Penny was formerly Chief Executive of London Sustainability Exchange and of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association and spent 20 years working in information technology. She was awarded an MBE for services to sustainable economic development and socially responsible investment and is a Freeman of the City of London. She has chaired the external sustainability panel of a major building materials company and is involved with various initiatives supporting sustainable living in East Kent. Penny lives in Kent.

Penny will be retiring from the board at the 2023 AGM.

Julie is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation who started her training as a corporate tax adviser with Ernst & Young. She has over 25 years’ experience working for a number of multinational companies. In all of these roles she has been closely involved in corporate governance and compliance. She has a Diploma in Environmental Policy from the Open University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Renewable Energy in the Built Environment from the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales.

Ian has worked in the electricity industry for more than 35 years, much of this on the development and operation of power generation projects in UK and overseas. He has been involved in renewable energy technologies since 2004. He has a Masters degree in renewable energy from the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales.

Ian will be retiring from the board at the 2023 AGM.

Patti became an advocate of community and renewable energy when she was Director of Resources at the sustainability charity Forum for the Future. She has worked with social justice and environmental charities as a senior manager or trustee for over 30 years, including Amnesty International, ActionAid, the British Institute for Human Rights, the Food Ethics Council, and Safe Passage International. She is also a qualified chef, an organist at two churches near her home in Faversham, Kent, and an avid student of Russian.