Our ambition is to provide more than a gigawatt of energy storage capacity in the UK and to become a leading provider of energy storage and optimisation services globally. Meet the people that will be leading us forward.
Chief Executive Officer
Trevor has more than 15 years of international experience in the energy sector, having worked on transactions and projects in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mexico, and Australia.
Trevor holds a B.Sc. Engineering from the University of Alberta and an M.Sc. Management (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Chief Financial Officer
Nicola spent 18 years in the property and construction industry in numerous financial roles across property developments, PFI & PPP projects, investment management of large retail and PFI & PPP funds, and in corporate & treasury focussed activities. Following this, Nicola moved into the renewables industry at a solar developer, owner & operator. Nicola holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a member of the Chartered Accountants of Australia.
Investment Director
Pauline has led and worked on a suite of renewable investments in Europe and North America, including Biogas, Offshore Wind, Solar and Hydrogen. Pauline holds a MEng in Engineering from Durham University and a Diploma in Management Accounting from the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting.
Head of Technology and Innovation
Aazzum has more than a decade of experience in the clean energy sector, having worked on numerous projects across Europe. Aazzum has been at the forefront of 5 major technology changes over the last decade which will help decarbonisation goals. Off shore Wind Farms, HVDC VSC technology, Battery Storage, Microgrids, and Digitalisation. Aazzum holds a Masters in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Manchester and is a Charted Electrical Engineer.
Head of Construction
Vasilis Ntanovasilis has over a decade experience in the delivery of large-scale renewable energy projects across Europe. He holds aBachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Diploma in Contract Management.
Chairperson of the Board
Alison was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary for National
Grid plc from January 2013 until December 2020. As such, she was
responsible for shaping the Group legal function within National Grid
and providing Company Secretariat support to the Boards and
Committees of National Grid. She was also responsible for Risk, Ethics
and Compliance and oversaw Health and Safety activities on a Group
level.
At the end of 2020, Alison assumed an interim role as Director of
Strategy and Corporate Affairs, in which she was responsible for
shaping National Grid’s Strategy, identifying and executing M&A
opportunities and overseeing the external communications function.
She also ran the Company’s entrepreneurial and disruptive technology arm, based in California.
Formerly, Alison was Commercial Director, Transmission at National
Grid working with the gas and electricity industries in the UK and
Europe to influence the legal and regulatory regimes in which National
Grid operates, to deliver improved efficiency and reliability, whilst
facilitating security of supply for Britain.
Prior to this Alison was General Counsel and Company Secretary for
National Grid Electricity Transmission plc and National Grid Gas plc.
Alison qualified with corporate solicitors, Martineau Johnson and spent
8 years in private practice before joining National Grid Company plc in
1996. She is married and lives in Stratford upon Avon.
She has extensive external industry exposure including a number of
positions on European and UK Committees. From 2006 to 2011 she was
Chair of the Electricity Pension Scheme and Chaired Enabling, National Grid’s Disability Network.
Non-Executive Director
Matt has executed investments involving onshore and offshore wind and solar projects, tax equity financing, corporate power purchase agreements, and energy production hedging. In total, Matt has been involved in the execution of more than $100 billion of corporate M&A transactions.
Matt holds a B.A. in Economics from McGill University and a Master’s in Economics (with High Distinction) from the University of Sydney.
Non-Executive Director
Polina has over 15 years of principal investing, advisory, and asset management experience. Previously, she was a Managing Director at CPP Investments with the global Portfolio Value Creation team where she was responsible for identifying and realizing value creation opportunities across the firm’s infrastructure, natural resources, private equity, and real estate programs, working with portfolio companies in North America, South America, and Europe. Prior to CPP Investments, Polina was a Partner with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in San Francisco, Boston, and Toronto, where she provided strategic, growth, restructuring and cost efficiency advice to some of the world’s leading companies.
Polina holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and an ICD.D designation.
Polina serves on the board of directors of Red Funnel (The Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited).
Non-Executive Director
Ivor joined the Board of Pulse Clean Energy in 2023; he also serves as a Non-Executive Director of the Danish international engineering consultancy COWI A/S. Prior to this he was Group CEO of RES, the world’s largest independent renewable energy company. Alongside this role he served as Chairman of the industry association WindEurope.
Ivor was previously Chief Executive of Hyder Consulting plc, a multi-national design and engineering Group. Earlier in his career he was with Scottish Power plc before moving to WS Atkins plc where he joined their main Executive Board in 2003. Ivor is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineers. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.