Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-operative

BHESCo’s founder and CEO, started her career with Deloitte & Touche, later moving to Ernst & Young in Amsterdam. She has worked for Greenpeace International and Ecofys, a pioneering renewable energy engineering consultancy. She started developing renewable energy projects in 2000 for Nuon, a Dutch energy supplier. She won the Nuon Sustainability prize for her idea to lease renewable energy systems using a Pay as You Save model. She is a qualified accountant and MBA, bringing a wealth of experience to the team. Kayla has been a director of Retrofit Works, and was awarded an MBE in 2021 for her services to community energy efficiency.

Mark was previously CEO of Mongoose Energy – a company that provided asset management, project development and finance services to the community energy sector. Prior to joining Mongoose, Mark had been with international climate change NGO The Climate Group for nearly 12 years, latterly as CEO. During his time with the organisation he oversaw the launch of the Verified Carbon Standard, We Mean Business coalition and RE100 campaign and was an expert advisor to former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on the joint policy initiative Breaking the Climate Deadlock. Mark is now Executive Director of The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI)

Diane has been a finance professional for more than 25 years. After running treasury operations for The Economist Newspaper in London, she moved to the Netherlands to set up Nike’s European foreign exchange risk management programme and then to Belgium to lead operational support teams and IT project managers at BNY Mellon (a US investment company). She has been working in the renewable energy sector since 2014

Garry has a strong business and policy background in energy, environment and sustainability, built-in corporate organisations (IBM, Landmark Graphics), and leading consultancies (KPMG, A. T. Kearney). He was formally CEO of the Energy Retail Association. Nowadays he supports start-ups operating in the clean energy sector, supports the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on their Energy Entrepreneurs Fund programme, Innovate UK and several advisory groups.

Paul is co-owner and co-founder of the multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy Phlorum, which he set up with a colleague in 2003. Before then he cut his teeth in environmental consultancy at WSP and RPS. As a consultant, he has completed environmental impact assessment work on a very broad range of projects, from housing developments to energy production, warehousing, sewage treatment, various industrial processes and transportation infrastructure schemes

Rachel is an expert in waste management operations, strategic planning & development. She has worked in the waste industry for more than 20 years as a waste services manager and consultant and is a partner of Re-consult LLP. She is a Centre Councillor for the London and South Counties Centre of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.