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Chairman and CEO

Robert is Chairman and CEO.

Robert has worked for the company since 2001. His expertise extends across sales and marketing, asset management and innovation. He has led the company since 2004, when he led an employee buyout. In 2015, he effected a CVA of the company to resolve a long-standing pension liability, relieving the company of £100M of liabilities in exchange for an equity and loan arrangement.

Robert sits as a NED on the Energy Systems Catapult Board, is the founder of The Energy Innovation Centre, The Cheshire Energy Hub and the Cheshire Sustainability Commission. He is also past president and Life Fellow of the Institute of Asset Management, Chairs the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership R&A Committee and sits on their Strategy Board.

Managing Director of VisNet

Dave holds the role of Commercial Director having joined the company in 2009.

A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IET, Dave has over 19 years of experience in the sector with an active history in innovation, asset management and the decarbonisation agenda. Today he is responsible for commercial development and the scale-up of all EA Technology’s products and services, implementing the outputs of innovation into a global market.

He has a track record in international business development, and was pivotal in creating, bidding and delivering several key innovation projects including the UK’s largest grid / electric vehicle trials. Dave is a member of the Ofgem/BEIS Smart Systems Forum and IET’s Energy Policy panel. He also represented the CBI’s Regional Council from 2016-19.

Senior Consultant

Ana’s technical background as an Electrical Engineer and strong leadership and management skills allow her to deliver high standard technical projects as well as lead specialist teams.

Ana has a driven desire for innovation and continuous improvement in a commercially driven environment. In doing so, she has had direct influence on business plans, strategy and growth of the organisation as a Head of Network Studies. She has also been leading innovation projects for several years aimed at overcoming technical, commercial and regulatory issues associated with ageing electricity networks, increased electrical demands and penetration of low carbon technologies.

She currently holds the role of Product Owner for ‘ConnectMore’, an online tool developed within the Charge project that will facilitate the deployment of public EV ChargePoint infrastructure in the UK.

Strategy and Performance Director

Guy oversees policy, marketing and communications, bid management and stakeholder relations for the Catapult, as well as being responsible for developing and monitoring the Catapult’s overall strategy.

He joined Energy Systems Catapult in September 2018 after being Energy and Climate Adviser to Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark.

Guy was previously Special Adviser to former Energy Secretary Amber Rudd. Before that he was Head of Policy at energy supplier, Ovo Energy and worked at the think tank, Policy Exchange, where he was Head of Environment and Energy. He was previously a journalist, including three years as a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong for the newswire, AFP.