Brink is a multilingual Dutch National who has been resident in Salvador, Brazil for the last five years. He is responsible for the Groups future management and development. He has a background in real estate and general business management and administration.
Nigel became Technology Manager of Renewables East in January 2009 after completing a period of full time study at the UEA on the new Strategic Carbon Management MBA and has a strong interest in the ‘clean tech’ and renewable energy sector.He has experience working within large multi-nationals, mid-sized global engineering consultancies Lotus Engineering) and a number of smaller organisations including his own small engineering company in 2005. Key areas of responsibility have included management of research activity, business development and product development across a diverse and global client base. With extensive experience of product and business development within the Asian region, he is interested in understanding and supporting the UK engineering sector as it competes in a global market place. Specifically, the renewable energy sector represents a timely opportunity to refocus our considerable country wide skills base to the new challenges of the next 20 years. This is especially true of the eastern region which he regards as home. Nigel was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, but has lived in Norfolk since 1981 with two periods of living/working abroad, firstly in Australia with Mitsubishi Motors, Adelaide, introducing measurement technologies, 1993-1995, and more recently in Malaysia managing a technology transfer program 1998-2000. In addition to the MBA he has an MSc (Technology - Product Development) from Kingston University and served an avionics apprenticeship at British Airways, Heathrow, during 1977-1981. Nigel was a panelist at the Cleantech Investor panel discussion at All-Energy 2010 in Aberdeen, 18.05.10: Financing and Commercialising Clean Energy Technologies.
Jeff has over thirty years of management experience in industry, consultancy and more latterly in government circles. He has specialised in the energy sector with a focus on the business opportunities that arise from climate change mitigation. Jeff has been a significant contributor to the establishment of London as the World centre of emissions trading. Jeff established an industry interest group with support from UK Trade & Investment in 2001 which became the foundation of the Carbon Capture & Storage Association in 2006. The objective of the Association is to represent the interests of its members in the business of capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide. From its base in London the CCSA brings together specialist companies in manufacturing & processing, power generation, engineering & contracting, oil, gas & minerals as well as a wide range of support services to the energy sector such as law, banking, consultancy and project management. Panelist at Cleantech Economist Green in the City Carbon Capture event 22 April 2010.
CEO, TMO Renewables, Hamish has over 20 years' international management and consulting experience in the energy and renewables sector. He joined TMO in 2006 from Argent Energy, where he was Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the construction, start-up and commissioning of the first industrial scale bio-diesel plant in the UK. Prior positions have included Managing Director for Wavegen, whichconstructed the world's first grid connected wave power generationplant, and General manger and Asset Director for JKX & Gas plc. Aformer member of the UK Government Oil & Gas Industry Task Forcewith broad experience of cross-border projects as well as a consultingrecord in the energy, utilities and automotive engineering sectors. He has provided oil and gas industry advice at Governmental level in the UK, Ireland and Former Soviet Union. Hamish sat on the panel for 'Cleantech meets Biotech' 30.09.10.
Cameron the former CEO and Executive Chairman of Alkane Energy moved to the part time post of non-executive director of the company in November 2009. He is also an independent advisor in the renewable energy and clean technology sectors. He founded Alkane, a profitable AIM listed gas to power company, in 1994 to capture methane (CMM) from abandoned coal mines for electricity generation. As Executive Chairman, he oversaw Alkane’s IPO on the LSE in 2000 and brought the group back to profitability when he took over again as CEO in 2004. Alkane now has around 35MW of gas to power plants installed on disused coal mines in the UK and also has a large onshore coal bed methane (CBM) licence position. Cameron was a Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust environmental award winner and has twice been a finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year awards. He is currently a vice-Chairman of the UNECE’s Geneva based Bureau of Experts on coal mine methane emissions. He has presented many science and engineering based papers on renewables and alternative energy technology worldwide and recently chaired the Global Biogas Congress in Brussels. He previously had a successful career in the international upstream oil industry as operations manager with Premier Oil and general manager of Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company in Tunisia. Cameron was a panelist at Green in the City 27.05.10 - discussing 'Financing Early Stage Clean Technology: Is Venture Capital Enough?
Head of Business Partnering, Scottish & Southern Energy plc, Stuart is a graduate of Strathclyde University in Glasgow. During a ten year spell in the exploration and production side of the oil industry with what is now Exxon Mobil he worked in the Finance and Contracting areas of the business. In 1995 Stuart moved to what was then Scottish Hydro Electric and in 1998 was involved in the merger between the Scottish Hydro-Electric and Southern Electric which resulted in the creation of Scottish and Southern Energy. Within the SSE Venture Capital business (established in 2007) we identify, develop and execute investments in the clean-tech sector. As Head of Business Partnering Stuart has overseen investments in a broad range of Cleantech companies, and has managed the investments in the Sigma Capital Group and Vantage Point Venture Partners sustainable energy funds. Stuart is currently on the board of a number of investee businesses and technical associations and is looking forward to completing a number of other clean-tech investment opportunities in the near future. Stuart was a panelist at the Cleantech Investor panel discussion at All-Energy 2010 in Aberdeen, 18.05.10: Financing and Commercialising Clean Energy Technologies.
Joined Cenex in 2005, after 18 years with Johnson Matthey, 10 of which were spent developing markets for environmental technologies including fuel cells and vehicle emissions control. In his role at Cenex, Robert is responsible for overseeing Cenex’s project brokerage supporting technology demonstration and public procurement. These activities are designed to simultaneously support the UK supply chain actively developing low carbon automotive technologies, whilst helping cut vehicle operator’s carbon emissions. He is also the Chairman of the Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technology KTN. Robert is a postgraduate of both Imperial College London and Leeds University.
SMMT promotes a collaborative industry-wide approach to the development of ultra-low carbon technologies. Through interaction with government, stakeholders and industry both in the UK and internationally, it works to develop the UK’s role in this globally competitive area and provide the support mechanisms needed to maximise the value of the technology to the national economy. The UK is already home to a strong, emerging electric vehicle sector. SMMT works with a cross-section of the industry encompassing volume vehicle manufacturers, niche producers and component suppliers to highlight the industry’s efforts in this increasingly important field.
Former Panamanian Ambassador to the UK and Panama's Permanent Delegate to the International Maritime Organisation, Liliana Fernandez has an in-depth understanding of the shipping industry and the debate surrounding the inclusion of shipping in a carbon trading mechanism, having represented her country at UNFCCC and UNCTAD meetings. Liliana is a Development Economist with an MSc from the London School of Economics. She sits on the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of the World Maritime University in Malmo, Sweden, and she is on the Board of Canning House in London.
John Field is Director responsible for energy and carbon management at Power Efficiency Ltd, a consultancy providing energy cost and carbon reduction services to major groups in the commercial sector and the property industry - Power Efficiency is a leading UK provider of Carbon Reduction Commitment and Energy Performance Certification services. John is on the Council of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and their Low Carbon Consultants Steering Group. He is author of the national guide which provides building energy benchmarks used for all Display Energy Certificates in England and Wales.
Gary is a member of Scott Wilson’s Business Consultancy Group. His extensive experience and knowledge in organisational carbon management and sustainability enables him to undertake in particular transformational projects looking at resource efficiency and the uptake of clean, low carbon technologies in the business & public sectors. His work has increasingly broadened into cutting edge aspects of resource efficiency and waste management with the business-led National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP). He leads a team which generates innovative, beneficial connections across individual sector supply chains.
Tim Fox has a wide range of research and engineering experience gained across many industrial sectors including the built environment, energy, chemical processing, aerospace, defence and transport. He has worked in commercial enterprises, government agencies and educational institutions in the UK, Australia, Canada and The Netherlands. Tim is currently Head of Energy and Environment at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). His role involves developing and communicating the Institution’s policies on energy, environment and sustainability issues, authoring thought-leadership reports and providing input to government policy making. He regularly talks on these topics and frequently appears in the national and international press and broadcast media.
Ms Fuller joined SSE as Analyst to CEO Ian Marchant researching waste to fuel opportunities. After SSE’s interest in waste to fuels formalised with the purchase of Slough Heat and Power, she transferred to the newly formed Sustainable Energy development team (biomass, waste fuels, biogas, etc.), with responsibility for SSE’s relationships with waste companies for future fuel creation, and developing joint power stations. Samantha is the lead manager for SSE’s biogas strategy and anaerobic digester development. Prior to SSE, she worked as a bond analyst covering Emerging Market Corporations for DrKW, and European Utilities for J.P. Morgan. Earlier, she roved the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan rolling out World Bank and US AID privatisation programmes.
Rob joined ETF from Vertex Venture Capital, one of the oldest and most prestigious early stage investment funds headquartered out of Asia. For the past 8 years, he has led Vertex's European operations, where he drove investments in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Germany and France. He was also a partner in Vertex Israel, and recently headed the firm's North American operations. Prior to Vertex, Rob was a Managing Director of JP Morgan, which acquired his predecessor firm Hambrect & Quist. He has invested in a number of successful European and North American high growth technology companies, and has a strong track record of success. Earlier in his career, Rob worked as a consultant for Bain & Company in San Francisco, where he focused on the telecommunications industry. Prior to receiving his MBA, he worked for Morgan Stanley in both New York and Hong Kong, as a member of the corporate restructuring group. Rob received an AB (cum laude) and an MBA from Harvard University. Rob was a panelist at Green in the City 27.05.10 - discussing 'Financing Early Stage Clean Technology: Is Venture Capital Enough?'
John has particular responsibility for PwC’s advisory activities in the Environment sector that covers water, wastewater, waste management and renewable energy (including biomass and CHP). John led the advisory team supporting Viridor Laing in the successful closure of the Greater Manchester Waste PFI, the largest waste PFI deal in Europe, and the associated Runcorn EfW plant and is currently responsible for lead advisory mandates on waste management PFI/PPP schemes across the UK. John is a highly experienced negotiator having supported clients in the closing stages of a number of major PFI/PPP deals including Projects Alpha and Omega for the Water Service in Northern Ireland, British Waterways Water Grid PPP and West Sussex Waste PFI project. His role as lead negotiator on the Sofia transaction was seen as pivotal to the success of the deal by both client, the Municipality of Sofia, and the other counter-parties including International water Ltd and the EBRD.
Des focuses primarily on CER origination and management of carbon investments within China. Previously, Des worked for four years as a Climate Change Adviser to KPMG. In this role Des prepared a number of CDM Project Design Documents and worked on the development of two new methodologies. His work on CDM included projects in the oil and gas, food industry and electricity generation sectors in South America, Africa and Asia. He was the industry specialist to the financial due diligence teams on two London Stock Exchange IPOs of companies that operate exclusively in the emissions trading sector.
Richard leads the Carbon Trust’s field trials and demonstration projects in buildings and industry – overcoming market barriers to the adoption of new technologies. Prior to joining the Carbon Trust’s Innovations team in 2006, Richard worked as a consultant engineer in the defence, aerospace and nuclear power sectors. The Carbon Trust is an independent company funded by the UK Government. Its mission is to accelerate the move to a low-carbon economy by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions and supporting the development of low-carbon technologies.
Mark Henderson is responsible for Investec’s power and renewable energy sector investments in Europe. The team provides funding to projects, project developers and acquisitions in the European renewables sector and are direct equity investors in certain renewable projects and companies. Mark has over 23 years’ banking experience. Before joining Investec in 2004, Mark was at Société Générale and, before then, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. Investec is an international, specialist banking group listed in London and Johannesburg, In Project & Infrastructure Finance, Investec is one of the leading financial advisers and providers of subordinated and mezzanine finance, as well as providing senior project finance debt to selected clients.
Anthony is specialises in climate change and clean energy law as well as UK, EU and international environmental law. Prior to joining Norton Rose he spent 13 years with major law firms specialising in UK and EUenvironmental law and more recently playing a key role in helping one of them to develop and build their leading climate change and clean energy practice group. Anthony has been described as a leader in his field in recent editions of the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession in the UK. He has a first class honours degree in Chemistry and Physics and recently completed a Masters Degree in Environmental Law.
Bruce Huber is a Managing Director at Jefferies International and Global Head of Cleantech Investment Banking, working with clients across renewable energy and sustainable technologies. He also is Chairman of the firm's European Technology Investment Banking Group. With nearly 30 years of investment banking experience, including 20 years working with European clients, Mr. Huber has advised on over 100 capital markets and M&A transactions across Europe, North America and Asia. He has a breadth of experience across IPOs, convertible debt, private placements, alternative energy project financing and debt capital markets through M&A advisory. He was Managing Director and head of European investment banking for Broadview International, which was acquired by Jefferies in 2003. Prior to joining Broadview in 1995, he was a Director focusing on international M&A at Barclays de Zoete Wedd (BZW) in London and Frankfurt. Previously, Mr. Huber worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in their New York office where he helped build the firm's communications investment banking practice from 1985 to 1990, and worked in alternative energy project finance from 1983 to 1985. He received a BSE degree from Princeton University.
Felicia Jackson is the author of the recently published Conquering Carbon, which examines the critical issues around the transition to a low carbon economy. Formerly founding Editor of New Energy Finance, as well as founder of online publishing business Netimperative, she is an experienced company director with over 15 years experience in developing businesses and managing organisations through periods of rapid growth and volatility. Focusing on the impact of the low carbon revolution on policy, economics, investment and industry, Felicia advises on the environment, energy and sustainability, carbon and policy frameworks. She is also a member of the Energy Institute.
Until May 2008 a Director of Biffa Waste Services Limited with specific responsibilities in external affairs and strategy development, he now operates as a freelance Advisor in matters strategic relating to the waste, carbon and materials efficiency agenda and to the City of London. He is a member of the Chartered Institutes of Marketing, Transport, and Wastes Management, qualified as an Industrial Economist and received an Honorary Degree from the University of Southampton as a Doctor of the University for work associated with Environmental technologies. Peter retired as Chair of the DEFRA/DTI Resource Efficiency KTN in Summer 2009, but continues as a Board member of the reformed Resource Efficiency KTN. Since 2003 he has been a member of the DEFRA New Technologies Demonstrator Programme, its Data Advisory Panel, and the Sustainable Consumption and Production Taskforce (for which he Chaired a subcommittee looking at the issues around distributed energy systems in the UK which reported in 2008). Peter has given evidence to a range of Parliamentary Select Committees on waste, sustainability, resource efficiency. He is on the waste and Resources Advisory Panel of Climate Change Capital – a Venture Capital fund with over £1 billion of funding. Peter is a Trustee of Waste Watch, an Ambassador for both Global Action Plan and Fare Share, as well as being on the Advisory Committee of the Resource Recovery Forum, and a member of the WWF-UK Council of Ambassadors.
Tony Juniper is a campaigner, writer, sustainability adviser and one of the UK's best known environmentalists. He was Vice Chair of the 70-strong network of national organisations comprising Friends of the Earth International and presently works as a Special Adviser to the Prince of Wales Rainforests Project - a two year-long initiative that seeks consensus on a new international mechanism to slow down tropical deforestation. Tony is also a Senior Associate with the Cambridge University Programme for Sustainability Leadership, designing new courses for senior executives and working as a member of the teaching faculty. He advises international companies on their sustainability strategies and frequently speaks and lectures on environmental and sustainability questions. Tony is a member of advisory panels with the Science Museum and British Council and is a board member of Climate for Ideas. He writes extensively and is the Editor-in-Chief of National Geographic’s new Green Magazine (launch in December 2009) and contributes a weekly column on greener living for the Sunday Times.
CT Investment Partners finances emerging clean energy businesses. It specialises in identifying and investing in earlier stage technologies and management teams with the ability to create and deliver clean energy businesses. Prior to joining CT Investment Partners in April 2008, Peter Linthwaite was Chief Executive of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), the representative body for the UK’s private equity industry.
Peter has been actively involved in the venture capital and private equity industry for over 20 years. He was a founding Director of Royal London Private Equity Limited, the UK mid-market private equity house.
Previously Peter has served as Executive Director of Murray Johnstone Ltd, during which time he was Managing Director, Murray Johnstone Asia Ltd, Singapore, 1995-2001 and Director, Murray Johnstone Private Equity Ltd, London, 1990-1995. Peter had an early career in banking and corporate finance after reading Law at New College, Oxford. Peter was a panelist at Green in the City 27.05.10 - discussing 'Financing Early Stage Clean Technology: Is Venture Capital Enough?'
Olivier (Olly) Macé is Strategy & Technology Manager in BP Biofuels. BP is a leading player in the global biofuels market - undertaking biofuels blending, production, research and technology development – and aims to shape this emerging industry, by investing in capability and capacity growth, building strategic relationships and demonstrating leadership in sustainability.
Since completing graduate and postgraduate studies in Chemistry at Heriot-Watt and Hamburg Universities, Keith joined SSE in 1994 following a career in Germany and Scotland working in Research & Development and Business Management.
Committed to fostering sustainable success for funding organisations, Marcus Venture Consulting works with clients from around the world in venture capital and private equity funds, institutions and corporations to help them create robust businesses with strong foundations for their funding efforts. She is also a Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, teaching and researching on leadership & innovation, and exploring the changing landscape in funding in biotech, pharma, and cleantech.Lucy serves on a number of boards, including as non-executive chair of the Mobius Life Sciences Fund, chair of the Mobius Life Sciences Fund Investment Panel, and non-executive director and chair of the board audit committee of BioCity Nottingham. She is co-founder, judge and on the board of the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards, chairing the board for a year. She is a member of the international advisory board of the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid, is also on the board of the Wellesley College Business Leadership Council. She has served on the advisory board of the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, and was a non-executive director and board treasurer and fellow of the British-American Project. She is co-founder and Chair of the “Leadership in Conflict” project which is developing leaders in conflict and post-conflict zones. Lucy is also the Chair of The Global Task Force on Building Women Leaders, and the Founder of HighTech Women.
Bernardo Meira delivers financial and strategic advisory services for the HLC Group and is responsible for overseeing the development of the Company’s projects. Bernardo is a Member of the Board for HLC Environmental Holdings as well as Director and Board Member of Aeolus, Bioveg and DYBSOL and HLC Brasil. His main responsibilities include: 
Dr Richard Pearson is the Chief Engineer, Vehicle Research, at Lotus Engineering. Richard has been part of the team at Lotus Engineering for twelve years. Previously, he had a ten year career in academia. Richard is a leading specialist in sustainable fuels, low carbon vehicles, transport energy and fuels, engine thermodynamic cycle simulation, manifold gas dynamics and pressure charging. Recent projects he has led include Sustainable Organic Fuels for Transport, the Lotus 265E flex-fuel Exige, the Lotus 270E Tri-Fuel Exige, the Lotus Range Extender engine, the Lotus Omnivore engine and the Lotus Sabre engine. Richard is now leading Lotus research into whole vehicle carbon impact lifecycle analysis of future transport. Richard joined the panel for the Green in the City, Cleantech Economist event on 29 July on the topic of: The Future of Road Transport
Graeme has been CEO of Ilika (AIM: IKA), the advanced cleantech materials discovery company, since its spin-out from the University of Southampton in May 2004. The company has an international reputation for excellence in its field and has attracted major multinational customers including Shell Hydrogen, Toyota and NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductor). Prior to joining Ilika, Graeme was Chief Operating Officer of a high-technology company in the Netherlands and before that worked internationally for Shell. Graeme holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD business school in France. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineering and a Sainsbury Management Fellow. In addition to his CEO role at Ilika, he is a non-executive director of Southampton Asset Management.
Terry is a Chartered and European Engineer (Eur.Ing) who started his career in the British Merchant Navy in 1980 as a Marine Engineering Officer. He joined Mirrlees Blackstone Diesels in Stamford in 1986, working on marine propulsion and auxiliary power plant applications. He joined European Gas Turbines in Lincoln UK in 1988 (Ruston Gas Turbines at the time) where he worked in Applications Engineering as a Senior Engineer, also obtaining an Honors degree in Integrated Engineering from Nottingham Trent University. He became the Program Manager for the Aero-derivative engine group before leaving to join GE Power Systems (Now GE Energy) in 1996 as a Power Systems Engineering Consultant based in GE’s European headquarters in the UK. Terry is also a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt. In his last assignment he was the Engineering Manager at GE Network Reliability Products & Services leading a team of design engineers in a new acquisition, working on electrical transmission and distribution systems, located near Leeds UK Where he is still located. His current role is Energy Solutions Manager – Western Europe, although, his core experience has been with Gas Turbines, CCGT and IGCC his role also covers all aspects of GE Energy solutions including Nuclear, Wind, Hydro, Aero Steam and associated services.
Ken joined Nomura Code in September 2009 having built Clear Capital/Noble's climate change coverage between 2007-2009. Ken graduated in Natural Sciences from Trinity, Cambridge and had held roles as a fund manager and buy-side analyst at Scottish Amicable and as a sell-side global building materials analyst at UBS and Merrill Lynch. Repenting his emissions-intensive ways, Ken undertook a masters in Environmental Management at Cranfield in 2006/7 and is a member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment. Ken was a panelist at Green in the City 27.05.10 - discussing 'Financing Early Stage Clean Technology: Is Venture Capital Enough?'
Anju Sanehi is Counsel at Hunton & Williams. She specialises in environmental and energy regulation, with a focus on climate change law and the carbon markets. She is experienced in advising on the regulatory frameworks governing EU ETS, Kyoto Credits and the voluntary markets. She acts for a range of clients involved in the carbon markets as well as for developers of CDM and JI projects. She was European Regulatory Counsel at AEP during the process of the implementation of EU ETS.
Stephen Shergold - Head of the Environment & Safety team, Denton Wilde Sapte and a partner in the firm's Energy and Infrastructure department. He regularly advises on pollution liability regimes, process authorisations, waste management, renewable energy, international climate change mechanisms, resource efficiency, nuisance,habitat protection, health and safety and product liability. Stephen advises clients on the regulatory structures for the waste, cleantech, oil and gas (onshore and offshore), water, pharmaceutical and nuclear sectors. His practices covers projects, transactions and contractual matters including civil claims, criminal prosecutions and judicial review. He also advises both Governments and privates companies on the development of environmental law regimes in emerging markets.
Green Alliance is an influential environmental think tank working to ensure UK political leaders deliver ambitious solutions to global environmental issues. Matthew became the new director of Green Alliance in May 2010. His role prior to joining Green Alliance was as head of government affairs at the Carbon Trust and he is a member of the government's Renewable Advisory Board. A biologist by training, Matthew spent the early part of his career working on tropical forest conservation, helping to establish a cloud forest conservation foundation in South America. He was founding chief executive of the successful renewable energy agency Regen SW and, before that, campaign director at Greenpeace UK. Matthew spoke at the Green in the City, Cleantech Economist event on 24 June on the topic of: Funding 2020 Renewable Energy Targets - Where will it come from?
David Strong launched Inbuilt in December 2007. Previously, he was Managing Director of BRE Environment, and before that he had also held roles as an Executive Director of EA Technology, Emstar and WS Atkins & Partners. Originally a graduate of Bath University in Building Engineering, he was awarded a doctorate by Oxford University in 1980. David is currently Chairman of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Implementation Advisory Group (DIAG) and acts as a special advisor to the European Commission on energy demand issues. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham. He chaired the Quality of Life Challenge, Built Environment Group for the Conservative Party and in 2007 was responsible for establishing the UK Green Building Council, for which he presented with the 2007 Building Sustainability Leadership award. In 2010 he was appointed Chair of the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes. David joined the panel for the Green in the City, Cleantech Economist event on 29 July on the topic of: Integrating Clean Energy.
Matt leads Foresight Group's investment activities in the Environmental Infrastructure sector, targeting investments in recycling, energy from waste and other renewable energy projects. Matt has 18 years' private equity experience and joined Foresight Group in May 2000. Prior to joining Foresight Group, Matt was a senior investment controller within 3i's Midlands and South-west regional investment businesses, with responsibilities across investment management and the origination of investment opportunities. Over the course of 9 years with 3i, he was involved in making or managing investments in 15 companies. During a 3-year stay in Germany, Matt led the origination and credit assessment of senior lending facilities for German and UK corporate within IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, including the application of environmental investment support programmes backed by the Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau. Matt started his career at Morgan Stanley International in London, where he was involved in the marketing and execution of M&A transactions and in the structuring and marketing of bond and equity issues.
Paddy joined GE Digital Energy in early 2010 as part of the European Leadership team where he is responsible for Growth Strategy for the European Region. Smart Grids are a particular focus. He is also Chairman of Smart Grid Ireland, a not for profit advocacy body covering both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Paddy was a co-founder of this organization that has a twin track mission to articulate common issues that impact smart grid deployment in both jurisdictions. Smart Grid Ireland has produced White Papers on the case for the accelerated investment in the smart grid and the resultant economic benefits.
Ricardo plc provides engineering solutions to the world’s growing energy issues as a leading provider of product innovation, technology, engineering and strategic consulting. With a clear focus on profit-enhancing clean-technology solutions, Ricardo addresses core automotive industry drivers of international competition, globalisation and the developing power of emerging economies, climate change, safety and maximisation of natural energy resources. They lead in independent hybrid experience, with over 200 engineers with hybrid & electric vehicles development experience.
ob has focused on the clean technology investment area for almost 20 years. Prior to forming WHEB Ventures, Rob ran the WHEB Partnership with Kim Heyworth where together they helped over twenty cleantech companies secure investment, develop routes to market and establish management teams. A chemist with an MA and PhD from Cambridge University, Rob spent ten years in Shell’s agrochemical business before working with Rothschild’s Bioscience unit looking at clean technology investment opportunities. He then joined Kim at KPMG, where he spent three years advising on the development of a variety of environmental funds in Central and Eastern Europe. Rob has been an active participant on numerous Industry, UK Governmentand University cleantech advisory boards, including the CleantechNetwork European Advisory Board, the DTI’s Environmental InnovationAdvisory Group and the commercial advisory board for a consortium ofthe main London Universities (Imperial, King’s and UCL). WHEB Ventures recently announced the fourth closing of its second cleantech venture fund and has to date, raised over £100 million. WHEB Fund 2’s new commitments include one from HPE Environmental Innovation Fund, managed by Hermes GPE LLP. Hermes was selected to be one of the fund of funds managers of the UK Innovation Investment Fund which was established in January this year to invest in low carbon and clean technology funds and to co-invest in companies. WHEB are the first to receive investment from this Fund. Rob was a panelist for Financing Early Stage Clean Technology: Is Venture Capital Enough? 27.05.10. He also sat on the panel for 'Cleantech meets Biotech' 30.09.10.
