Work experience

• Independent Consultant in Energy

  Stamp Energy Consulting Ltd

  2017.04-Current

  (8 years)

  Supporting energy retailers, traders and generators with all aspects of commercial operations and risk management. Recent work has included:-- Renewables development- Battery Energy Storage System development- Hedging strategy for a retail portfolio of domestic and business customers- Market entry strategy for a trading company- Supporting M&A activity- Market and commercial entity design- Interim management of commercial team- Pricing and costing of supply contracts- Advising the Board on risks associated with energy supply and generation- Management of a renewable generation portfolio
• Partner

  Virtual Energy and Resources Advisory Group

  2020.06-Current

  (5 years)

  Member of Virtual Energy and Resources Advisory (VERA) Group with the primary focus on energy sector start-ups and new enterprise. VERA Group raises funds, provides commercial strategic and sales advice together with management input and helps businesses (large and small) develop to the next stage.
• Director

  Supermarine Music Ltd

  2017.08-Current

  (8 years)

  Independent Record Label with a mission to release great music by bands we love on beautiful physical and digital formats.
• Director of Retail Energy Management (formerly Sales Portfolio Management)

  RWE npower

  2013.01-2017.03

  (4 years)

  Responsible for hedging, costing, forecasting and industry data management for the entire npower domestic and business energy portfolio of circa £7bn. Also leading group wide wholesale risk management for the Retail business, managing risks of circa £250m. Front bench member representing npower through the CMA Investigation. Member of npower Executive Committee responsible for strategic direction and day to day operations of the business. Led international wholesale markets team across the wider RWE/Innogy European business.
• Head of Wholesale Markets

  RWE npower

  2010.06-2012.12

  (3 years)

  Managing the team responsible for hedging the commodity risk of the Retail business and also that of npower’s Generation fleet to deliver Gross Margin targets. Also responsible for Gross Margin of the Domestic business, managing pricing, products and hedging. Leading on the implementation of the requirements of the Retail Market Review.
• Head of Portfolio Management

  RWE npower

  2004.02-2010.05

  (6 years)

  Managing the team responsible for hedging the commodity risk of the Retail business, valuing complex risk and structuring new products, managing the company’s environmental position and developing structured hedging solutions such as gas storage and long term PPAs. The hedging activities required management of npower’s 60TWh power, 2bn therm gas positions with a value of approximately £5bn/pa. Developed npower’s successful Flexible Purchasing contracts, originated npower’s first gas storage deal and weather hedge. Chair of the Hedge Committee.
• Origination Manager, RWE Trading America

  RWE

  2002.02-2003.11

  (2 years)

  Wholesale structured transactions in the US Energy Market
• Head of Power Trading

  innogy SE

  2001.02-2002.01

  (a year)

  P&L responsibility for Innogy’s total power position from day ahead to five years out reporting directly to the Director of Trading & Marketing. Developed strong working interface with Asset Managers.
• Team Leader, Energy Management Centre

  National Power plc

  1996.10-2001.02

  (4 years)

  Pool trading activities, commercial outage planning, market analysis and interface with Grid and stations. Implementation of NETA. Pricing of National Powers 16GW portfolio of plant into the Pool.
• Engineer

  National Power plc

  1991.09-1996.09

  (5 years)

  Control and Instrumentation engineer at Rugeley Power Station. Operations Engineer and Little Barford Power Station.