2024 Speakers

Amar serves as the Chief Commercial Officer at CSA Catapult, where he is responsible for formulating and implementing the commercial strategy. He also oversees the development of collaborative research and development programmes with the UK industry, ensuring the successful delivery of the...

Matt is the EV policy lead at REcharge UK, the EV forum of the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA). Matt has been actively involved in EV policy for the last three years having previously worked at Drax on among other areas their EV policy. His primary responsibilities lie...

Sam is responsible for developing a strategy that best supports UK growth. Following a PhD working on a NASA Mars mission, Sam held senior space sector strategy roles in Vega and Finmeccanica and was Lead Technologist for Space at Innovate UK. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Satellite Finance ...

Jeff is the CEO and creator of EVHACS. Originally an Aeronautical Engineer, Jeff also studied Mechanical, Refrigeration, Software and Automotive Engineering. An inventor, innovator, entrepreneur and dedicated director and business owner. He successfully exited one of Europe’s leading Automotive...

Mohammad has 10 years’ experience in technical and financial expertise in solar energy. As Solution Manager at Aiko Solar, he works on technical solution verification with customers and solution optimization. Mohammad also looks after product planning, analyzing technical demand, and the...

Orkun is a power industry executive who holds an all-round experience in power industry including project development, engineering, engineering management, project management, O&M management, energy trade and business development. In his 15+ years in the power industry, he has worked on over...

Chris joined the RHA in September 2019 to lead its environment policy work. He is actively engaged in shaping the Net Zero agenda to deliver sustainable outcomes for commercial vehicle operators and, in particular, small businesses.Previously, he was a Civil Servant for 18 years – predominantly at...

an award-winning engineer with over 25 years of operational experience, including more than a decade dedicated to the renewable energy sector. Currently serving as the Director of Operations and Maintenance UK for Belectric, Brett's career is marked by a relentless pursuit of...

Joe Barron is a seasoned health and safety professional with over 18 years of experience in the field. Currently serving as the Head of International Health & Safety for Belectric, Joe is responsible for overseeing and implementing health and safety protocols across all global operations of the ...

Dr Rob Barthorpe is a Chartered Engineer and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. His research focuses on the development of tools for optimal decision making under uncertainty. In recent years his focus has been applications in the energy...

Richard is the CEO of GreenHearth. GreenHearth is a specialist arranger of financing for Solar PV schemes.  The company uses technology to help SME’s arrange simple, competitive, low-cost financing for Solar PV projects from £25k to £3m with terms from 5 to 15 years. GreenHearth supports Solar PV ...

Emma has over 25 years’ experience in the steel industry, working across Europe, predominantly in commercial roles for Automotive, Construction and Engineering customers. Emma has been heavily involved in developing premium products including MagiZinc® which has been key in Tata Steel UK’s growth...

Jonathan has a degree in Chemical Engineering from University College London and a PhD from the Newcastle Photovoltaics Application Centre at the University of Northumbria. He has worked in the solar PV and wider renewable energy industry since 1994. He is a co-founder and Managing Director of...

Bean is a graduate of Imperial College, is an Associate of the Royal College of Science, and is a founding member of the Heat Pump Federation (HPF). He has 14-years' experience in energy and carbon mitigation and in conceptual technology selection, procurement and the installation of mechanical ...

Matthew reports on the supply chains associated with the lithium ion battery industry and wider energy transition. He writes for Benchmark Source, the editorial arm of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

Malini leads Sustainable Transport at KPMG UK, and helps public and private sector transport and infrastructure organisations, including Governments, Infrastructure Owners and operators, Regional and Devolved Authorities, and Financial Institutions develop and embed their net zero, zero emission...

With a strong electrical background, Darren brings together technical electrician expertise and commercial acumen. He has been part of providing renewable solutions since 2009 across multiple capacities. Now, Darren is the Director of GivEnergy Commercial – leading the department that implements...

Abby Bryant is Chief Commercial Officer at Wessex Archaeology and a leading expert with 20 years’ experience in historic environment planning policy and impact assessments, specialising in the interaction of large-scale infrastructure projects, such as solar energy, with the UK’s historic...

Martin has over 35 years’ experience working in the engineering and environment sectors. Working at Director/Senior Manager level Martin is an accomplished leader, with strong technical, communication and motivational skills used to successfully deliver projects of a difficult and sensitive...

Jacques is based in Manchester, having studied, worked and lived in the city now for over 10 years now. He completed a degree in Geography at MMU from 2013-2016, and pursued his passion for the built-environment, with a masters in Urban Design and International Planning at UoM from 2016-2017. Since ...

Fabio has a background in environmental sciences and his current academic research focuses on the environmental implications of land-use change for utility scale solar park development in the UK. Specifically, he is collating data on natural capital (e.g., soil, biodiversity) and ecosystem services ...

Roberto has been working in the energy sector since he started his career in 2000, he has extensive experience in the industry in senior roles across the entire oil and gas and renewable energy value chain: in project development, deal origination, project finance, private equity and M&A. ...

Matthew joined Cornwall Insight in April 2022 and has a strong experience in conducting research projects across the energy sector and developing customer-centric thought leadership projects. Matthew received his PhD in climate science from the University of Southampton. As a Lead Research Analyst...

Kutahya is a real estate lawyer and her clients are predominantly developers, investors and funders in the clean energy sector.  She has worked on a multitude of complex and large scale solar and storage projects, as well as having experience with EV infrastructure, C&I, on and off-shore wind...

Fabrizio Ciaccia is the VP EMEA at NHOA Energy. After beginning his career in the facility management sector, he worked in various roles in the Italian solar market from 2007 to 2012, starting in technical positions and progressing into Sales and Business Development. Transitioning to Energy...

Daniel joined RSK in 2014 and leads the global acoustics team within the business. Daniel has 20 years of experience in the acoustics industry both in the public and private sector. He is widely experienced in the fields of environmental noise and vibration analysis and assessment and architectural ...

James joined Geo Green Power soon after it was founded in 2010 as their Sales Director. He has been instrumental in the growth of the business and has now taken over the role of Managing Director. Prior to Geo Green Power, James spent time in the property sector.

Hakeem Dairo currently works as a Product Manager responsible for BESS at Trina Storage. Holding multiple engineering degrees across both the electrical and electromechanical fields, Dairo has spent over 8 years working with energy storage systems across both the automotive and energy sectors. His...

Alex is General Counsel, EMEA and Global Head of Transactions for Lightsource bp joining the executive team in early 2020.  Her career within the renewables industry stretches back 16 years advising on renewables energy projects in Europe, Africa and Asia. Alex has a first-class degree in European...

JD's experience spans the U.S. Armed Forces, semiconductors, solid-state drives, and solar equipment. His functional leadership has impacted pricing, new product introduction, customer experience, and communications at all levels. For the past four years, JD has been the Chief Marketing Officer ...

Jordan Dilworth is a Policy Analyst at the REA, where he primarily focusses on solar and energy storage. Prior to joining the REA, Jordan worked in the charity sector and the civil service.

Johan du Plessis founded tepeo in 2018 to develop technologies to drive the rapid and low cost decarbonisation of heat. He is a Chartered Engineer and Project Management Professional with a wealth of experience across the energy industry. Prior to starting tepeo he was the Head of Smart Heat at OVO ...

David started Rowan Energy at his kitchen table in 2018 with the aim of building the world's first decentralised energy network.  Rowan Energy built and manages the world's first Proof-of-Generation Blockchain,  a low-powered and therefore low-carbon blockchain that requires its members to ...

Scott heads up OVO's Solar & Storage business - leading a growing, multi-functional team who are focused on making solar more accessible than ever before for OVO's 4 million customers and beyond. He has been in the energy industry for over 10 years with experience spanning...

Sonia Dunlop is CEO of the Global Solar Council, the world solar PV trade association, which represents the whole value chain and every region and market segment in the world. She previously worked for Solar Power Europe, Solar Energy UK and the RE-Source Platform. For five years she was part of...

​​​​​​Connie is responsible for negotiating and managing Power Purchase Agreements to offtake the power that community-owned renewable generators produce, offering market access and fair pricing to groups. She also leads business development activity to develop new partnerships and grow Younity’s...

Tracey Elliott is a Director at Eden Sustainable Ltd, where she leads the People & Wellbeing function and drives the company’s core Planet sustainability and values agenda.  Eden Sustainable Ltd is a leading UK provider of commercial and industrial rooftop solar solutions (and other related...

Kee is a Principal Director in our Planning and Environment team. She enjoys advising clients involved in energy transition to zero and low carbon technologies and on environmental and climate change issues and opportunities.Kee is currently advising on a number of DCO-scale projects, including a...

Sophy is the founder of SFW Communications, set up in 2013 to support renewable energy companies with stakeholder and community engagement, and PR strategy and delivery.She works across the commercial and community solar sectors and has helped deliver over 700MW of new solar projects in the UK and...

Harry is an Innovation Manager at the Motability Foundation. He leads on innovation projects within transport accessibility, with a particular focus of ensuring disabled people are heard in the development of future transport methods. This includes the Motability Foundation’s work to ensure...

John Forster, Chair of Forster Group, is a champion of solar energy and innovation, and has been at the vanguard of the renewables sector in Scotland and in the UK. John founded Forster Group over 30 years ago and it is now one of Scotland’s leading integrated solar companies, supplying integrated...

Peregrine works to turn our vision into strategy, opening new markets and opportunities. Before joining Above, Peregrine was MD at the Developer/EPC Push Energy, a Director of the O&M PSH Operations, Commercial Solar Programme Director at Macquarie Group and a Director at EPC/O&M Evo...

Shamala Evans is an experienced Senior Civil Engineer and Project Manager, possessing a breadth and depth of technical knowledge underpinned by strong academic learning and a demonstrable track record of success in the design and implementation of challenging, complex and wide-ranging...

Rob has worked in the insurance industry for over 30 years. He joined WTW in 2022 to lead the GB Renewable Energy & Power practice. He has previously worked in the large broking sector where he spent time in both London and New York.He specialises in the power and utilities sectors and has...

Claire Gardner is Solis’ Head of Marketing for Europe and has over 20 years in marketing working for blue chip organisations across retail, FMCG, B2C and B2B.  With a career in solar that began with the UK’s largest distributor in 2012, she gained invaluable cross-category solar knowledge to take...

Kate Geary BA MCIfA is responsible for strategic matters relating to professional development and the historic environment, including training, CPD, qualifications and for professional practice issues and policy. She started working for CIfA in January 2005, moving to her current role in 2017. Her...

Charlie Gisbourne is a market analyst at Solar Media, focusing on energy storage systems (ESS). Her research encompasses ESS deployment across the UK and Ireland, including key project and investment metrics. Charlie also analyses the global upstream landscape for ESS manufacturing. She has a BSc...

Luke has worked within the technical built environment since the age of 16 – focusing primarily upon mechanical & electrical building services. However, since 2020 Luke has been heavily involved within renewables such as Solar PV, BESS, EV Chargers & Heat Pumps.A specialist area Luke is...

Lowri is the Sales Director at Midsummer, and in her 8 years at the company has presided over a fourteen-fold increase in the company’s size. Lowri plays a key role in building, developing and motivating our sales team, and ensuring our customers get superb service. Lowri embodies the sustainable...

Virginia Graham is Chief Executive of Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL). Set up in 2006, REAL administers two consumer codes, four certification schemes and one ID registry in the renewable energy and circular economy sectors. The largest of these is the CTSI-approved Renewable Energy Consumer...

Ross is COO of NextEnergy Capital who oversees UK investments and is a member of the investment committee for the listed fund NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) and NextPower UK ESG, a private fund focused on unsubsidised UK solar and storage. He has more than a decade of experience in the UK solar...

Gary Gundry is all about switching up the electrical industry.With over 30 years of extensive knowledge and expertise in electrical safety – both with installations and products – he is a respected, published author, an active participant on many UK electrical committees, and is known for having...

I have experience in multiple roles of the solar industry. Starting out as a labourer, I learnt how to install PV on multiple roof coverings. I quickly moved into stock control and purchasing department and familiarised myself with the products required for both roofing and electrical installations ...

Edgar Harzfeld, Professor at Stralsund University. Studies and research in Leipzig and Zurich. Since 1996 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Stralsund University responsible for electrical power supply and renewable energy systems. Since 2004 - 2021 numerous research...

Niall Haughian CFA (COO of HyWaves) is the co-founder of three solar startups. Niall is a Chartered Financial Analyst with 12+ years’ experience in finance working for blue-chips, and 5+ years in solar modelling complex financial structures. Niall has helped secure >£2.5m in public funding and...

Chris Hewett joined the Solar Energy UK (formerly Solar Trade Association) in 2017 and became Chief Executive in January 2018. He has 25 years’ experience in advocacy, policy research, thought leadership and campaigning on a wide variety of sustainability, energy and environmental issues.  He was...

Cheryl is Director of Energy Capital at the WMCA. She is driving the delivery of the West Midlands Regional Energy Strategy and energy devolution ask to Government, to ensure the West Midlands has the necessary tools, powers and resources to meet its green recovery and net zero ambitions. Cheryl...

Matt Hilton served over 18 years in the British Army as an Intelligence Officer before setting up Brimstone Energy. Creating an environmentally-focused energy business has been a life-long calling for Matt, and the ethos and values of the business are encapsulated by our core values:...

Thomas (Tom) Hitch has 10+ years’ experience working in B2B customer-facing proposition development roles spanning FMCG and event technology. Tom has a passion for communicating complex products & services to make them instantly understandable to the mass market - including explaining V2G to...

Wera Hobhouse is the MP for Bath. She lives with her husband William in Bath. They have four grown-up children. Wera was first elected to Parliament in 2017. She has been instrumental in tackling violence against women and girls, making upskirting a criminal offence in England and Wales and...

'Creating a solar nation, one house at a time.' (www.solar-power.co.uk)

Ben Hopkinson is Policy Researcher at Britain Remade, a pro-economic growth campaign group that supports building more homes, transport links, and clean sources of energy. Prior to Britain Remade he worked as a Senior Risk Consultant at PwC, where he had clients in the energy, housing, and...

Mark Howitt is an energy, innovation and business consultant. He is a United Nations (UNECE) expert advisor in energy transition technologies, economics, regulation and politics – http://business-lift.co.uk/renewable-energy/. He is also a member of the UK advisory team to the IEA (International...

Jason Howlett is Global CEO at GivEnergy. In under 2 years in the role, he has piloted the GivEnergy Group growth from 2 group brand divisions to 13 group brand divisions, steered the company through 500% financial growth, and led the leadership team as the company rocketed to ~500 international...

Iola is the Research Manager at Rho Motion, with a background in Geophysics, working on electric vehicle, energy stationary storage and battery market analysis, as well as modelling energy and commodity demand associated with the energy transition and has been with the company since its...

Alex Hughes is Scheme Manager at MCS, the UK’s quality mark for small-scale renewable technologies, such as solar panels and heat pumps. Alex oversees MCS operations, manages relationships with UCAS, manufacturers, and installers, and works closely with government to share valuable insights into...

Faisal Hussain, HIES Chief Executive, has a wealth of in-depth knowledge and experience in renewable energy. He has many years’ experience in marketing, project management, and research and development. Faisal is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a member of various industry ...

Saif Islam is a Senior Consultant at EuPD Research. He joined the company in 2011 and has since been a part of a majority of all studies published in regards to energy and photovoltaics. In addition, Saif Islam participates actively in the studies to get a feel for what drives the installers, the...

Chris leads the data collection, assurance and metering activities at the Low Carbon Contracts Company across the CfD, Hydrogen and CCUS schemes. He has over 10 years in senior operational and commercial roles in the metering industry.

Mr. Aris Kalogeropoulos is the Distribution Manager of Sungrow for UK/Ireland, Southern Eastern Europe and CIS. In his role he overlooks all the relevant activities on the residential and C&I solutions of Sungrow in this region. He is an experienced manager (BEng, MSc, MBA) with international...

Daniel Kastner serves as the CEO of Fronius UK, serving the UK and Ireland markets, leading a team of dedicated professionals with deep industry knowledge. With over 14 years of local market experience, Fronius has positioned itself as an early innovator in Solar PV, demonstrating proven and...

Ramin is a confident electrical engineer with over 12 years experience in the industry. He leads a multitude of projects to completion successfully with his technical and practical abilities.

Josh King is a familiar face in the solar and storage industry. He brings almost a decade of industry experience and has held senior technical and director-level roles at nationwide smart energy and low carbon technology organisations. Josh is Director of Gensource Ltd, a full-turnkey energy...

Based in Yorkshire, Arthama joined the Leeds team in July 2023. His passion for art, design, and the built environment began at a young age, leading him to study BA (Hons) Architecture and subsequently MA Urban Design at Leeds Metropolitan University. Arthama has over 10 years of planning...

Richard works for Sharenergy Co-operative as a Community Energy Consultant, supporting community groups across the country to develop renewable energy projects. He has two engineering degrees and a decade's experience of the community energy sector, as well as a background in advocacy and...

As Europe's largest renewable energy producer Statkraft's commitment to sustainable, responsible business conduct is really about helping to ensure the transition to net zero is a 'just' transition. I joined Statkraft in 2021, and now have a role as a Senior Advisor in...

Duncan is Head of Policy and Advocacy at Community Energy England and leads engaging with government to ensure community energy is supported to fulful its essential roles in achieving net zero, deliverying local participation in and benefit from the energy transformation. He is passionate about...

Leon Lee is the Sales Director, EMEA at RJE Tech Co., Ltd. Witharound 20 years of experience in the energy sector, his expertise spans product development, project management, sales strategy, and comprehensive knowledge of battery technology and energy storage systems (ESS). Leon champions...

Dr James Li is Sungrow’s Director of ESS for Europe. James holds a PhD in Power System Engineering since 2007 and has a long experience in the renewables sector globally, having involved in projects around the world, including, Brazil, China, the UK and mainland Europe. In his current role, he is...

David Lindsay is the Managing Director of Certi-Fi, parent company of Flexi-Orb. Flexi-Orb is the UK’s newest certification scheme for Solar PV (photovoltaics), Electrical Energy Storage Systems (EESS), and the first in the UK to offer Electric Vehicle Charge Points (EVCP). The Flexi-Orb (Flexible...

Luke has over 5 years’ experience within the renewable energy industry and has deployed over 100 MWp of Behind the Meter Solar Assets, having acted as Technical Lead on everything from domestic installations to multi-Megawatt ground and rooftop installations. Luke is responsible for the in-house...

Tom has worked in energy since 2010. He has shaped innovation and regulation at two energy suppliers, the energy regulator and a consumer group. He founded Thermal Storage UK with the first three members in December 2021.

Eugene Lucarelli is an experienced professional within the solar industry. He has served in marketing and sales roles for inverter and battery manufacturers in China and the UK. 

Rahima is an Uyghur singer, human rights activist, and award-winning translator of the poignant prison memoir The Land Drenched in Tears by Soyungul Chanisheff. She translated the testimonies of survivors during the Uyghur Tribunal, and is a prominent voice for Uyghurs in the UK. Rahima has led the ...

I am Professor and Chair in Clean Technologies, Renewable Energy and Lead of Solar Energy Research Group within the Environment & Sustainability Institute. I am also Director and Scientific Advisor of the BuildSolar Limited. I am also Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indian...

Jonathan was appointed Invinity’s Chief Executive Officer in September 2024, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Development Officer. Prior to his appointment as an Executive Director, he was a member of Invinity’s Board as the Senior Independent Director (appointed May...

Kevin McCann is a sustainability analyst with NextEnergy Capital, the specialist investor and asset manager in utility scale solar and energy storage. He previously led policy development for the UK solar industry association, and delivered social and environmental projects in Central and West...

Mr. McDermott is the Senior Vice President Business Development & Sales for ESS Inc. An energy sector executive focused on growing energy infrastructure and advanced energy technology businesses primarily addressing utility, industrial and commercial sectors, Mr. McDermott has served in...

Lucy is the Technical Manager at MCS, a profit-for-purpose standards organisation that plays a central role in the UK’s adoption of renewable energy sources for our homes and small businesses. One of her current focuses is encouraging alignment and collaboration with other standards organisations. ...

Andrine Mendez is a seasoned entrepreneur and marketer with over 15 years of experience. As a leader at GoPlugable, he champions the development of slow charging networks, aiming to make electric vehicles more accessible by creating an alternative base charging network. Through his work, Andrine is ...

Tim is responsible for origination and development of energy efficiency and decentralised investments, with a specific focus on greenfield investment opportunities.

Jim joined the Thrive Renewables team in summer 2023 as an Investment Manager, with a focus on originating and executing new debt and equity transactions for Thrive. Jim joined from GuarantCo in London, a company that provides credit guarantees to enable sustainable infrastructure development in...

I have been working at Clarkson & Woods for 14 years and over that time have become a specialist in ecological assessments of large scale solar farms. I carry out pre-construction surveys for planning applications, provide ecological services during construction and monitoring of operational...

Sarah Montgomery is the CEO and Co-founder of Infyos. The digital platform that helps energy, automotive and battery companies manage their battery supply chain sustainability. Sarah has been recognised as a one of the world’s most impactful leaders on Forbes 30 Under 30 and has been featured in...

Andrew Moore is the Founder and CEO of UKSOL Ltd (www.uksol.uk) the leading British solar PV panel producer and exporter. Previously, Andrew was International Sales Director for Antaris Solar, a German solar PV module manufacturer.Andrew has over 18 years’ experience in renewable energy. He is a...

Edward Morello is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Dorset since 2024. Edward is a committed environmentalist. He works in renewable energy investment, encouraging businesses to move to clean energy. Climate change is the defining issue of our generation, and he...

Dr Wojciech Mrozik is a Faraday Institution Senior Research Fellow at Newcastle University.  He is an expert in the risk assessment and identification of hazards from lithium-ion battery failures – by working within the Faraday Institution-funded “ReLiB” and “Safebatt” projects. He has given a...

Ali is a client facing executive who specialises in insurance solutions for renewable energy technologies. Since joining the team at Marsh, Ali has focussed on BESS as a rapidly developing subsector of the industry. His key strength lies in his ability to digest and communicate complex technical...

Charlotte is an Associate Director within the Cities and Regions team. She has experience developing renewable energy projects with the public, private and community sectors, providing support at all stages of renewable energy project development and delivery: from initial site finding and...

Sarah recently joined Low Carbon Contracts Company, leading a large portfolio of Electricity Contracts for Difference, on the back of 20+ years in Gas and Electricity Transmission. She has a passion for great leadership and believes the success of any organisation lies with its people.  With a...

Wambui Okello is the Founder and Executive Director of Solar Mtaani, a registered Community Based Organisation in Kenya, that aims at promoting sustainable solar energy solutions in economic disadvantaged areas. This is through solar learning, construction of solar shops for rural women and, solar...

Mark started his career as a Eurobond trader with Nomura International in London, before moving into energy trading, running a large futures proprietary trading firm based in Chicago. He was head of power and carbon trading at E.On Energy Trading in Düsseldorf until 2010. Since 2019 he has been...

As a Senior Associate in the Subscription Analytics team, Ashutosh leads Aurora’s research on grids in Great Britian, and is also responsible for Aurora’s upcoming India Power & Renewables service. Ashutosh is responsible for policy analysis for grids, renewables and decarbonisation of the...

Adam Padilla is Scheme Insights Manger at MCS, the UK’s quality mark for small-scale renewable technologies, such as solar panels and heat pumps. Adam is responsible for the MCS Data Dashboard, which allows MCS to share near-real-time updates on the adoption of small-scale renewable installations...

Guy is founder and co-director of Wychwood Biodiversity Limited. He has been working with land managers in the UK since 2009, promoting biodiversity on private and public land. His passion is restoring habitats on renewable energy sites, which he sees as a great way to tackle the climate and...

I am the co-founder and CEO of MEGGITT, a company that uses AI and ML to elevate the management of renewable assets. With over 10 years of experience in the renewable energy industry, I have a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in this sector and a passion for innovation and...

Gareth is a lawyer who specialises in the consenting, financing, acquisition and disposal of renewable energy projects, including solar and energy storage. He understands the full lifecycle of these projects and is well-used to balancing regulatory and commercial factors, bringing together...

David is an experienced engineer, specialising in commercial and residential scale photovoltaic installations and energy management solutions. For the past six years, David has held the position of Technical Advisor at Fronius UK and provides technical support for the entire project lifecycle of...

Pratheeksha Ramdas is a Senior Analyst in Rystad Energy’s Renewable Research team focusing on solar, wind and storage markets in UK, Spain, Portugal and Europe in general. She has more than five years of experience in global power and renewables sector and holds a Master’s degree in Electrical...

Dr. Andy Rankin is the visionary founder and Managing Director of Midsummer Energy, a leading renewable energy company based in Cambridge, UK. A former climate scientist who started a solar company from his narrowboat 15 years ago. Andy likes to build things from scratch, whether that's...

Senior Ecologist at Clarkson and Woods

CEO & Co-founder of Paua.  The next generation fuel card!Paua enables business to have increased confidence in their ability to find, charge and pay and manage all their EV charging costs and data. Niall founded Paua in 2021 following a period leading the EV team at EDF Energy & building...

David Rimmer is the Microgrid Business Leader for Schneider Electric UK&I. As we look towards the new energy landscape with increasing renewables and distributed energy generation, the migration to electric vehicles, and the importance of energy resilience, David’s focus is on leveraging...

Simon Roberts is the CEO and co-founder of Heatio, a Clean Tech company, dedicated to revolutionising the renewable energy landscape. Heatio is at the forefront of developing innovative funding solutions, including Energy as a Service, to tackle the cost barriers associated with renewable energy...

Chris is an independent consultant and expert witness in his 24th year in the solar industry. He was one of the original founders of MCS and has been heavily involved with the scheme as it has evolved over the years as director, technical author and chair of many of the technical working...

A leading global expert in smart charging and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, Becky has led software development teams from idea conception to commercial roll out. She has over 12 years of experience in zero emission vehicle and renewable energy space, having been a consultant for key technology...

Project Developer, SSE Renewables Solar & Battery. Over 5 years of development and operations experience in UK utility scale solar, SEUK Natural Capital Steering Group member.

Jyoti is the founder of GreenEnco. He is an expert in solar energy & energy storage and an advisor of some key energy organisation in the UK. He has executed over 6 GW solar PV project in last 16 years across the PV lifecycle in EMEA, Asia and USA. He has performed Techno-commercial...

Yousra is a sustainability professional specializing in responsible supply chain and energy, bringing forth a wealth of experience working globally for blue-chip companies in 8 countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. She is a skilled negotiator who has developed successful...

Vincenzo has over 23 years of experience in asset finance and leasing. He has covered sales, sales management and business development positions within different companies in France, Italy and the UK. Since 2019, Vincenzo is leading the sales team of the Technology, Healthcare and Green Energy...

Matt is a Senior Director at Quod.  He is a chartered town planner who has worked in the private sector since 2002. He is Board Member of the National Infrastructure Planning Association (NIPA) and has a diverse experience in planning, ranging from large-scale regeneration and nationally...

Rachel is a Chartered Electrical Engineer with 35 years’ experience working for the local distribution network operator since the pre-privatisation Manweb era. During this time Rachel has worked on designing new connections to the local electricity network, maintenance & fault restoration and...

Gareth Simkins is Senior Communications Adviser at SEUK. Having joined in June 2022, he previously spent 16 years at ENDS, the UK’s premier source of news and analysis for environmental professionals. Most recently, he was a senior writer at the ENDS Report, where he specialised in law, industrial...

Andrew is a Chartered Insurance Broker (ACII), has had a career in insurance for 35 years since leaving school at 18 having had several roles within insurers and insurance brokers in underwriting, broking in management and client servicing. Specialising for the last 7 yrs in renewable energy Andrew ...

Following a long career in the RAF, Randal Smith was the PM for the Jaguar I-Pace, the first fully EV from Jaguar Land Rover, with the car going on to win 90 international awards and World Car of the Year in 2019.  He has built companies up and led the installation of numerous EV charging networks...

With over 20 years of experience in designing, developing and managing technology products across multiple sectors for some of the biggest brands, John heads up product development and strategy for UPOWA.With a relentless focus on innovation and sustainability, John is driving the development of...

Philip Steele is responsible for innovation of tariffs, IoT and services at Octopus Energy having previously run his own Smart Home start-up for 6 years. Since joining Octopus Energy, Phil has built on the Agile half-hourly tariff to launch integrations with the IFTTT and Alexa services, multiple...

Expert witness on understanding change to heritage significance.Developer of industry good practice and guidance on impact assessment and cultural heritage.Leading a team of 20+ heritage consultants, across four offices in southern England; undertaking heritage assessments for planning and listed...

Dr KT Tan is the Chief Technical Officer at Viridian Solar, a UK company based in Cambridge with their renowned innovative Clearline Fusion products. For over two decades, he has been devoting his professional life to developing products and technologies for the renewable sector. He started to work ...

Dave Tattershall, the Founder and Chairman of Solarport, boasts over 30 years of experience as a Managing Director and Director of engineering companies. A highly accomplished engineer with over 45 years in design and manufacturing, his positive outlook on the future of energy security and British...

Since studying Energy & Environmental Engineering studies in 2010, Euan has cultivated a fervent dedication to clean energy. His extensive career spans practical installations, consultancy, technical design, and on-site support in areas such as Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Heat Pumps, Heat...

Rob Taylor is Group CIO at GivEnergy – the UK market leader for home energy storage systems. Rob’s mission is to empower energy freedom for all. To advance this mission, he is implementing the use of new technologies to democratise and simplify distributed energy resources.Sitting under Rob’s...

Pete Tillotson is a Research Analyst at Rho Motion focussing on the BESS market. His work covers the BESS Monthly Assessment, tracking global deployments of BESS assets globally, the BESS Quarterly Outlook and energy storage related consultancy projects. Pete has a BA in Politics from the...

Jim has been a private markets investor in sustainability focussed companies and infrastructure for 20 years, after a prior career in advisory and academia. He has worked in sectors such as Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Clean Industry, Agriculture, Water and Mobility. Jim was previously at...

Trung Tran is the Global Head of Grid at Aura Power, specialising in large-scale solar and battery storage development. He oversees all grid-related aspects of projects in the UK, Europe and America, from inception to energisation. Additionally, he serves as the Chair of the Grid Steering Group at...

Colin is a chartered town planner with 20 years’ experience. He leads collaborative teams towards obtaining the principal consents required for the development of large energy infrastructure. These include solar, thermal and transmission developments, and Development Consent Order projects under...

Mark is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, with over thirty years’ experience, mostly at director level and mostly as MD for a large regional contractor.  Mark uses this experience to support businesses as Chair of the Major Contractors Group and Vice-Chair of Constructing Excellence...

George Whitcombe is a Research Analyst at Rho Motion focusing on the EV market. His work covers the EV Sales Monthly Assessment, EV and Battery Quarterly Outlook, and EV Production Quarterly Outlook. As part of his work, he tracks EV sales at both the country and OEM level, EV prices, and...

Matthias Wiget, founder and CEO of Eturnity, is an entrepreneurial figure in the renewable energy sector, known for his innovative approach to energy solutions. Matthias envisioned a company that would revolutionize the way businesses manage and sell renewable energy systems. His leadership and...

Gareth Williams has a deep rooted and evolving passion for the sustainability agenda.  This has led him to develop from his family farming roots into a diversified rural business focusing on the renewable energy business, Caplor Energy and also includes property rental and farming activity based...

Jeff is the Head of Sustainability at Infyos, where he supports renewable energy investors, asset owners and manufacturers to identify and address environmental, social and governance risks across their supply chains. He is an experienced sustainability professional who has spent over seven years...

Simon Williamson is Group Product Manager and Head of Analysis at Field. Field develop, build and operate grid-scale battery storage assets across UK and EU. Simon produces Field's analysis around siting and sizing of energy storage projects, and leads on Field's development of revenue...

Jeremy began his professional life managing an independent retail business then worked for some years as a Hansard editor in the Australian Parliament. After several energy and environment policy roles in the UK Civil Service, including the smart metering program, he spent ten years at a trade...