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NEF's Board of Trustees |
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The National Energy Foundation is controlled by an independent Board of Trustees and managed on a day to day basis by its Chief Executive and staff based at its offices in Milton Keynes.
PRESIDENT - Dr Mary Archer
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Mary Archer is a former academic with research interests in physico-chemical aspects of solar energy conversion. She is currently chairman of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Visitor of the University of Hertfordshire, a board member of the Britten Sinfonia and President of the National Energy Foundation, the UK Solar Energy Society and the Guild of Church Musicians. In June 2002, she was awarded the Melchett Medal by the Energy Institute. She is the author of Rupert Brooke and The Old Vicarage, Grantchester (1989), and co-editor of Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics (2001), Molecular to Global Photosynthesis (2004), and The 1702 Chair of Chemistry at Cambridge (2005). Dr Archer was Chairman of the National Energy Foundation from 1988-2000.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES |
Brian White (chairman) |
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Brian White (Chairman)
Brian served as the Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes North East from May 1997 until May 2005. As an MP, Brian's achievements included the Sustainable Energy Act, introduced by Brian as a Private Member's Bill in 2003. A former Deputy Leader of Milton Keynes Council, Brian has a strong interest in energy and environmental matters and is also Chair of United Sustainable Energy Agency and a Board Member of the Government's Renewable Fuels Agency. His previous roles include being a founder-director of Bioener G Ltd - a company set up to encourage the use of biofuels; his experience in setting up SMEs means that he is also Secretary of the North Bucks Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses.
Brian White has been a Trustee since 2004 and was elected Chairman in February 2007 to replace Eryl McNally. |
 Godfrey Boyle |
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Godfrey Boyle
Godfrey Boyle is Professor of Renewable Energy in the Open University's Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology. His main research interests are in renewable energy, particularly wind and solar power, energy systems modelling and energy policy. He has chaired the teams that have produced various Open University courses and study packs on renewable and sustainable energy, most recently T206 ‘Energy for a Sustainable Future’. He is editor and co-author of the widely-adopted textbooks "Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future" (2004)and "Energy Systems and Sustainability" (2003), both published by Oxford University Press. New editions of these are in press. He is a visiting professor at The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) University in New Delhi, India, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a member of the IET's Energy Sector Panel, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).
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John DoggartJohn studied Engineering and Architecture, and has many years experience in designing low energy properties. He set up the first solar house in the UK in Milton Keynes and co-developed BREEAM, the first widely-used building environmental assessment method in the world. John also developed the first European passive solar housing scheme and the first energy rating system for housing. He has played a key role in helping to set sustainability agendas with practicable aspirations for UK governments, the European Commission, and public and private organisations. John is a panel member of the government's Sustainable Development Commission and the chairman of Sustainable Energy Academy, a charity that works closely with NEF on a number of activities, including the Old Homes Superhome project.
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Chris GossopDr. Chris Gossop is a chartered town planner. He began his planning career with experience in three local authorities; these included Leicester City Council where he managed substantial environmental programmes. Later, as Deputy Director with the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) he became involved in national and EU wide policy issues which included energy and the environment. He currently serves as a planning inspector with responsibility for the scrutiny and determination of planning and environmental appeals. He combines that role with voluntary work for the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), where he is a vice president with responsibility for publications. In 2009 he acted as general rapporteur for ISOCARP's 45th world congress on Low Carbon Cities, and was the joint editor of a 260 page book on the same subject.
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 David Hutchinson |
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David Hutchinson
David Hutchinson worked as an architect and town planner before becoming interested in the way that cities use energy whilst teaching in the USA. In the early 90s he was responsible for an EU-funded study of energy use in London, and then investigated hydrogen as a new clean fuel for cities under the Japanese national research programme. When the Greater London Authority was created in 2000, he set up and led the teams responsible for work on waste management, air quality, energy, noise and water. David is a Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Governance Studies at Meiji University in Tokyo. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Sustainable Energy Academy, a charity that works closely with NEF on the Old Homes Superhome and other projects.
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 Ann Limb |
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Ann Limb
Dr Ann Limb is an educationalist, businesswoman and charity entrepreneur. A founding Board member and Group Chief Executive of the University for Industry, Ann has since 2005, worked primarily in the private sector as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of DRS plc, Briteyellow Ltd, Skills2Learn and Institute of Directors. She also holds a number of public appointments, serving as Chair of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership and as a Non-Executive Director of HMGCC. Ann undertakes a significant amount of voluntary and charitable work. She has founded two national charities - the Network for Women Managers in further education (now the Women Leaders Network) and the Helena Kennedy Foundation, which she continues to chair. |
 Professor Kevin Lomas |
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Professor Kevin Lomas
Kevin Lomas is Professor of Building Simulation in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University. His principal research interest is the application of computer models to the design and assessment of buildings and the actual energy and environmental performance of occupied domestic and non-domestic buildings. In recent years this has broadened into studies of energy use, carbon dioxide emissions and climate change at the city scale. Practice-based research into the architectural design and post-occupancy performance of advanced naturally ventilated buildings has been a longstanding activity that has contributed to the design of substantial internationally acclaimed buildings. |
 Liz Reason |
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Liz Reason
Liz is an experienced policy analyst and strategist and social entrepreneur in the energy and climate change arena. Liz set up her consultancy Reasons to be Cheerful in 2004 to apply her skills to climate change communication and strategy. She was appointed a director of the AECB, the sustainable building association, in January 2006. Liz is part of Think Purple, a consortium which aims to make CO2 visible with fun and informative materials to communicate climate change to schools and the wider public. Before R2BC, Liz was a founder director of ILEX Energy Consulting, a management consultancy expert in the energy and carbon markets; Liz has run a successful wind development company; and she lives in an AECB Silver Standard house in Oxfordshire. |
 Graham Saunders |
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Graham SaundersGraham Saunders is a Chartered Accountant and one of the Directors at Keens Shay Keens, Chartered Accountants in Luton. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and has specialist knowledge of the social housing sector, where he is a board member of a leading housing association. |
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Richard Tinson
From 1992 to 2005 Richard Tinson was Director of the National Energy Foundation. He previously worked for the Shell Group, in research, marketing and general management, latterly as Managing Director then Chairman of Shell UK's contact energy management subsidiary Emstar Ltd. He is a graduate of Durham University and in 2003 was awarded an HonMSc by De Montfort University for his work in the field of energy efficiency. |
 Andrew Warren |
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Andrew Warren
Andrew Warren has been the Director of the Association for the Conservation of Energy since its foundation in 1981. He has overseen many reports prepared for the European Commission on diverse topics such as Third Party Financing, Demand Side Management and Rational Planning Techniques and has frequently given oral evidence to UK and European Parliamentary Committees. Andrew contributes regular monthly columns for energy magazines, as well as occasional articles for newspapers such as the Financial Times, The Guardian and International Herald Tribune. He was appointed in 1993 as a Special Advisor to the UK House of Commons Energy Committee, and in 1995 was appointed as a special industrial advisor to the European Economic and Social Committee. He is a member of the Energy Policy Committee of the Confederation of British Industry. |
 Fraser Winterbottom |
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Fraser Winterbottom
Fraser is Chief Operating Officer of the Energy Saving Trust, where after some years running their operations he now leads on strategy and development. Fraser joined EST in 2007 after a varied career in a variety of commercial businesses and a sabbatical year studying International Development & Environment at the LSE. An accountant and economist, Fraser was formerly director at Whitbread Beer company where he was board member responsible for IT and change, then FI Group/Xansa where he founded a large business process outsourcing division growing this to employ over 1500 staff in the UK & India. He has also spent periods as climate campaigner for Christian Aid and is a council member of the NHBC. |
 Andrew Wordsworth |
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Andrew Wordsworth
Andrew is a Founder and Managing Director of Sustainable Venture Development Partners. Sustainable Ventures works with investors, entrepreneurial managers, and corporates to originate, build and grow low carbon companies. Andrew was Managing Director of Carbon Trust Enterprises limited, where he conceived and led the execution of their innovative venture development business model. The CTEL team launched 10 low carbon ventures which secured over £200m of equity investment from blue chip investors and the UK Government. With over 15 years' experience in the energy and climate change sector - including roles within Esso, Bain & Co and ADL - Andrew is an experienced non-executive director having held nine private company board seats. Andrew holds a first-class MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded the University Fox Prize. |
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Would you like to be a Foundation Trustee?
The National Energy Foundation maintains a reserve list of those who have an interest in becoming a Trustee. Trustees are expected to bring skills that will support the charity in its mission to promote the more sustainable use and generation of energy, and to act in an independent and impartial manner at all times. We are particularly interested in those with knowledge of finance, legal matters and non-domestic energy use, as well as those based in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Trustees are expected to attend quarterly Trustee meetings, held in London or Milton Keynes, and to participate actively in at least one other activity or committee. Trustees work on a voluntary, unpaid basis, although they may claim reasonable travel expenses.
If you would like more information or are interested in becoming a Trustee of the Foundation, please write to our Chair, Brian White at the National Energy Foundation, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8NG. Individuals who do not match our current needs will be placed onto a database of potential Trustees; please let the Chairman know if you do not want your name to be retained in this manner. |
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE - Dr Tim Lunel |
 Tim Lunel |
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Dr Tim Lunel has been Chief Executive of The National Energy Foundation since 1 July 2005 and has led NEF at an exciting period in the growth of the profile and influence of the Foundation's work. He believes that working collaboratively is key to tackling climate change as illustrated by partnerships with organisations such as The Carbon Trust on the Carbon Trust Standard, and the Sustainable Energy Academy in delivering "Old Homes SuperHomes" a nationwide network of exemplar homes. He is actively working to build partnerships that will turn the aims and targets under new programmes such as the Green Deal into real action on the ground. He also has a strong belief that effective leadership on climate change stems from leading by example. Hence, The National Energy Foundation's advice to empower others to take action both as individuals and as organisations, is grounded in the practical actions that NEF and its staff undertake themselves. In the same vein he works actively at the community level showing the power of collective action in building a sustainable and positive vision for countering climate change. This understanding of the long-term carbon savings that can be delivered has meant he has been able to play an active role in co-ordination of the new and growing community-led sustainable energy sector e.g. : Communities & Climate Action Alliance, Community Energy & Practitioners Forum, and Local United (Social Enterprises).
Prior to joining the Foundation, Tim led the re-organisation of the Countryside Agency as part of the Government's Modernising Rural Delivery Programme. Before joining the Countryside Agency, Tim was Director of Key Accounts in AEA Technology plc concentrating on Environmental consultancy, including Future Energy Solutions (formerly ETSU) with its focus on sustainable energy consultancy. Among his high profile technical contributions he was the main expert featured in the BBC Horizon programme in 1998 "A perfect spill?" that featured the advances made in the successful response to the Sea Empress oil spill in Milford Haven.
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PAST TRUSTEES
The Foundation would also like to recognise publicly the contribution made to its success by its past Trustees, and in particular: |
 Eryl McNally |
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Eryl McNally (Chairman 2004-07)
Eryl McNally was elected MEP for Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes in 1994 and subsequently became a Member for the Eastern region until she retired in 2004. She is a vice-president of the European Forum on Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES) and was formerly vice-chair of the European Parliament's Energy and Research Committee. Prior to her election as an MEP, Mrs McNally worked as a languages teacher and educational advisor. |
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