HEELEC - Key Persons

Aditya (Adi) Kumar

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Director, Energy & Sustainability / Honeywell
Honeywell / Director, Energy & Sustainability
Is Director

Aditya (Adi) Kumar is Director, Offering Management for Sustainable Building Technology (SBT) business within Honeywell Building Technology (HBT). He is responsible for introducing new offering to help commercial buildings become more sustainable, energy & cost efficient. Adi has held offering and business leadership roles within Honeywell including Honeywell Connected Enterprise (HCE) and Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS). Most recently, he was the global services business leader for HCE's industrial business. Prior to joining Honeywell, he worked for organisations like Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Cisco Systems. Adi holds an engineering degree from Delhi University and an MBA from IMD, Switzerland.

Alex Gee - COO

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Operations Director

Alex joined Norse Consulting in June 2013 having worked in the public, private and international sectors. He had responsibility for managing Group Quality and Compliance and had operational responsibility for NPS Archaeology prior to becoming the Operations Director for NPS Peterborough, running the Estates and Asset Management joint venture with Peterborough City Council since 2016. He is currently leading Evolve Norse, a multidisciplinary joint venture with the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Andrea Abrahams

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Head of BP Target Neutral
Managing Director / International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance

Andrea is a former Director for Energy Transition at BP and head of BP Target Neutral.

Andrew Baker

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UK Woodland Carbon Markets Advisor

Andrew Donald

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Senior Business Development Manager

Andrew Donald has held a wide range of senior commercial roles, both within the energy sector and further afield, including at both Centrica and British Gas where he picked up a passion for everything Net Zero. His expertise lies in the Public Sector space but has also has a breadth of experience in the private and third sectors. At Powerstar, Andrew specialises in delivering complex, fully compliant, and cost-effective solutions for Public Sector organisations, particularly within the Healthcare sector. Previous experience also includes CEO of Ospreys Rugby, General Manager of a ladder manufacturer, and Director for Wales at Virgin Media. He lives outside Swansea, lists "Family" as his hobby, and thinks he can play golf. Whatever you do, do not ask him about Rugby or Cricket.

Andy Cooper

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UK Sales Manager

Asheya Patten - COO

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Operations Director

Ashley Tate - CEO, Founder

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CEO
Co - Founder

Avara Food

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Environmental Sustainability & Governance Strategic Consultant

Ben Rattenbury

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VP Policy

Brian Clavin

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Head of Battery Energy Storage Solutions

Brian Matuszewski

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Chief Partnerships Officer

Caroline Bragg

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Head of Policy

Chris Davis

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UK Manager
UK Sales Manager for Hysopt

Chris is currently the UK Sales Manager for Hysopt (Hydronic System Optimisation). His experience in the heating sector spans more than 20 years, during which time he has worked in product and business development roles focused on low carbon heating solutions. Having been closely involved with the heat pump sector since 2006, Chris fervently believes that electrification of heat and wide-scale adoption of heat pump technology is crucially important if we are to decarbonise our residential and commercial buildings; and is excited to see that (at last) heat pump technology and heat networks are being considered as complimentary solutions to our current climate crisis challenges.

Christelle Barnes

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UK Country Manager for SolarEdge Technologies

Clarke Energy

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Sales Manager

Craig Morley

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Bruntwood / Energy Manager
Energy Manager / Bruntwood

Daire Casey

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Energy Services Manager / West Sussex County Council

Dan Smith

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Director of Energy Services

Daniel Coakley

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Sustainability Manager / Lloyds Banking Group

Danielle Mulder

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Group Sustainability Director / BBC

Darren Sear

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Global Head of Engineering, Energy and Environment / Standard Chartered Bank

Dee Humphries

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Managing Director of EV Solutions

Deryck Woofdord

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Business Development Manager

Emma Kent

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Construction Director / Metropolitan Police Service

Emma Piercy

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Head of Climate Change & Energy Policy / Food and Drink Federation

Emma Watson

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Head
Head of Standards / Science

Emma Watson is the SBTi's Head of Standards. Emma joined CDP in 2021 as the SBTi's Senior Manager for Net-Zero. Under the strategic direction of the SBTi's Steering Committee, Emma led the development of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard. Previously, Emma worked at Carbon Intelligence where she led delivery of strategic services. At Ci, Emma was the technical lead for their science-based targets offering - a service which she developed and brought to market - and had worked with 30% of UK companies with approved science-based targets at the time of her departure. Emma has extensive knowledge of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Scope 3 Standard, and co-authored the UK Green Building Council's Guide to Scope 3 Reporting in Commercial Real Estate. Emma has also worked at environmental consultancy, RPS Group, and gained an MSc in Carbon Management and BSc with Honours in Environmental Science, both from the University of Edinburgh. Emma is based in London.

Fei Zheng

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Energy Capital Projects Manager / Islington Council

Fiona Fanning

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Executive Director

Gary Bark

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Managing Director / Optimised Buildings Ltd

Gary Collins

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Sales Manager / Edina UK Ltd

Geoff Ellison

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Director
Chartered Environmental Engineer

Geoff is a chartered environmental engineer with over 40 years experience. By the age of 30 he was Technical Director of one of the largest environmental management companies in the UK before becoming a consultant on environmental issues, Health & Safety and environmental investments.

George Richards

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Director

George Richards is a seasoned energy professional with over 35 years' experience in energy and facilities management environments gained working with a diverse portfolio of clients and sites throughout the UK and Ireland, delivering sustainable solutions to improve business performance. Having completed an HVAC apprenticeship and worked in various HVAC roles before moving into contract energy management and innovation roles with organisations such BP, Dalkia and Pera, George has a practical insight into the fundamental challenges facing organisations irrespective of their size or complexity. He is a passionate believer in the need for immediate action to address climate change and is actively engaging and assisting organisations to develop and implement Net Zero strategies.

Gillian Brown

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Head of Property Sustainability

Gisela McIntosh

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Architect
Associate Architect - Sustainability

Gisela is an architect who has spent most of her career delivering public sector projects, including schools, leisure centres, theatre and care home projects. She has also spent some time as quality and commercial manager in the construction sector, gaining experience in rail and highways.