Professor Paul Monks is Chief Scientific Adviser of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Prior to joining the department, he was Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Science and Engineering at the University of Leicester, where he remains a Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science.
Members
Professor Paul Monks BSc, DPhil, FRMetS, FRSC
Chief Scientific Advisor & ERP Public-side Co-chair
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Alan Thomson
Director, Global Leader Energy Systems, Global Energy Skills Leader & ERP Industry-side Co-chair
Arup
Alan leads the global Energy Systems business stream at Arup working closely with colleagues around the world to deliver complex integrated energy projects in supply, network and demand applications. This is one of the three Arup energy business streams along with Energy Advisory and Energy Structures.
Ali Naini
Managing Director
Turquoise International
Ali specialises in finance for energy and environment. He is the Founder Director of Turquoise International.
Andy McDonald
Head of Low Carbon Transition
Scottish Enterprise
In 2019 Andy became the Head of Low Carbon at Scottish Enterprise, the national economic development agency, leading teams delivering Scottish Enterprise support for the growth of the Low Carbon Economy in Scotland, working closely with public and private sector partners, regionally, nationally and globally to address climate change around the theme of Climate Opportunity.
Andy Myatt
Director, Sales & Marketing Hitachi ABB Power Grids
Andy has more than 30 years experience working in the power engineering Sector, having originally started his career as a protection engineer. Since then he has continued to operate in the technology supply arena, holding a variety of technical, commercial, operational and business leadership roles associated with supply of power network technologies to a range of clients both in the UK and globally.
Chris Clarke
Energy Strategy Director
Wales & West Utilities
A Chartered Engineer and experienced operations manager, Chris has over 30 years’ experience within the UK energy industry and is currently the Director of Asset Management, Safety and Environment at Wales & West Utilities.
Chris is responsible for the asset investment and system operation teams and has recently led multiple research projects on the lowest cost pathway to decarbonise heat.
David Cole
Market Director Atkins Energy UK & Europe
Atkins
David Cole has been the Market Director for Atkins UK and Europe Energy Buseness, focussed on power generation assets since 2006.
David Green
Energy & Environment R&D Leader
Hitachi Europe
David Green is Hitachi Europe’s Energy & Environment R&D leader, developing solutions in electrification, transport (particularly electric vehicles), industrial decarbonisation, hydrogen, energy asset management and carbon management.
Dr David Joffe
Head of Modelling
Committee on Climate Change
David has been with the CCC since it started in 2007, Managing the Committee’s central mitigation team and leading the preparation of new advice to Government on the sixth carbon budget. Also overseeing the CCC’s energy infrastructure team, focusing on a range of whole-economy integrated energy issues.
David Wright FREng
Director - Electricity Transmission and Chief Electricity Engineer National Grid
National Grid
David joined National Grid in 1992 as an electrical engineer and has worked his way up to his current position as Director Electricity Transmission Asset Management.
James Tichler
Sience and Innovation Strategy Lead
Department of Transport (DFT) United Kingdom
James has been the Sience and Innovation Strategy Lead at the Department of Transport (DFT) UK since 2017.
Dr. Jim Fleming
Head of Energy Theme
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Professor Julian Allwood FREng
Reader in Engineering
University of Cambridge
Julian Allwood leads the Low Carbon and Materials Processing research group in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.
Professor Jim Watson
Director
UK Energy Research Centre
Dr Laura Finney
Innovation Lead in the Energy Team
Innovate UK
Laura is an Innovation Lead in the Energy Team at Innovate UK,
Sarah Long CEng, ChPP
leading Atkin's/SNC-Lavalin's strategy for delivery of low carbon projects.
Atkin's/SNC-Lavalin
Throughout her career Sarah has championed support for women in Engineering roles and is passionate about the wider diversity agenda. She has led much of Atkins offering on STEM work with schools in the past and is now focusing on education related to Net Zero.
Professor Martin Freer
Director
Energy Research Accelerator (ERA)
Martin is Director of the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA), he is also Director of the Birmingham Centre of Nuclear Education and Research at the University of Birmingham.
Paul Spence
Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs
EDF Energy
Paul joined EDF Energy in 2009 and has been Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs since 2011.
Dr Peter Bance
CEO
Origami Energy Ltd
In January 2014, Peter became CEO of Origami Energy, an ambitious high-growth business developing an innovative technology platform for the intelligent active management of distributed energy assets.
Peter Bingham
Chief Engineer
Ofgem
Peter joined Ofgem in 2017 as Chief Engineer, he is a chartered engineer with over 25 years’ experience in the energy sector, mainly working for National Grid in a variety of leadership roles.
Philip New
CEO
Energy Systems Catapult
Prior to joining the Energy Systems Catapult, Philip New was the CEO of BP Alternative Energy, which was made up of a portfolio of operating and developmental renewable energy businesses.
Philip Sellwood
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Saving Trust
Philip Sellwood has been the Chief Executive of the Energy Saving Trust since 2003 and has had an extensive commercial career in the Retail, Food and Private Equity markets.
Dr Robert Gross
Director
UK Energy Research Centre
Dr Robert Gross joined the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) as Director in 2020.
Dr Ron Loveland
Energy Advisor to the Welsh Government
Welsh Government
Dr Loveland’s energy and industrial pollution-prevention teams are engaged in championing a rapid transition in Wales to a low carbon, clean and sustainable economy.
Ross Lowrie
Senior Advisor (Climate Change and Energy)
Environment Agency
Ross joined Environment Agency in 2005 providing regulation and advise on hydro & tidal power and climate change adaptation.
Tom Delay CBE
Chief Executive
The Carbon Trust
Tom was appointed as the first Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust in 2001.