Nigel Burton-White – Technology Manager, Renewables East

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