Alexandra works as a Renewable Energy Relationship Director for Lombard, supporting businesses to accelerate their renewable energy adoption and drive sustainable growth. With a strong background in strategy, data and analytics, and climate-focused roles across NatWest Group, Alexandra brings a unique blend of commercial insight and environmental expertise to her work.

Currently studying for an MSc in Carbon Management at the University of Edinburgh, Alexandra is passionate about supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy and helping organisations achieve their sustainability ambitions.

Ben Cameron is Co-Founder and Senior Investment Director at AMPYR Distributed Energy (ADE). Ben has deep experience in acquiring, managing, and exiting distributed energy investments. He executed £600m+ of investments and was a portfolio company Board Member for Sustainable Development Capital’s FTSE 250 fund. At ADE, he is key to managing projects throughout their lifetime, giving businesses confidence that their renewable asset will add value from day one. Specifically, he is responsible for underwriting projects, ensuring adequate financial returns both at project level and across the portfolio, managing the process for approving investments in new projects and partnerships, as well as leading on major financial transactions, including entry into new markets.

Catherine brings 15+ years of grid engineering expertise spanning major energy generation, storage, and demand projects across transmission and distribution networks. As a Connectologist® at Roadnight Taylor, she guides energy developers, investors, data centres, and industrial clients through complex grid connection challenges. 

She has been closely involved with the Connections Reform process, sitting on National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) Connections Process Advisory Group (CPAG) and currently sits on several industry code change workgroups.  Over the years Catherine has sought to support good regulatory policy with her technical expertise, providing technical advice to Ofgem and Government. Before joining Roadnight Taylor, Catherine led the grid connection team at power systems consultancy TNEI. 

Chris is a commercial Energy and Mobility lawyer, with nearly 20 years’ experience in the sustainability sphere. With specialist knowledge of battery storage, solar, EV infrastructure and wind, Chris regularly advises funders, asset owners, developers and contractors on renewable energy projects and the trading and procurement of renewable power. From PPAs and optimisation agreements to commercial frameworks for energy and EV developments, Chris has worked on some of the most exciting UK and international energy and mobility developments.  

He is also a keen advocate for innovation in the energy and mobility space  and is passionate about working on new commercial models to drive ever quicker towards Net Zero, from voluntary carbon offset schemes, local energy markets and a host of data-driven flexibility projects.  

Chris also takes an active role in the development of energy policy, and was a steering group member of the Government’s Energy Data Task Force as well as chairing the Electricity Storage Networks Markets and Revenues Group. He was also included in 

Claire joined Flexitricity in 2019 as the Head of Regulation. She works to increase market opportunities for flexible energy as policy, regulations and codes change to facilitate a net zero future. She brings a deep level of understanding of the potential for non-traditional energy participants to generate revenue and accelerate decarbonisation. 

Claire has worked in the energy industry for over eleven years, covering policy and regulatory developments for technologies including energy storage, onshore wind, and legacy fossil fuel assets. Before that, she worked for environmental NGOs in a range of external affairs and strategy roles. She sits on the DSO Review Panel for Northern Powergrid, providing independent assurance for customers that flexibility decision making is sound. 

David Hill is Director of Global Business Development & Analytics at Form Energy, where he oversees all business development, policy and analytics in the U.S. and internationally. Form Energy is pioneering multi-day energy storage solutions.

Prior to joining Form Energy, David was Chief Commercial Officer at Open Energi, a leading energy storage optimisation company. He drove Open Energi’s commercial growth globally, culminating in the sale of the business to bp in July 2021.

David holds an MA in Economics & Politics from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in Energy, Trade & Finance from Bayes Business School.

Dr Alastair Martin founded the first demand side response business in Great Britain in 2004. Alongside heading up Flexitricity, Alastair has worked on a range of energy policy developments and participates in several key regulatory working groups and committees with the Association for Decentralised Energy, NESO and others.

Alastair is a professional energy engineer with experience ranging from gigawatt-scale coal and nuclear power stations, through industrial efficiency, to small wind, solar, biomass and hydro generators. Before founding Flexitricity, Alastair worked on energy efficiency and renewable energy at Scottish Water.

Over 30 years of experience in Transmission and Distribution engineering, project management, operations and system planning roles I have recently moved into the area of data management to help SSEN Transmission in our journey towards becoming a fully data driven organisation. 

A physicist and technologist turned social entrepreneur, Ben joined Centrica as Director of Research & Innovation in 2022 to accelerate research and innovation. Fusing academia with entrepreneurship, Ben launched Energised Futures, powered by Centrica in the summer of 2024. With a PhD from Imperial College London, working on the COMET experiment in Japan, and postdoc research with the University of Bristol, Ben pivoted from academia to entrepreneurialism, as co-founder and CEO of RemotelyGreen. Bringing world-class research and visionary commercialism, Ben is leading the Energised Futures team with expertise and laser focus to truly accelerate a new energy future. 

Dr Fionnuala Costello is Programme Director for the £1bn Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. Her responsibilities are to support innovation relevant to the DESNZ policy areas of hydrogen, bioenergy, industrial decarbonisation, greenhouse gas removals (including direct air capture) and carbon capture use and storage (CCUS). Before joining DESNZ in June 2023, she spent 15 years at Innovate UK, part of UKRI, funding innovation in businesses. She holds a degree in mechanical engineering from University College Dublin and MSc and PhD in materials science from the University of Manchester. Her early industrial career was in the steel industry before moving into public sector innovation funding. 

Jamie has an academic background, obtaining a PhD in solar energy resource assessment through data science application (University of Leeds 2012-2017). He has applied that research in real-time solar forecasting using satellite imagery, feeding intellectual property into a startup called Solcast, later acquired by DNV (Australian National Uni 2017-2019). He has further applied his research in developing real-time operational solar PV forecasting for Singapore Power network (Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 2019-2021) and since joining UKPN in 2021 he has created our first short term operational forecasting software in the newly formed Data Science & Development team in the DSO.

Ed Birkett is New Projects Director at Low Carbon, a UK-headquartered developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP). Since 2018, Low Carbon has achieved planning permission for over 2,000 MW of solar projects in the UK. Ed leads on Low Carbon’s work on UK grid connections origination and policy. He has been heavily involved in the debates over NESO’s programme of Connections Reform.

George joined Invinity in September 2024 as their European Sales Director and is focused on delivering Lond Duration Energy Storage solutions.  He is tasked with promoting Invinity’s exciting technology of Vanadium Flow Batteries into the European energy markets.

George is a Chartered Engineer with a degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and an MA in Sales Management with over 30 years’ experience in the Energy sector.  He has worked for a number of large international organisations including Siemens, Capgemini, Schneider Electric, Babcock & Wilcox, Honeywell and Rockwell.

George has a passion for engineering and as a STEM ambassador he is working with local schools in promoting engineering as a career of choice.  He is chair for a local charity that supports young people moving from education into the world of work and in addition, he is actively involved in the running of Derby Rugby Club.

Georgina leads Zenobē’s engagement with policymakers, industry stakeholders, and public institutions. With a focus on strategic advocacy, she ensures that Zenobē’s innovative solutions in energy storage and fleet electrification align with and influence governmental and regulatory frameworks.

Georgina is an experienced policy professional with over ten years in the UK Civil Service, focusing on energy flexibility and clean technologies. She specialises in energy storage and demand-side response, contributing to the energy transition. Prior to joining Zenobē, she served as Head of Capacity Market Policy for Low Carbon Technologies at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), where she led essential reforms to enhance the UK’s energy security. Previously, she was the Energy Storage Innovation Lead at DESNZ, launching the £70M Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstration (LODES) programme.

Gerry has worked for SP Energy Networks for 20 years, covering a range of commercial and operational commercial roles. Gerry has been championing the use of Flexibility Services and growing our capabilities from our first tender in 2019. As the Head of Flexibility, Gerry is leading the procurement and implementation of Flexibility and ensuring that it represents the lowest overall cost for consumers. Previous projects include; the deployment of our Active Network Management system(s), the implementation of Ofgem’s Access Significant Code Review and the engineering lead for our RIIO-ED1 business plan submission.

Jack is the Head of Policy at Octopus Energy Group. He is also an Adjunct Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy, a geopolitical think tank, focusing on energy and environment research. He was previously a policy adviser to the previous Energy Secretary, Claire Coutinho. Before that, he ran the think tank Onward’s energy and environment programme and CEN’s climate campaigns. 

James is an inventor, entrepreneur, and Cambridge University trained engineer and co-founder and CEO of Caldera Heat Batteries.  His professional journey spans over 15 years in energy research and development, coupled with over 25 years of business experience.  As an inventor, he has made significant steps in thermal energy storage, and he now holds more than 20 patent families.  In business, away from engineering, James took a failing company and built it into Cambridge’s largest tourist business. 

James’ role at Caldera is underpinned by a deep understanding of the commercial requirements for new technologies, especially in the UK energy sector.  Previously, James served as the CEO of Isentropic for 10 years, where he led a team of 21 engineers working on grid-scale thermal energy storage. 

A respected industry leader and passionate advocate for the widescale deployment of decarbonized energy assets across the grid from residential and industrial applications to utility-scale projects. His vision centres on creating a clean energy future that is inclusive, affordable, and equitable, addressing both the drive to net zero and the urgent need to reduce energy poverty. 
 
With over 15 years in senior roles within the renewable energy sector, Jason has led initiatives in biogas, hydro (Severn Trent Water), battery manufacturing (Hoppecke, GivEnergy), and solar distribution (Segen, HDM Solar). His broader career spans global companies such as Caterpillar and Rapiscan, and his work has taken him across multiple continents, engaging with governments and agencies worldwide. 
 
Jason is the founder and driving force behind the Energy Storage Association (UK), the new trade body championing storage as a cornerstone of the UK’s clean energy transition. Closer to home, he remains committed to regional impact as a visiting entrepreneur at Staffordshire University, a board advisor at Solarport and a board member of Staffordshire Community Energy. 

Jeanette has a deep pedigree of Cyber through her years of service in the Royal Air Force (RAF) where she was responsible for the cyber security of some of the most notable defence platforms such as the Typhoon and HMS Queen Elizabeth. She spent much of her service in Joint roles in Royal Navy, Army and RAF environments. Committed to continued personal development, she got her Masters in Cyber from Royal Holloway in 2021, writing her dissertation deep within the Covid pandemic! She retired from the RAF in 2019 and spent some time in industry delivering IT services in high-assurance environments including CNI. She came to Thales after being the Director of IT for 3 years in the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Still not able to speak French with any skill whatsoever, she now works as a Managing Consultant in Thales UK, and is thoroughly enjoying it.

Karl Drage is Noventa Energy’s UK Country Head and brings over 20 years of experience in the renewable heat industry. He has a track record of leading growth in Engineering, Technology and Renewable Heat businesses.  Between 2004 and 2014 he led the development and construction of over 1,000 Ground Source Heat Pump installations, including some of the largest Ground Source and Water Source Heat Pump installations in the world. Karl has been instrumental in delivering large-scale, complex community heat projects and he has led the development of a number of Heat as a Service commercial models with venture and project finance backing. At Noventa, Karl leads the development of the business in England and Wales, pursuing business opportunities with the Noventa model in the UK, establishing relationships with the English and Welsh water companies.

Kirsty Dawson is Principal Grid Connections Manager for Statkraft UK, managing a team providing grid support to the wind, solar, grid services and e- fuels development teams within the business. Alongside Kirsty’s previous experience in the sector working for the Transmission Owner (TO) for the north of Scotland, SSEN Transmission, she brings experience across a multitude of disciplines, including regulation, policy, connections reform, compliance, and project/contract management & development. 

With a background in computer science and electronic engineering. Mark has spent his career working in the life safety sector specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of Fire and Explosion safety systems. Mark has been with Fike since 2006 and has held a variety of roles including European Business Development Specialist, Electrical Product Engineering Manager, Commercial Lead of EN Fire Products and General Manager of Fike FST where he managed operations at our electronics manufacturing division. This year he was appointed Director Fire Solutions Group UK and Europe. 

Mark Williams is a Senior Advisor in EDF Energy’s Net Zero Strategy and Policy team. He is an energy policy expert with extensive experience spanning consultancy, public affairs, and industry. At EDF, Mark has led the company’s engagement with the rapidly evolving flexibility policy landscape under Clean Power 2030, while supporting the development of new flexibility products across the business. Before joining EDF, Mark was Head of Analysis at Energy UK. He holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. 

Max Slade is Chief Operating Officer at Harmony Energy, leading the delivery of the company’s battery energy storage and renewable energy projects. In 2025, he oversaw a milestone transaction for the Harmony Energy Income Trust portfolio, a landmark moment for the UK battery energy storage market. Max has extensive experience across the energy sector, including advising investors and developers, co-directing energy investment teams, and managing funds for a UK private family office. He combines financial and operational expertise to help Harmony Energy expand clean energy capacity across Europe.

Michael Simpson is co-founder and Chief Commercial & Product Officer for Keep Energy Systems, leading the development of a modular compressed air energy storage technology for commercial and industrial customers in need of 5-20 hours of storage. He previously worked on a range of gas turbine design and analysis challenges for Rolls-Royce Plc. and conducted research into energy storage at the University of Nottingham. Mike has a PhD in high-efficiency compression/expansion from Imperial College London and an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Cambridge.

An engineer with over 30 years of experience in the building services arena. Starting as an applications engineer and progressing through product management, external sales and consultancy. The last 20 years have been specifically within the district energy market working with consultants, ESCo’s and building owners on best practice sizing, design, installation, operation and troubleshooting of heating and cooling networks. Specific experience in the integration of renewable energy sources such as heat pumps (air, ground, water), CHP, solar thermal, biomass, waste heat etc. through the sizing and layout of the network pipework, to the terminal units such as FCU’s, HIU’s, heat emitters etc. A collaborator who has worked with a number of organisations, such as CIBSE, BSRIA, ASHRAE, IDEA, BESA & BEIS etc. having created, gained approval and conducted a large number of engineering industry CPD seminars. Experience working with consultants and on projects across many countries including Scandinavia, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, the US and Canada. 

Dr Nina Klein is a Flexibility Policy Expert at Ofgem, working in the Decentralised Energy Systems team. Key projects include Clean Power 2030, Flexibility Digital Infrastructure policy enabling small scale flexibility to access ESO and DSO markets, and the Smart Secure Energy Systems program licencing aggregators and standardising smart appliances. 

Previously, Nina was an Energy Engineer at BEIS advising on smart energy policy, including PAS 1878/79 for Energy Smart Appliances. During a secondment to ESO Nina led various digital innovation projects, including CrowdFlex and the Virtual Energy System. 

Phil is the Future Technologies Evangelist at Octopus Energy, leading the research & development team, and applying cutting edge technology to develop new innovation across the whole of the energy chain.  
 
Some of the tech-led innovation Phil is working on includes the Octopus Agile tariff, making the grid more flexible to cope with the realities of intermittent renewable generation, and Powerloop, a project that could turn millions of electric cars into mini battery packs to supply the grid when renewables energy is in short supply.  
 
Phil joined Octopus Energy following the acquisition of his entech startup nCube, a pioneer in IOT platform development, with award-winning tech that acts as a bridge to connect IOT devices, using Z-Wave, WiFi, Zigbee, Bluetooth and LAN.   
 
Prior to nCube, Phil helped launch a mobile advertising startup in Canada, and delivered numerous innovations at O2 such as messaging, pre-pay & mobile internet. He regularly subjects his wife and three children to trialling out his latest gadgets in energy tech.  

Ruchira Shah is General Manager of Software Product Management at Wärtsilä Energy Storage, leading the full GEMS value stack across power plant controls and monitoring, battery analytics, intelligent bid optimization, and our battery management system. Prior to joining Wärtsilä, Ruchi was the Director of Product Management at Hanwha Q CELLS/GELI and Manager of the Commercial Proposal Team at Tesla. Ruchira holds a master’s degree in social policy from The London School of Economics.

Sarah is the External Affairs Lead for the Worthing Heat Network, where she oversees strategic communications, public relations, and the delivery of social value for the project. Bringing a focus on transparent engagement and community impact, Sarah works closely with residents, local partners, and stakeholders to support the transition to low-carbon heat in Worthing. She leads on project communications, media relations, and initiatives that create lasting social, environmental, and economic benefits.

Before joining the Worthing Heat Network, Sarah worked as a public affairs consultant in Westminster, advising clients on political strategy, stakeholder relations, and regulatory issues. Her background also includes experience on U.S. political campaigns and service in the office of a Member of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she supported strategic communications and constituent outreach. Sarah was also previously a Fulbright Scholar to the UK.

Shaniyaa Holness-Mckenzie is a Market Analyst at Modo Energy, a company that provides research, data, benchmarks, and forecasts for electrification assets in Great Britain. She specializes in analyzing battery storage data, covering topics like market trends, buildout reports, and the impacts of policy updates on BESS revenue. 

Stephen Crosher, CEO and Co-Founder of RheEnergise, is an experienced innovator and business leader with a proven track record in turning ideas into impact across energy, property, and retail. 

As CEO of RheEnergise®, he’s driving a revolution in energy storage, using industrial standardisation to transform hydropower into a flexible, cost-efficient, and scalable solution. With RheEnergise’s breakthrough High-Density Hydro® solution that uses a patented fluid 2.5x denser than water, previously impossible sites become viable, unlocking the full potential of pumped hydro for a low-carbon future. 

Stephen Hart is responsible for generating revenue growth in the Heat Networks sector for The BDR Thermea Group, by leading and supporting the sales activities in the sector in each of the groups operating companies across Europe including BAXI in the UK and Ireland. With extensive B2B sales experience, Stephen established a new division at Baxi to integrate renewable heat generation technologies from BDR Thermea Group, tapping onto the low-carbon HVAC market. Prior to his roles within BAXI and BDR, he has held business leadership and development roles in Europe and in UK driving growth in energy-efficient solutions, including heat pumps and heat networks. Stephen is committed to advancing the energy transition with expertise in district heating, energy retrofits, and HVAC design.

I am the Chief Financial Officer for Elexon. I joined Elexon in September 2023 as Chief Financial Officer and lead three of our teams: Finance, Supply Chain Management and Risk & Internal Audit. 

I have a background in both the energy and not for profit sectors. I worked for Powergen, E.ON and then Uniper for 20 years and have experience across many parts of the energy sector in the UK, US and Germany. For the last ten years I have led Finance and wider corporate support functions, and for the last five I have worked for charities, including International Development with Oxfam and the disability care homes charity Leonard Cheshire 

Steven has a technical background grounded in 15 years of working across two different DNOs, with roles spanning electrical planning, innovation, digital and DSO. This is augmented with time in consultancy working on several influential projects such as Virtual Energy System, Digital Spine and Flexibility Markets Unlocked. In his role of Head of Flexibility at Elexon, he is leading the set up and ongoing operation of the Market Facilitator and Flexibility Market Asset Register (FMAR) while driving forward flexibility markets as a whole, providing strategic leadership enabling Clean Power 2030 and Net Zero targets to be met.

Chartered Engineer,  extensive experience in energy services and distributed energy, working in client and service provider capacity over the last 30-years specialising in the development and delivery of energy transition and decarbonisation schemes for both public and private sector alike 

Stuart has worked at Merlin for just under 2 years focusing on driving value from developing on-site renewable energy, off-site renewable energy power purchase agreements, green energy procurement, and developing and implementing the EV strategy across Merlin Entertainments 130 attractions worldwide. 

Before joining Merlin Entertainments, Stuart has spent most of his career in Energy and Asset Management roles in the private and public sectors.