Our People

An empowered and committed team working together
to make the world a better place

Select a team below to meet just some of the people who make up Low Carbon.

Corporate Team

Our Corporate Team continues to drive the business forward ensuring Low Carbon remains at the leading edge of the renewables investment market.

Asset Management Team

Our Asset Management Team sees a group of motivated individuals harnessing extensive experience across technical, health and safety, financial and operational asset management including management of PPA strategy.

Development Team

Our Development Team has an established track record in large-scale solar development. The team follow a rigorous and well-defined process in developing high-quality, large-scale solar parks.

Investment Team

Our Investment Team brings together financial services professionals with deep expertise spanning the solar, storage, wind, waste to energy and energy efficiency sectors.

Funds Management Team

Our Funds Management Team comprises specialist investment professionals with extensive industrial and operational expertise built previously at the Green Investment Bank and Macquarie.

With a track record spanning €20bn transactions across c. 24 investments in renewable energy, the senior team has an established long-term working relationship harnessing their complementary skills.

The Team

Low Carbon has brought together a team of specialists from investment, finance, development, and asset management – every one a champion of renewable energy.

Juan Martin Alfonso

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Juan brings more than 20 years’ experience in international financial management and a strong commercial viewpoint developed through involvement in M&A, investment, fundraising and financing deals in the energy sector. In his roles as COO and CFO, Juan sits on Low Carbon’s Board of Directors and is a member of the Investment, Valuation and Risk Committees. He joined Low Carbon from the AES Corporation where he spent 12 years in a variety of senior finance roles responsible for the power generation and utilities businesses operating in Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Prior to AES, Juan worked at Deloitte & Touche and is a Public Accountant.
Roy Bedlow

Chief Executive
Roy is co-founder of Low Carbon, founder and CEO of Trust Power and Managing Partner of Oxygen House. He is a founder member of the Carbon War Room and a Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute. As former Vice President and General Manager of Palm Europe, Roy founded the Geneva-based Handspring Sarl, later acquired by Palm. Prior to Palm, Roy was Apple’s European Marketing Director.
Amos Carrington

Head of Legal
Amos heads up the legal, compliance and company secretarial functions at Low Carbon. With more than 15 years’ experience in the energy sector, Amos spent the first 10 years of his career as a lawyer in the London and Tokyo corporate energy teams of international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills, before moving to in-house roles in energy and resources companies.
Jacob Copeland

Compliance and Risk Officer
Jacob Copeland focusses on regulatory compliance and managing risk control structures within the Low Carbon group. His previous experience was within the UK regulator, consulting and industry. He is currently a Senior Manager at Low Carbon, holding the SMF16 position (Compliance Oversight Function).
Soren Petersen

Head of Power Sales
Soren joined Low Carbon from Centrica. Soren entered the energy sector in 2009 where he joined NEAS Energy in Denmark as Head of Markets. In 2011 he took responsibility for International expansion before moving to London in 2013 to set up NEAS Energy Ltd (as managing director) where he successfully built an extensive renewable PPA portfolio of more than 1GW. When the company was purchased by Centrica in 2016, he took a role leading UK origination and later a role in European origination. Before moving into Energy Soren worked within the Financial Sector as head of trading across a number of international locations for Danske Bank.
Deborah Porton

Head of People
Deborah is a qualified HR professional and a certified coach. For the past 7 years she has set up HR functions within tech start-ups, focusing on employee engagement and a building culture of trust and autonomy. Before becoming a coach and transitioning into HR, Deborah worked in mobile technology companies, including 14 years at T-Mobile UK (now EE) in a range of management roles covering Product Management, Marketing, IT and Customer Services.
Saeedeh Ramezani

Business Controller
Saeedeh is a senior international finance professional with more than 20 years’ diverse experience and achievement in management & financial reporting, controlling, accounting and treasury management. Saeedeh has spent 10 years in the energy sector at Low Carbon and prior to that at AES Corporation. Earlier still, Saeedeh worked at Primus Telecommunications Limited and American Airlines where she held various senior roles responsible for European subsidiaries statutory reporting, taxation reporting, financial & management reporting.
Chris Ratcliffe

Head of Investment Analysis
Chris is the Head of Investment Analysis at Low Carbon. Chris has more than 15 years’ experience in the energy sector working primarily in corporate planning, project finance and business development. At Low Carbon he has supported transactions in multiple sectors including storage, solar and wind. During his career he has been directly involved in raising bond, debt and equity funding in the energy sector of over $1Bn. Prior to entering into industry, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young in South Africa before moving to PwC within their energy transactions team working on deals throughout Europe.
Quentin Scott

Marketing Director
With more than 20 years’ marketing experience in the energy, telecommunications and technology sectors, Quentin has a comprehensive understanding of how the marketing mix is applied by UK and multinational companies. As well as IBM and O2, his most recent appointment prior to Low Carbon was BlackBerry, for which he was UK Marketing Director. At Low Carbon, Quentin is responsible for the management and delivery of the full marketing mix. He acts as the brand custodian for Low Carbon, driving marketing communications programmes across all key disciplines with a focus on translating complex renewable energy and climate change concepts into accessible, easily understood propositions and offers.
Philip Woolfson

Finance Director
Philip has more than 15 years’ experience in accounting, auditing and fund administration. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PKF Ireland where his client portfolio included variously sized companies operating in Property Development, Manufacturing and Consumer Products. Previously, Philip was a Senior Manager with Royal Bank of Canada, a tier one bank with assets under administration of $661 billion where he was responsible for the accounting and administration of Private Equity and Real Estate Funds domiciled in various jurisdictions. Since joining Low Carbon over 4 years ago Philip has become an integral part of growing the finance function and now acts as Finance Director for Low Carbon and its portfolio companies.

Aiden Donnellan

Head of Technical Asset Management
Aiden has worked in civil and mechanical engineering across renewable, thermal and process technologies for more than 15 years. He has held positions with AES and more recently New Earth Solutions where he was responsible for the management of the UK’s most innovative Waste to Energy Advanced Thermal Power Plant.
Kenny Lewis

Head of Operations
Kenny has spent more than 9 years in the solar PV industry, specialising in utility scale solar PV design, construction, consulting, operation and maintenance services. Prior to Low Carbon, Kenny built his experience at Ikaros Solar, ENcome and Wise Energy. Most recently at Wesborn contracting, Kenny was responsible for Solar PV project works, preventive and reactive management services and consulted with O&M providers, asset managers and fund managers.
Justin Thesiger

Director of Operations & Asset Management
Justin has full P&L ownership for this strategically important business unit, which houses Low Carbon's own portfolio of 13 sites plus all third-party Asset Management clients. He is also responsible for delivering scale and efficiency in our commercial and procurement functions. Prior to Low Carbon, Justin spent more than 16 years in the telecommunications and technology sectors. Working for multinationals, SMEs and start-ups, he enjoyed various senior commercial roles.
Ben White

Performance Manager
Ben has worked in the renewable energy industry for more than seven years. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Ben built his experience at Anesco where he was responsible for performance monitoring a 300MW portfolio of ground mount solar and 16,000 commercial rooftop solar installations. Prior to Anesco, Ben worked at Ofgem where he was responsible for the administration of the Renewable Obligations (RO), Climate Change Levy Exemption Certificate (LECs) and Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) schemes.

Merlin Carnegie

Technical Development Manager
Merlin is responsible for project origination and securing grid capacity for the UK solar development team. He joined Low Carbon after completing his Masters in Renewable Energy Systems Engineering & Environment at the University of Strathclyde, with the view of implementing his knowledge gained in a pragmatic manner to help fight climate change. He previously worked in property development for 6 years.
Nick Chapman

Business Development Manager
Nick is responsible for site finding within the team, one of the first steps in the development process. Having started in the solar space in 2014, Nick hasn’t looked back. Previously, Nick has worked in various locations in the UK (Cardiff and NE England) as wells Bali – growing and managing sales teams in various sectors from property sales to the Red Cross and RSPCA.
James Hartley-Bond

Head of Project Development - Solar
James has been developing renewable energy and reserve power projects across the UK since 2012. He started his energy journey working for Inazin, helping to develop Low Carbon’s original solar portfolio. James is a chartered town planner and prior to joining Low Carbon was running his own development consultancy.
Lauren McGill

Project Development Analyst
Lauren joined Low Carbon in 2020 and is part of the origination team, helping to identify and secure land rights for development opportunities. With a passion for wildlife, Lauren is using her skills gained through working for the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and on a game reserve in Kenya in the fight against climate change.
Simon Roberts

Senior Technical Development Manager
Simon has worked within the electricity industry for 20 years including 6 years specialising in the electrical side of renewable energy. Simon holds a wealth of knowledge in project origination, construction, connections delivery, operation and management. This experience ensures that each Low Carbon project is developed with an objective to be a high performing renewable energy asset, right from the start.
Beverley Rodbard-Hedderwick

Stakeholder Manager
Bev has more than 7 years’ experience working in the solar PV industry. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Bev worked in the Commercial Team as Marketing Manager for British Solar Renewables where she built a wealth of experience and knowledge of the UK solar industry. Before moving into the Renewable Energy Sector, Bev worked for Jones Lang LaSalle in London which included a secondment to South Africa.
Mike Rutgers

Head of Development
Mike has been developing renewable energy projects throughout Europe and Africa since 2007. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Mike has held senior development positions at global solar industry players including SunPower and SunEdison. Mike is a qualified solicitor in both the UK and New Zealand and has an MBA from Said Business School, University of Oxford.
James Turley

Business Development Manager
James has worked in the renewables sector for over 10 years. Prior to Joining Low Carbon James lead a multidisciplinary consultancy team supporting solar developers across the country. James is Chartered Town Planner and started his career in Local Authority at Rutland County Council and the London Borough of Islington before moving to the private sector in 2006.

Juan Martin Alfonso

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Juan brings more than 20 years’ experience in international financial management and a strong commercial viewpoint developed through involvement in M&A, investment, fundraising and financing deals in the energy sector. In his roles as COO and CFO, Juan sits on Low Carbon’s Board of Directors and is a member of the Investment, Valuation and Risk Committees. He joined Low Carbon from the AES Corporation where he spent 12 years in a variety of senior finance roles responsible for the power generation and utilities businesses operating in Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Prior to AES, Juan worked at Deloitte & Touche and is a Public Accountant.
Roy Bedlow

Chief Executive
Roy is co-founder of Low Carbon, founder and CEO of Trust Power and Managing Partner of Oxygen House. He is a founder member of the Carbon War Room and a Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute. As former Vice President and General Manager of Palm Europe, Roy founded the Geneva-based Handspring Sarl, later acquired by Palm. Prior to Palm, Roy was Apple’s European Marketing Director.
Tom Cowley

Investment Manager
Tom has spent 10 years in transaction and investment across renewables and clean tech. Previously at Octopus Renewables, he led the divestment of the AD Portfolio and has further experience with Earth Capital Partners and Energy Invest Group.
Leo Fortey

Investment Director
Leo has more than 8 years’ experience developing and financing renewable energy projects. At Low Carbon, Leo is central to Low Carbon’s European solar development activities, with a focus on the Irish and Dutch renewable energy markets. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Leo built his experience at AGR Renewables and Coriolis Energy developing and financing UK and Irish wind and solar projects.
Ian Larive

Managing Director
Ian has developed and financed a wide portfolio of utility scale energy projects including solar PV, battery storage and reserve power. Prior to joining Low Carbon in 2012, Ian was in the Ingenious renewable energy team where he raised and deployed funds in the solar and energy-efficiency sectors. Ian is a chartered accountant and began his career at Deloitte latterly working in their M&A Tax group on numerous private equity-backed transactions.
Les MacAnnan

Investment Associate
With over 8 years’ experience working on infrastructure transactions and corporate strategy, Les was previously at Hermes Infrastructure and Barclays investment banking division.
Steve Mack

Chief Investment Officer
Steve has more than 20 years’ transactional experience in the power and renewable energy sector and has been involved in all investments made by Low Carbon to date. Steve joined Low Carbon in 2012 as General Counsel and prior to that was a corporate partner at CMS Cameron McKenna working on a wide range of corporate and financing transactions in the sector. Steve also has investment banking experience at HSBC.
Dominic Noel-Johnson

Managing Director
Dominic has 15 years of investment experience in renewable energy and infrastructure and leads Low Carbon’s investments in the waste to energy and energy efficiency sectors. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Dominic was an Investment Principal at the UK Green Investment Bank (now GIG) which invested in projects worth >£10bn over 5 years and led the firm’s first development business. Prior to GIG, Dominic worked at Hudson Clean Energy Private Equity, one of the world’s first large scale and dedicated renewable energy investment businesses, and Citigroup Equity Research where he covered Industrial Conglomerates based in Hong Kong where he was a named analyst in their #1 ranked research team. Dominic has an MBA from INSEAD and a BA from Trinity College Dublin.
Martin Pickard

Investment Director
A qualified accountant, Martin has more than 30 years’ international energy-sector experience with corporate and private equity investors, originating, structuring and closing many energy-related acquisitions and transactions. A founder of Rockland Capital in 2003 and Rockfield Energy in 2008, Martin led investment in more than 1.25GW of thermal assets and over 150MW of renewable energy projects. For Low Carbon, Martin has originated and developed over 200MW of solar assets.
Grace Purvis

Investment Associate
Grace Purvis joins Low Carbon from PwC, where she spent more than five years working in the Energy & Infrastructure transaction services team. She advised on a variety of deals across the sector, including AMP and Infracapital's divestment of Adven Oy and KKR's acquisition of Viridor. Grace is a qualified accountant.
Chris Ratcliffe

Head of Investment Analysis
Chris is the Head of Investment Analysis at Low Carbon. Chris has more than 15 years’ experience in the energy sector working primarily in corporate planning, project finance and business development. At Low Carbon he has supported transactions in multiple sectors including storage, solar and wind. During his career he has been directly involved in raising bond, debt and equity funding in the energy sector of over $1Bn. Prior to entering into industry, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young in South Africa before moving to PwC within their energy transactions team working on deals throughout Europe.
Mike Rutgers

Head of Development
Mike has been developing renewable energy projects throughout Europe and Africa since 2007. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Mike has held senior development positions at global solar industry players including SunPower and SunEdison. Mike is a qualified solicitor in both the UK and New Zealand and has an MBA from Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Juan Martin Alfonso

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Juan brings more than 20 years’ experience in international financial management and a strong commercial viewpoint developed through involvement in M&A, investment, fundraising and financing deals in the energy sector. In his roles as COO and CFO, Juan sits on Low Carbon’s Board of Directors and is a member of the Investment, Valuation and Risk Committees. He joined Low Carbon from the AES Corporation where he spent 12 years in a variety of senior finance roles responsible for the power generation and utilities businesses operating in Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Prior to AES, Juan worked at Deloitte & Touche and is a Public Accountant.
Roy Bedlow

Chief Executive
Roy is co-founder of Low Carbon, founder and CEO of Trust Power and Managing Partner of Oxygen House. He is a founder member of the Carbon War Room and a Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute. As former Vice President and General Manager of Palm Europe, Roy founded the Geneva-based Handspring Sarl, later acquired by Palm. Prior to Palm, Roy was Apple’s European Marketing Director.
Andrew Bujtor

Managing Director
Andrew is responsible for origination, M&A, commercial and financing. He has more than 16 years’ experience across infrastructure investment banking, private equity and company leadership. Andrew has been with Low Carbon for 3 years and was previously Managing Director at Tower Transit Singapore, Senior Vice President at Concord Energy and Vice President at Macquarie Capital.
Brian Clarke

Non-Executive Chair of Low Carbon
Brian has worked with global institutional investors for more than 20 years as a senior investment professional at several infrastructure investment firms. He spent nine years at global investment management company, IFM Investors, where he oversaw the growth of the firm’s asset base reaching more than US$100 billion under management across asset classes that included infrastructure, infrastructure debt, other private debt, listed equity and private equity offerings. Prior to this, Brian served as Senior Managing Director at Macquarie Capital USA where he was responsible for raising investments and led a successful effort that directly raised more than US$8 billion for the private infrastructure fund offerings.
Margot Dowson

Investor Relations Manager
Margot joined Low Carbon from a career in diplomacy and investment promotion at the UK government. At the Department for International Trade she worked closely with some of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, promoting direct and indirect investment opportunities in UK renewables, infrastructure and technology to Gulf institutional and private investors. In 2021, Margot played a key role in delivering the UK-UAE Sovereign Investment Partnership that saw Mubadala commit to invest £10bn into UK energy transition, life sciences, infrastructure and technology.
John Graves

Chief Investment Officer
John has 25 years’ experience as a senior institutional investor and limited partner. He acted as Assistant Senior Investment Officer at the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) for over 10 years, sourcing and negotiating more than $5 billion in investments in 24 private fund vehicles. He oversaw a $1 billion WSIB renewable energy portfolio which stands to deliver over 3 GW of renewable power capacity in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America across a range of energy technologies, including onshore wind, solar, solar/battery and hydropower. Prior to joining WSIB, John held senior positions at JP Morgan Asset Management/Bear Stearns as a hedge fund manager and worked for the Rockefeller Family Office as a portfolio manager and strategic advisor to private clients.
John Isherwood

Managing Director
John is responsible for origination and asset management. John has more than 23 years’ experience in renewables, asset management and PPP / PFI construction, having been a Managing Director at GIB, and a Director at Lend Lease. John has substantial expertise in both wind and thermal power generation, from both an investment and construction perspective.
Ben Krieble

Investment Manager
Ben supports the fund team in its project development activities, with a focus on commercial and financial workstreams. Ben is also responsible for due diligence and financial modelling. He has over nine years' experience in natural resource infrastructure finance, including in buy-side, sell-side, and advisory roles, with the last three years dedicated to renewable energy.
Martin Langham

Managing Director
Martin is responsible for origination and asset management. Martin has more than 22 years’ experience in renewables, having previously been a Managing Director in GIB’s Offshore Wind & Portfolio teams. Martin played a key role in launching GIB’s landmark Offshore Wind Fund, and prior to GIB he spent time in Germany heading Siemens European wind turbine service business.

Juan Martin Alfonso

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Juan brings more than 20 years’ experience in international financial management and a strong commercial viewpoint developed through involvement in M&A, investment, fundraising and financing deals in the energy sector. In his roles as COO and CFO, Juan sits on Low Carbon’s Board of Directors and is a member of the Investment, Valuation and Risk Committees. He joined Low Carbon from the AES Corporation where he spent 12 years in a variety of senior finance roles responsible for the power generation and utilities businesses operating in Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Prior to AES, Juan worked at Deloitte & Touche and is a Public Accountant.
Roy Bedlow

Chief Executive
Roy is co-founder of Low Carbon, founder and CEO of Trust Power and Managing Partner of Oxygen House. He is a founder member of the Carbon War Room and a Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute. As former Vice President and General Manager of Palm Europe, Roy founded the Geneva-based Handspring Sarl, later acquired by Palm. Prior to Palm, Roy was Apple’s European Marketing Director.
Andrew Bujtor

Managing Director
Andrew is responsible for origination, M&A, commercial and financing. He has more than 16 years’ experience across infrastructure investment banking, private equity and company leadership. Andrew has been with Low Carbon for 3 years and was previously Managing Director at Tower Transit Singapore, Senior Vice President at Concord Energy and Vice President at Macquarie Capital.
Merlin Carnegie

Technical Development Manager
Merlin is responsible for project origination and securing grid capacity for the UK solar development team. He joined Low Carbon after completing his Masters in Renewable Energy Systems Engineering & Environment at the University of Strathclyde, with the view of implementing his knowledge gained in a pragmatic manner to help fight climate change. He previously worked in property development for 6 years.
Amos Carrington

Head of Legal
Amos heads up the legal, compliance and company secretarial functions at Low Carbon. With more than 15 years’ experience in the energy sector, Amos spent the first 10 years of his career as a lawyer in the London and Tokyo corporate energy teams of international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills, before moving to in-house roles in energy and resources companies.
Nick Chapman

Business Development Manager
Nick is responsible for site finding within the team, one of the first steps in the development process. Having started in the solar space in 2014, Nick hasn’t looked back. Previously, Nick has worked in various locations in the UK (Cardiff and NE England) as wells Bali – growing and managing sales teams in various sectors from property sales to the Red Cross and RSPCA.
Jacob Copeland

Compliance and Risk Officer
Jacob Copeland focusses on regulatory compliance and managing risk control structures within the Low Carbon group. His previous experience was within the UK regulator, consulting and industry. He is currently a Senior Manager at Low Carbon, holding the SMF16 position (Compliance Oversight Function).
Tom Cowley

Investment Manager
Tom has spent 10 years in transaction and investment across renewables and clean tech. Previously at Octopus Renewables, he led the divestment of the AD Portfolio and has further experience with Earth Capital Partners and Energy Invest Group.
Aiden Donnellan

Head of Technical Asset Management
Aiden has worked in civil and mechanical engineering across renewable, thermal and process technologies for more than 15 years. He has held positions with AES and more recently New Earth Solutions where he was responsible for the management of the UK’s most innovative Waste to Energy Advanced Thermal Power Plant.
Leo Fortey

Investment Director
Leo has more than 8 years’ experience developing and financing renewable energy projects. At Low Carbon, Leo is central to Low Carbon’s European solar development activities, with a focus on the Irish and Dutch renewable energy markets. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Leo built his experience at AGR Renewables and Coriolis Energy developing and financing UK and Irish wind and solar projects.
James Hartley-Bond

Head of Project Development - Solar
James has been developing renewable energy and reserve power projects across the UK since 2012. He started his energy journey working for Inazin, helping to develop Low Carbon’s original solar portfolio. James is a chartered town planner and prior to joining Low Carbon was running his own development consultancy.
John Isherwood

Managing Director
John is responsible for origination and asset management. John has more than 23 years’ experience in renewables, asset management and PPP / PFI construction, having been a Managing Director at GIB, and a Director at Lend Lease. John has substantial expertise in both wind and thermal power generation, from both an investment and construction perspective.
Martin Langham

Managing Director
Martin is responsible for origination and asset management. Martin has more than 22 years’ experience in renewables, having previously been a Managing Director in GIB’s Offshore Wind & Portfolio teams. Martin played a key role in launching GIB’s landmark Offshore Wind Fund, and prior to GIB he spent time in Germany heading Siemens European wind turbine service business.
Ian Larive

Managing Director
Ian has developed and financed a wide portfolio of utility scale energy projects including solar PV, battery storage and reserve power. Prior to joining Low Carbon in 2012, Ian was in the Ingenious renewable energy team where he raised and deployed funds in the solar and energy-efficiency sectors. Ian is a chartered accountant and began his career at Deloitte latterly working in their M&A Tax group on numerous private equity-backed transactions.
Kenny Lewis

Head of Operations
Kenny has spent more than 9 years in the solar PV industry, specialising in utility scale solar PV design, construction, consulting, operation and maintenance services. Prior to Low Carbon, Kenny built his experience at Ikaros Solar, ENcome and Wise Energy. Most recently at Wesborn contracting, Kenny was responsible for Solar PV project works, preventive and reactive management services and consulted with O&M providers, asset managers and fund managers.
Les MacAnnan

Investment Associate
With over 8 years’ experience working on infrastructure transactions and corporate strategy, Les was previously at Hermes Infrastructure and Barclays investment banking division.
Steve Mack

Chief Investment Officer
Steve has more than 20 years’ transactional experience in the power and renewable energy sector and has been involved in all investments made by Low Carbon to date. Steve joined Low Carbon in 2012 as General Counsel and prior to that was a corporate partner at CMS Cameron McKenna working on a wide range of corporate and financing transactions in the sector. Steve also has investment banking experience at HSBC.
Paul McAdam

Managing Director
Paul McAdam joined Low Carbon from Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) in London where he was responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of renewable energy investments in EMEA. Paul brings more than 15 years of renewable energy experience across the full project lifecycle and technology spectrum and has a track record of developing, acquiring and financing wind energy projects with a total capacity of more than 3.5GW across the UK and Europe, enabling over £7.2 billion of investment.
Lauren McGill

Project Development Analyst
Lauren joined Low Carbon in 2020 and is part of the origination team, helping to identify and secure land rights for development opportunities. With a passion for wildlife, Lauren is using her skills gained through working for the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and on a game reserve in Kenya in the fight against climate change.
Dominic Noel-Johnson

Managing Director
Dominic has 15 years of investment experience in renewable energy and infrastructure and leads Low Carbon’s investments in the waste to energy and energy efficiency sectors. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Dominic was an Investment Principal at the UK Green Investment Bank (now GIG) which invested in projects worth >£10bn over 5 years and led the firm’s first development business. Prior to GIG, Dominic worked at Hudson Clean Energy Private Equity, one of the world’s first large scale and dedicated renewable energy investment businesses, and Citigroup Equity Research where he covered Industrial Conglomerates based in Hong Kong where he was a named analyst in their #1 ranked research team. Dominic has an MBA from INSEAD and a BA from Trinity College Dublin.
Harriet Parker

Sustainability and ESG Manager
Harriet has more than 12 years’ experience in sustainability and ESG. Harriet joined Low Carbon from Arup where she was responsible for ESG due diligence in support of global asset transactions and provided specific expertise in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) delivery for major and complex infrastructure projects including HS2, Thames Tideway and East West Rail.
Soren Petersen

Head of Power Sales
Soren joined Low Carbon from Centrica. Soren entered the energy sector in 2009 where he joined NEAS Energy in Denmark as Head of Markets. In 2011 he took responsibility for International expansion before moving to London in 2013 to set up NEAS Energy Ltd (as managing director) where he successfully built an extensive renewable PPA portfolio of more than 1GW. When the company was purchased by Centrica in 2016, he took a role leading UK origination and later a role in European origination. Before moving into Energy Soren worked within the Financial Sector as head of trading across a number of international locations for Danske Bank.
Martin Pickard

Investment Director
A qualified accountant, Martin has more than 30 years’ international energy-sector experience with corporate and private equity investors, originating, structuring and closing many energy-related acquisitions and transactions. A founder of Rockland Capital in 2003 and Rockfield Energy in 2008, Martin led investment in more than 1.25GW of thermal assets and over 150MW of renewable energy projects. For Low Carbon, Martin has originated and developed over 200MW of solar assets.
Deborah Porton

Head of People
Deborah is a qualified HR professional and a certified coach. For the past 7 years she has set up HR functions within tech start-ups, focusing on employee engagement and a building culture of trust and autonomy. Before becoming a coach and transitioning into HR, Deborah worked in mobile technology companies, including 14 years at T-Mobile UK (now EE) in a range of management roles covering Product Management, Marketing, IT and Customer Services.
Grace Purvis

Investment Associate
Grace Purvis joins Low Carbon from PwC, where she spent more than five years working in the Energy & Infrastructure transaction services team. She advised on a variety of deals across the sector, including AMP and Infracapital's divestment of Adven Oy and KKR's acquisition of Viridor. Grace is a qualified accountant.
Saeedeh Ramezani

Business Controller
Saeedeh is a senior international finance professional with more than 20 years’ diverse experience and achievement in management & financial reporting, controlling, accounting and treasury management. Saeedeh has spent 10 years in the energy sector at Low Carbon and prior to that at AES Corporation. Earlier still, Saeedeh worked at Primus Telecommunications Limited and American Airlines where she held various senior roles responsible for European subsidiaries statutory reporting, taxation reporting, financial & management reporting.
Chris Ratcliffe

Head of Investment Analysis
Chris is the Head of Investment Analysis at Low Carbon. Chris has more than 15 years’ experience in the energy sector working primarily in corporate planning, project finance and business development. At Low Carbon he has supported transactions in multiple sectors including storage, solar and wind. During his career he has been directly involved in raising bond, debt and equity funding in the energy sector of over $1Bn. Prior to entering into industry, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young in South Africa before moving to PwC within their energy transactions team working on deals throughout Europe.
Simon Roberts

Senior Technical Development Manager
Simon has worked within the electricity industry for 20 years including 6 years specialising in the electrical side of renewable energy. Simon holds a wealth of knowledge in project origination, construction, connections delivery, operation and management. This experience ensures that each Low Carbon project is developed with an objective to be a high performing renewable energy asset, right from the start.
Beverley Rodbard-Hedderwick

Stakeholder Manager
Bev has more than 7 years’ experience working in the solar PV industry. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Bev worked in the Commercial Team as Marketing Manager for British Solar Renewables where she built a wealth of experience and knowledge of the UK solar industry. Before moving into the Renewable Energy Sector, Bev worked for Jones Lang LaSalle in London which included a secondment to South Africa.
Mike Rutgers

Head of Development
Mike has been developing renewable energy projects throughout Europe and Africa since 2007. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Mike has held senior development positions at global solar industry players including SunPower and SunEdison. Mike is a qualified solicitor in both the UK and New Zealand and has an MBA from Said Business School, University of Oxford.
Quentin Scott

Marketing Director
With more than 20 years’ marketing experience in the energy, telecommunications and technology sectors, Quentin has a comprehensive understanding of how the marketing mix is applied by UK and multinational companies. As well as IBM and O2, his most recent appointment prior to Low Carbon was BlackBerry, for which he was UK Marketing Director. At Low Carbon, Quentin is responsible for the management and delivery of the full marketing mix. He acts as the brand custodian for Low Carbon, driving marketing communications programmes across all key disciplines with a focus on translating complex renewable energy and climate change concepts into accessible, easily understood propositions and offers.
Hilary Struthers

Non-Executive Director
Hilary Struthers joined Low Carbon as non-executive director NED with a focus on ESG. She brings 20 years' experience from Shell, in a variety of commercial roles including energy trading, business strategy, supply chain management and capital projects. Most recently, Hilary headed up the Sustainability function for the Global Commercial division, and was a member of the Energy Transition Taskforce, developing board-level energy transition strategy.
Justin Thesiger

Director of Operations & Asset Management
Justin has full P&L ownership for this strategically important business unit, which houses Low Carbon's own portfolio of 13 sites plus all third-party Asset Management clients. He is also responsible for delivering scale and efficiency in our commercial and procurement functions. Prior to Low Carbon, Justin spent more than 16 years in the telecommunications and technology sectors. Working for multinationals, SMEs and start-ups, he enjoyed various senior commercial roles.
James Turley

Business Development Manager
James has worked in the renewables sector for over 10 years. Prior to Joining Low Carbon James lead a multidisciplinary consultancy team supporting solar developers across the country. James is Chartered Town Planner and started his career in Local Authority at Rutland County Council and the London Borough of Islington before moving to the private sector in 2006.
Ben White

Performance Manager
Ben has worked in the renewable energy industry for more than seven years. Prior to joining Low Carbon, Ben built his experience at Anesco where he was responsible for performance monitoring a 300MW portfolio of ground mount solar and 16,000 commercial rooftop solar installations. Prior to Anesco, Ben worked at Ofgem where he was responsible for the administration of the Renewable Obligations (RO), Climate Change Levy Exemption Certificate (LECs) and Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) schemes.
Philip Woolfson

Finance Director
Philip has more than 15 years’ experience in accounting, auditing and fund administration. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PKF Ireland where his client portfolio included variously sized companies operating in Property Development, Manufacturing and Consumer Products. Previously, Philip was a Senior Manager with Royal Bank of Canada, a tier one bank with assets under administration of $661 billion where he was responsible for the accounting and administration of Private Equity and Real Estate Funds domiciled in various jurisdictions. Since joining Low Carbon over 4 years ago Philip has become an integral part of growing the finance function and now acts as Finance Director for Low Carbon and its portfolio companies.

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Juan Martin Alfonso

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Roy Bedlow

Chief Executive

Amos Carrington

Head of Legal

Jacob Copeland

Compliance and Risk Officer

Soren Petersen

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Deborah Porton

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Saeedeh Ramezani

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Chris Ratcliffe

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Quentin Scott

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Philip Woolfson

Finance Director

Aiden Donnellan

Head of Technical Asset Management

Kenny Lewis

Head of Operations

Justin Thesiger

Director of Operations & Asset Management

Ben White

Performance Manager

Merlin Carnegie

Technical Development Manager

Nick Chapman

Business Development Manager

James Hartley-Bond

Head of Project Development - Solar

Lauren McGill

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Simon Roberts

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Beverley Rodbard-Hedderwick

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Mike Rutgers

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James Turley

Business Development Manager

Juan Martin Alfonso

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Roy Bedlow

Chief Executive

Tom Cowley

Investment Manager

Leo Fortey

Investment Director

Ian Larive

Managing Director

Les MacAnnan

Investment Associate

Steve Mack

Chief Investment Officer

Dominic Noel-Johnson

Managing Director

Martin Pickard

Investment Director

Grace Purvis

Investment Associate

Chris Ratcliffe

Head of Investment Analysis

Mike Rutgers

Head of Development

Juan Martin Alfonso

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Roy Bedlow

Chief Executive

An empowered and committed team working together
to make the world a better place