BOARD
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 Every comes from a background in sales and marketing to Board level and new technology development in engineered and technical products for companies including Wiggins Teape Paper, Courtauld International Marine Paints plc, National Starch Corporation, and Williams Holdings plc. He moved from corporate management to consulting twenty years ago and has worked with major organisations including Michelin, Powergen plc, 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 chief executive officer of Enhance Biotech Inc. a biotech start-up and as an active board member for Brimac Ltd, an environmental business focused on manufacture and application of carbon for filtration in the sugar refining and water treatment fields.
Christopher Tawney, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Christopher Tawney has been a finance director of AIM listed biodiesel producer D1 Oils plc and brings on board 'green' energy and fundraising experience. Previously he was the finance director and a key member of the management team that turned around mining and resources group WBB Minerals which was a part of the Sibelco Group. He has held senior financial roles in other international groups including Lucent Technologies, Thales and Veolia. 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 Cooper is an experienced corporate lawyer, with a unique focus in waste management and environmental law. She currently holds the post of European General Counsel at Golder Associates, international environmental and water treatment specialists. She was previously an associate at Clarkslegal and a leading member of their environmental and projects law team. Prior to Clarkslegal, she was the company secretary for SITA Holdings UK Ltd, where she was responsible for all legal affairs of this leading UK waste management and recycler. She helped strategically guide the company through all aspects of environmental law, compliance, contract procurement and management, and was responsible for negotiations and communications with the Environment Agency at a national level in the UK. Prior to SITA Holdings UK, Libby was the company secretary and director for the Initial Services Division of BET Plc (now Rentokil Plc), where she was responsible for all legal matters affecting the company's operations. Libby began her career at Shanks and McEwan (Southern) Limited, a major waste management firm in the UK, where she became company secretary responsible for human resources and legal functions.
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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