Advisory Board

Caroline leads the development of the Association’s policy and regulatory work – working closely with members and policymakers to promote the sustainable development of the decentralised energy sector in the UK.

Caroline joined the ADE from RenewableUK where her work in the policy team included the Levy Control Framework and its support schemes, network charging and reform to balancing and capacity markets across low carbon technologies.

She was also heavily involved in supporting technology-specific policy development with a particular focus upon emerging technologies including tidal and wave energy.

Caroline holds a MSc from Oxford University and a BA from Manchester University

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Caroline is a researcher with the ADE, where she works on a wide range of research projects related to the transition to a low-carbon energy system, and supports the Association’s policy and regulation work – working closely with members and policymakers to promote the sustainable development of the decentralised energy sector in the UK.

Caroline is also the Scheme Administrator of the Flex Assure Code of Conduct and Compliance Scheme, working to ensure high standards of practice in the energy flexibility sector, in order to build and maintain trust and confidence in the sector.

Caroline joined the ADE and Flex Assure while completing her PhD in Geography at the University of St Andrews, exploring the ethics of energy transitions from a citizens’ perspective in Denmark and the UK. She holds a MSc from the London School of Economics and a MA(Honours) from the University of St Andrews.

Dr Irene Di Martino has been leading Amp X since it was established in September 2019, focusing on the delivery of a data-rich digital energy platform which caters for a number of autonomous interoperable products to future-proof the grid, unlocking flexibility through non-wire-alternatives, whilst improving system resilience and stability at the lowest possible cost.

Irene has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, with a robust engineering background and an industrially-sponsored PhD in the power generation domain. She has spent most of her career to date at Engie where she was a global Key Expert, leading strategic technical programmes to increase the profitability of the Engie generation portfolio. Whilst at Engie, Irene also gained a number of Innovation awards by contributing to some ground-breaking technology developments in the field of power generation. Prior to Engie, Irene worked at QinetiQ on cutting-edge development projects for aerospace applications.

Dr Michaela Kendall is CEO and co-founder of fuel cell pioneers Adelan (Birmingham, UK). One of the world’s first fuel cell businesses, Adelan commercialises a clean energy technology she co-invented in the early 1990s.  

Over a 30-year career, she has secured significant international funding, working with powerful strategic policy and technical networks vital to low carbon business, including the US EPA, the UN, the EU and national governments.  

As a leading environmental scientist with faculty positions in America, Asia and Europe, Dr Kendall also holds academic posts (including three Visiting Professorships) at UK universities.  

Managing industrial R&D programmes funded by the US, EU and Chinese governments, Dr Kendall plays a key role in building the UK’s national fuel cell strategy, is the Hydrogen Champion for the UK and is an invitee to COP26 in November 2021. 

Addressing the emissions, security and cost of energy throughout her career, her personal goal is to foster the widest possible international cooperation to realise the ambitions of global hydrogen and fuel cell networks to achieve net zero. 

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