Chris has worked on the project for four years. Previously he completed 30 years as a senior overseas Managing Director of Unilever operating as MD in many countries and territories.

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Barry is a chartered accountant, and was appointed a partner in Deloittes at 26. He left the profession in 1985, taking up a directorship in the leisure industry, helping to establish a business employing in excess of 1,800 people. He subsequently worked and chaired UK based leisure groups.

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Andy has led our research and technology development firstly acting in an advisory capacity and now  as our technical leader. Previously Global Technical Lead at Ricardo Innovations.  Andy is a charted engineer and Fellow of the IET and IMechE and visiting Professor at Portsmouth, Brighton & Loughborough Universities.  He has 52 patent streams. Andy’s specialism is in engines, power trains and thermodynamics.

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Rob previously worked as Programme Director at Thales and Engineering Group Leader at CAE. He has brought us into contact with the engineering and technical expertise we will need to utilise in the UK.  A versatile and commercially-astute Programme & Business Development Director with 25+ years of diverse experience across B2B, B2C, defence, technology, consulting, tech start-up & corporate sectors.

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Rupert built the first renewable energy power station in the UK in the 1990s.  An experienced corporate financier, he was trained by KPMG (FCA) and JP Morgan and has worked in the finance and renewable energy industries for 30 years. Rupert founded the UK's Renewable Energy Association.

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