Board Of Directors
Duncan Sedgwick, NON EXECUTIVE INTERIM CHAIRMAN
Duncan is a proven leader in the energy sector. In November 2008 he joined Secure Electrans as CEO. This company is seeking to join together energy metering, energy display information and payment methodologies both for energy services as well as internet purchases by the use of patent protected new technology. Prior to that he was the CEO of the Energy Retail Association (ERA) in the United Kingdom. He helped to build the association from the ground up, becoming a key spokesman for the sector in time of unprecedented price rises. He has delivered major operational performance improvements in the areas of selling, customer transfer and billing within member organisations. Prior to his role with the ERA, Duncan held various positions within PowerGen, the largest UK power utility. As Director of Business Transformation, he led company wide change programmes to reduce operating costs and improve productivity. Prior to this role, he was the Retail Director – Residential Markets where Duncan was responsible for the £1bn consumer business. While in this role he led unprecedented growth in utility consumers, repositioned the brand and company, as well as overhauled the IT infrastructure to provide for efficient and stable growth.
Chris Every, Chief Executive
Chris comes from a background in sales and marketing to Board level management and new technology development in engineered and technical products, for companies including Wiggins Teape Paper, Courtauld International Marine Paints, National Starch, and Williams Holdings. He moved from corporate management to consulting twenty years ago and has worked with major organisations including Michelin, Powergen, TXU Energy and national and local government. He also has extensive experience in building new businesses, including Enhance Biotech Inc. and Brimac Ltd. Most recently, Chris has served as the CEO of Enhance Biotech Inc. a biotech start-up, and is an active board member for Brimac Ltd, an environmental business focused on the manufacture and application of carbon for filtration in the sugar refining and water treatment fields.
Christopher Tawney, executive director and Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Tawney has recent ‘green’ energy and fundraising experience as Finance Director of AIM listed biodiesel producer, D1 Oils plc. Previously he was Finance Director and a key member of the management team that turned around mining and resources group WBB Minerals, part of the Sibelco Group. He has held senior financial roles in international groups including Lucent Technologies, Thales and Veolia after training and qualifying as an accountant with Price Waterhouse. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages from Cambridge University.
Libby Cooper, Non Executive Director
Libby is an experienced corporate lawyer, with a unique focus in waste management and environmental law. She is currently European Legal Counsel with Golder Associates, a global consultancy that specialises in ground engineering and environmental sciences, where she is responsible for advising the European operations on all legal matters affecting the business. Previously, she has been a leading member of Clarkslegal's environmental law practice advising both government and private sector clients in a range of areas including creation of environmental compliance strategies, development of renewable energy projects, and implementation of regional waste management programmes. Prior to that she led the legal team in SITA UK Ltd providing all legal services to this leading waste management company.
Andrew Cosentino, Non Executive Director
Andrew Cosentino is a Yale graduate with over 25 years of experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions and capitalization of companies though public and private equity and debt financings from seed stage financing through to post-IPO financings. During that time, Andrew also acquired experience in corporate and securities law in legal practice. He was a partner in the New York office of several major U.S. law firms. Andrew has worked on over 500 transactions for a variety of public and private company clients, ranging from early stage companies to mature industry leaders, as well as investment banking firms and funds, based in the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Far East. He has counselled enterprises focused upon diverse businesses including high technology, biotechnology, clean technology, software, financial institutions and investment banking, communications and media, consulting, consumer products marketing and distribution, manufacturing, specialty retailing, transportation and transportation services and mining.
Phillip Hollobone, Non Executive Director
Philip is both the Member of Parliament for the Kettering Constituency and a member of Kettering Borough Council. Before being elected to Parliament in 2005, Philip spent most of his working career as an utility industry analyst with respectively Williams de Broë, Panmure Gordon and Société General examining the performance of UK and European water, gas and electricity companies. Philip served over eight years in the Territorial Army, latterly as a paratrooper. He was educated at Oxford University, where he studied Modern History and Economics.
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