OUR CHAMPIONS AND ASSOCIATES
I would like to welcome our very strong team of associates who are champions for different areas of energy and environmental management. In time, they will be the backbone of our mentoring and support network – but that’s part of the plan for the future; we will be expanding the team so if you would like to become involved let us know.
For now, we are here to help – working alongside other strong support partners, such as ABS consulting – so if you have a specific need please get in touch.
JAMES BRITTAIN – ENERGY MANAGEMENT THROUGH PEOPLE – AIRPORTS, HOSPITALS, TOURISM
James is the founding director of The Discovery Mill. He is a chartered engineer (CEng MEI) with over 15 years of facilities, energy and environmental management experience working for a wide range of organisations and facilities. This diversity has allowed him to push boundaries and learn what works well and what doesn’t. Many organisations focus on assets and technology. James has discovered you can save much more when you work closely with people.
James specialises in energy management through people and leadership; developing and translating strategy and capital investment programmes into action that works. As Heathrow Airport’s energy manager, James’ work was ‘Highly commended’ in the ESTA Energy Manager of the Year Award, 2010.
ALUN OTTLEY – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – AIRPORTS, MANUFACTURING
Alun is managing director of ARO Consultants and part-time facilities maintenance manager for BAA Heathrow’s T1 and T2. He is a chartered engineer (CEng MCIBSE) with extensive facilities management and building engineering experience across a range of clients and industry sectors – most notably, in airport terminal engineering, energy, HVAC, capital investment strategy, manufacturing, total preventative maintenance and continuous improvement.
Alun makes things happen. As energy champion for Heathrow’s T1 he has delivered a 30% reduction in energy consumption over the last four years. Alun believes that investment targeted at multiple business benefits is a key way to deliver in today’s increasingly challenging marketplace.
EMMA HARDING – STRATEGY & POLICY – TELECOMS, AIRPORTS, UTILITIES
Emma is an environmental economist with more than 15 years business environmental experience working with large corporates such as: BT, Nortel Networks, BAA Heathrow and Severn Trent Water. Emma works across the range of environmental issues – most recently, helping to develop cost effective carbon strategies.
Emma specialises in bringing environmental economics to the business arena. Often the preserve of policy makers, Emma works with businesses to apply environmental economic methods to cost benefit analysis – often shifting perspectives and encouraging innovative solutions. In the spirit of The Discovery Mill, Emma is a firm believer in the power of working with cross-functional teams focused on clear, common objectives as the means to deliver excellent results.
JOHN MASON – CAMPAIGNS & STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS
John is managing director of INGENIOUS. John’s background has been as a strategic creative director on both sides of the world, most recently working with clients such as: BAA, Saab, Reuters, National Grid and Gala Coral Group in the UK. Within his team, we have the support of very talented creative designers.
For Heathrow, John was a key part of the team challenging for environmental improvement, helping to provide a creative spark, simplifying communications and also being hands-on at some of our events. Probing for hidden meanings, discovering insights and contributing to successful integrated campaigns are what he does best.
NEIL ANDERSON – ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING – DATA CENTRES, AIRPORTS
Neil is energy director for Revive. Neil is an extremely strong, technically biased, engineering manager with over 20+ years experience of managing large corporate head office complexes, large ‘system critical’ data centres and large customer focused operations. He has worked previously for BAA, BA and BP, including roles as airport lead engineer and head of facilities for Heathrow’s T3.
Neil brings a strong technical capability in all areas of engineering, operations and maintenance, control systems, and services processes. Delivery of these services has been dependent on his ability to lead multi-functional teams to adopt new ways and encompass efficiencies based on challenging existing practices and processes.
CHARLES BRINDLEY – CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, BRIEFING & COMMISSIONING – TRANSPORT, HEALTH, LEISURE
Charles is the founder of Active Thinking. He is a customer champion at all levels of an organisation. His focus is: firstly, to develop the customer experience in busy public areas such as airports, train stations, hospitals and leisure facilities; secondly, to commission those facilities to make the operational vision a reality. A key part of championing the customer experience is customer feedback and getting the brief right to feed into new facilities.
Over the past 20 years, Charles has developed a significant amount of experience, leading people and project management to make initiatives happen. His emphasis is on getting the thinking right to ensure the work is done in an open, transparent and co-operative manner. He has previously worked for BAA Heathrow, Royal Sun Alliance and Bupa.
HOWARD BROWNING – PROCUREMENT & COMMERCIAL – LOGISTICS, PAPER & PRINT
Howard is the founder of AHP Consulting. His innovative and highly commercial approach to implementing environmental and sustainability strategies is refreshing in an area of business plagued by ‘greenwash’ and short-term solutions. The corporate change programmes he has delivered have resulted in substantial cost, resource and carbon reductions for his clients, but never at the cost of business effectiveness.
Howard’s background is with James McNaughton Paper Group, as corporate responsibility director and sales director in various roles. Howard is passionate about helping people and companies identify and embrace the exciting business opportunities that can be gained from the adoption of sustainable products, processes and services.
VIKAS AHUJA – CARBON ACCOUNTING, COMPLIANCE & PERFORMANCE REPORTING – IT, HOSPITALS
Vikas is the director at Sustainable Avenues Limited . He is an experienced environmental sustainability consultant with strong stakeholder management and solid business analysis skills. In addition to developing strategic roadmaps to comply and benefit from EU/UK Climate Change policy, Vikas has worked extensively in the areas of carbon accounting & management and ‘green benchmarking’.
With 11 years of work experience, combined with a passion for sustainability, a solid foundation of Mechanical Engineering and MBA qualification, Vikas has worked in both the public and private sector to facilitate emissions reduction both within internal operations and across the wider supply chain. Vikas is an associate member of Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
DAVID MATYUS-FLYNN – ENERGY EFFECTIVE LIGHTING – BANKING, RETAIL, NHS
David’s experience over the last 35 years has enabled him to provide lighting solutions for many sectors of industry, commerce, national and local government, by following a well defined criteria. Considering all the aspects of the lighting requirements has achieved considerable successes in providing appropriate lighting schemes.
The criteria follows a design, energy, maintenance and controls pattern, therefore the criteria combined with considerable experience and knowledge of the lighting industry assures that the client receives unbiased designed and technically sound advice. As a level 4 senior design solutions consultant to the Carbon Trust, David has also provided many technical publications and ‘hands on’ lighting workshops for CPD training events.
KRISTINA ALLISON – ENERGY EFFECTIVE LIGHTING – THE CARBON TRUST
Kristina has worked in lighting for over 4years as an associate of Lighting Enterprises Consultancy Ltd. During this time, the majority of her work has be providing consultancy advice for the Carbon Trust in England and the devolved governmental regions of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. She also has been involved in R&D work and technical lighting publications for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) as well as market research for the SEAI Accelerated Capital Allowance scheme.
Kristina is an Associate Member of the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) and sits on the Communications committee board. She is also an Associate member of the Institute of Lighting Professionals (ILP) too. In her personal time, she continues to go around loving lighting!!!
BEVERLEY LISTER – ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION – TRANSPORT, VENUES
Beverley has over sixteen years experience in delivering environmental management and sustainability for business, and is a Director of Beverley Lister Associates Ltd, an environmental and sustainability consultancy. Her strategic vision, focus on delivery, and her tenacity and passion in this field achieve results.
Beverley’s sustainable construction expertise on large and complex projects (BAA Terminal 5, London 2012 Olympics) spans sustainable design to on-site environmental programme delivery. Her experience in delivering corporate responsibility for business enables her to deliver sustainability where it matters most, helping each company realise its own corporate and social responsibilities, set realistic objectives and maintain momentum.
DR. LIZ CURTIS-KNIGHT – RESEARCH MANAGER AND ENERGY COORDINATOR
Liz has a PhD in energy from Leeds University. This experience nurtured her passion for sustainability which has led her to pursue a career in the energy sector. Her work for The Discovery Mill is helping her realise this ambition, making the most of her skills leading up research projects.
Liz’s PhD was in the production of hydrogen from waste vegetable oil, by the process of unmixed steam reforming, with the view of powering hydrogen fuel cells. As part of her research, Liz successfully produced hydrogen and has published and presented a number of papers at industry conferences and research meetings. Prior to her PhD, Liz won a 1st class honours degree in Chemistry with Psychology from Keel University. Liz also loves Irish dancing.
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