Our Management Team is led by experts with decades of knowledge, and a real passion for clean energy.

James has more than 15 years’ experience as a strategist and programme director for high-profile clean energy, infrastructure and industrial projects in the UK, EU27 and Asia Pacific. Previous roles include Country Manager for Wood’s clean energy infrastructure business in Japan (now Amec Foster Wheeler), and Finance Manager for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the UK.

James specialises in providing international strategic planning and management advisory services to private enterprises, global utilities, NGOs and Government agencies. His consultancy experience includes a role at Collinson Grant, and he is currently Chief Executive Officer of Turner Harris, a Manchester-based management consultancy practice which provides advisory services across the energy, infrastructure and technology sectors worldwide. His international experience includes being a Contributor to the World Economic Forum’s energy harnessing taskforce.

James currently sits on the executive leadership team for the UK’s National Digital Twin programme at Cambridge University, which is designed to address industry, economic and societal blockers to the adoption of a national information management framework.

Brendan is a qualified Metallurgist and Materials Scientist who has spent over 20 years in the renewable energy, fuel cell, and hydrogen sectors.

He has held a number of CEO and MD roles at fuel cell and electrolyser companies (including Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd and ACAL Energy), and was a founder member of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) in Brussels. Over his career, he has raised over £50 million for a number of start-up companies and spin-outs from larger organisations. He is also a co-inventor on three published fuel cell patents.

Outside the fuel cell sector Brendan was an original member of the Advisory Board for the University of Manchester National Graphene Centre, and is currently a member of the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (PGES).

In June 2020 Brendan co-founded hydrogen refuelling company, Element 2, which is now actively rolling out a UK network of hydrogen refuelling stations.

Tim began his career in scientific instruments before joining the European Space Agency (ESA) as an engineer responsible for detecting and identifying failure mechanisms in semiconductors and materials used in space. His initial experience with hydrogen involved launching scientific missions on the cryogenic upper stage of ESA’s Ariane 5 rocket.

Since leaving ESA in the mid 90s Tim has founded a number of businesses ranging from scientific instruments (Nanosight, acquired by Spectris) to water treatment (Evove Ltd), to business intelligence (Cientifica Ltd). He has advised on large scale technical and M&A projects across Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

His career as an entrepreneur coupled with his ability to understand the scientific and technical details has led to him advising national governments, academic institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and NGOs such as the United Nations and World Economic Forum on emerging technologies, technology policy and innovation strategy, and chairing or participating in review committees for science and technology funding agencies in Austria, UK, Taiwan and the European Commission.

In June 2020 Tim co-founded hydrogen refuelling company, Element 2, which is now actively rolling out a UK network of hydrogen refuelling stations.

Experienced finance executive with leadership roles at GXO and Clipper Logistics, specializing in corporate finance, strategic planning, and successful acquisition integration. Economics graduate from the University of Leeds.

Andrew has spent more than 20 years working in the hydrogen, climate, and energy industries. His experience includes roles at Air Liquide, where he was a consultant on H2/ CO gases, and Shell – as Field Based Account Manager for the East of France and the Netherlands, where he also managed Public Private Partnership projects with local, city and transport infrastructure authorities – prior to ten years as a Director at the World Economic Forum (WEF).

At WEF, he led various global councils on emerging technologies, nanotechnology, biotechnology, chemistry, and advanced materials, as well as managing WEF’s work on energy harnessing (e.g. energy storage, materials and technology, new ‘feedstocks’ – shale gas, biomass, methane hydrates – and implications for regions and economies).

He currently holds several Board Advisor and advisory roles across technology, energy, culture and sport organisations including: Hydra Energy, Cambridge Carbon Capture, AJH Emerging Technology Intelligence, Neva Aerospace and the World Council on Industrial Biotechnology.

Andrew is a Chartered Chemist and holds a PHD and MBA from Cambridge University.

The former Secretary of State and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Vince Cable, has joined the hydrogen refuelling roll out by Element 2 as a Non-Executive Director. He was responsible for the industrial strategy and innovation policy including the Catapult network; he also established the British Business Bank, and the Green Investment Bank; and had overall responsibility for universities, training, trade policy, and corporate affairs.

Sir Vince Cable was Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2017-19, and MP for Twickenham, until he retired in 2019. Before entering Parliament in 1997, he was Chief Economist at Shell and a member of Shell’s scenario planning team.

Prior to this, Sir Vince Cable held a variety of roles as a Treasury official in Kenya; member of the Diplomatic Service; lecturer in economics at Glasgow University and research institutes (ODI and Chatham House); was a Special Adviser to the Commonwealth Secretary General; and worked on the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and the first intergovernmental report on climate change and sea level rise.