M&S ENERGY SOCIETY - Key Persons


MARIANA SPATER - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
Mariana was formerly the Managing Director of Fountain Television in Wembley, the largest purpose built TV studio in Britain, from where the X Factor is broadcast. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a predecessor firm of Haysmacintyre. Mariana has also been a trustee of the charity Royal Surgical Aid Society since 2007 and chaired it from 2010 to 2014. Mariana has been a long standing supporter of community energy and is a member of a number of other community energy projects.

MIKE SMYTH

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor
Mike is a solicitor who lives in Milford, Surrey. He is the volunteer chair of Energy4All, Wey Valley Solar Schools Energy Co-operative and The Schools' Energy Co-operative, both of which install solar panels on schools. Previously he was a partner of Lawrence Graham, a major London based firm of solicitors, for more than 20 years, specialising in corporate and commercial law.

TOM RAFTERY

Tom is the Solar PV manager for Bauder Ltd, a business specialising in the manufacture, design and installation of flat roofs and solar PV solutions for flat roofs. In addition to solar pv Tom has extensive experience in installing flat and green roofs. He was involved in Transition Town Berkhamsted's Solar PV offer, which, in partnership with Energy4All, installed a community funded solar array on the local secondary school, and he has been involved in a number of other community funded solar schemes.