TRESOC - Key Persons
Alastair has grown into the role of Engineering Director, having worked for over a year with Tresoc as project manager for the Shine Project. Previously, Alastair worked on various renewable energy projects in his native South Africa, including a way to substitute electricity, paraffin or deforesting wood (for cooking fuel) with clean burning biogas from organic waste. He recently gained an MSc in marine renewable energy at Plymouth University and has worked for RegenSW and Argand Solutions. He is currently Plymouth Project Manager of the South West Energy Unit. SWEU has the mandate to assist public and private/community with energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across the SW. Joined Dec 2014.
Job Titles:
- Artist
- Digital Media Assistant
Ella is an artist with a background in teaching, having worked in a women's prison and a number of other community settings. Upon moving to Devon several years ago, she turned her attention towards Environmental Arts Therapy, engaging with nature as metaphor to enhance self-awareness and deepen relationship to the world around us.
Ella is currently working freelance alongside her own artistic practice, supporting local community organisations (such as TRESOC) that feel aligned with her values, so as to feed an ongoing curiosity around the intersections between the natural environment, creative process and our human experience.
Job Titles:
- Legal Director
- Senior Associate at Foot Anstey
Hannah is a Senior Associate at Foot Anstey solicitors and is a member of their dispute resolution team specialising in property litigation. Her key areas of interest include enforceability of restrictive covenants and easements.
Hannah works for clients across a variety of sectors including large retailers, high net worth individuals, and landed estates. In all cases she aims to provide clear and practical advice to clients and enjoys tailoring this advice to suit each client whether they're a multi-national company or an individual. A recent highlight for Hannah was assisting a retail client in a trespass and nuisance claim with value in excess of £500,000.
Outside of work Hannah is kept busy by her two dogs, and she also enjoys reading, running and travel.
Ian Bright joined other community energy groups, with Regen SW on a study tour to Brussels in December 2016, meeting with Molly Scott-Cato, MP. This included a presentation from the Dirk Vansintjan, President of REScoop.eu , the European federation of groups and cooperatives of citizens for renewable energy.
Ian Bright joined with Jodie Giles of RegenSW and Francis MacNaughton of South Brent Sustainable Energy Society to discuss the benefits of community energy with Andrea Leadsom MP, Minister of State DECC, at a meeting arranged by Totnes MP, Dr Sarah Wollaston. Wednesday 24 February 2016
Ian graduated in Forestry from Aberdeen University and has enjoyed a varied career in forestry contracting, consultancy, management and lecturing. His experience with renewable energy development began with a wood heat project in 1994, moving on to become a founding member of Econergy Ltd., a leading UK wood-heat company, in 2001. He has served since 2003 as Renewable Energy Officer with Somerset County Council, winning a number of national awards, including Public Servant of the Year in 2007. A founder member of TRESOC since 2007, Ian started work full time for the Society in Oct 2010.
Luke obtained his degree in engineering from the University of Leicester in 1984 and worked for a few years for Philips as an Applications Engineer, then a couple of years as a freelance software contractor. For the last 25 years he has been running his own business, supplying and installing audiovisual systems to professional clients. He has wanted for some time to change direction for ideological reasons - to feel that he is doing something that does some good in the world - and is looking at moving into solar PV systems, where he hopes his systems design and project management skills and experience will be useful. He is very pleased to be involved with TRESOC as it gives him practical experience with PV systems, and became part of the team in autumn 2021.
Olly has worked in the energy sector for almost ten years. He has recently shifted roles from being a project manager at Regen to leading the Electricity Storage Network (which Regen manages). The Electricity Storage Network is the leading industry group and voice of the electricity storage sector in the UK.
Olly has developed a strong knowledge base in electric vehicles, asset management, community energy, domestic energy storage and microgeneration. He works across a large spectrum of technologies, providing detailed advisory support for the industry, and is helping deliver a zero-carbon energy system. He is particularly interested in the challenges associated with deploying rural charging infrastructure.
Olly lives locally and spends his spare time attempting to run up hills (ideally off-road).
Raymond has a background in finance, working nearly 20 years variously for Bank of America, Barclays and HSBC in public sector finance. He started to focus on environmental finance over 10 years ago, helping to develop the ESG capital markets. He has since broadened into the wider sustainable finance area, encompassing environmental and social projects, and works as a consultant training and advising organisations. He moved to the Totnes area with his wife and two kids in 2017 and become TRESOC's Finance Director in 2021.
Sally has a PhD in Renewable Energy Policy from University of Plymouth (UoP), a Postgraduate Certificate in Energy Policy (Distinction) from Exeter University and an MSc in Sustainable Environmental Management also from UoP. During her time as a student she worked as a consultant to the Centre for Sustainable Futures (UoP), started the student group ‘the Climate' Society' and volunteered for Friends of the Earth (Birmingham), the Renewable Energy Association and REGEN SW. Since finishing her PhD in 2012 she and her husband have built their own ‘eco-house' and started a family. Joined as Operations Manager in Oct 2015 and became Operations Director in December 2020.