Stephen has a track record in innovation, commercialisation and management across energy, property and retail. He founded Fleet Renewables in 2011 with the goal of commercialising innovation, including RheEnergise. Stephen has been involved with entrepreneurialism in EVs, tidal, solar, biomass, air quality, insurance and wind energy and has been the commercial director of two different wind turbine manufacturing businesses. 

Graham is an entrepreneurial and commercial chartered accountant, FCA and MBA, committed to cleantech growth businesses. He has 25 years’ professional experience as a CFO and advisor and a track record as serial CFO of high growth cleantech businesses. Graham has played a leading role in the raising of more than £40m in funding, and in providing strategic leadership, support and challenge to management.

Prof. Cochrane was Director of Education and Senior Lecturer at Exeter University. A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Energy Institute. Richard designed the Quiet Revolution qr5 helical VAWT. He also led the development of a high efficiency double regulated Kaplan turbine.

Richard Cochrane passed away on 25th May 2023. He dedicated his career to fighting climate change. The entire team at RheEnergise is committed to carrying on his vision.

Tamás is an experienced sustainable energy engineer and entrepreneur. With a PhD from the University of Cambridge, he has been actively engaged with sustainability and decentralised-scale energy since 2002. His work has covered product innovation to project design and project finance. Tamás has been involved with numerous clean tech startups. His track record includes over £6m in collaborative research grants and raising £20m investment. 

Sophie has 16 years of clean tech experience, leading the deployment of wind, solar & energy storage projects: from first of their kind applications, through to utility scale. She recently led the renewables & energy storage workstream of Centrica’s pioneering Cornwall Local Energy Market. Sophie holds an MENG in Aerospace Engineering, studied Strategic Innovation at MIT, and Business Sustainability Management at Cambridge.

Jim is an experienced business leader in engineering, manufacturing and project construction businesses. He has a global perspective and significant deal experience in large scale capital projects ($200M-1.3Bn) as well as raising capital for technology intensive ventures, energy project ventures and private equity funds. Since 2011 Jim is a partner of EnerCap Capital Partners, a PE fund manager investing in large renewable energy ventures/ projects (CEE region). Jim has a foundation in power systems engineering and is a Fellow of the Energy Institute.

Michael is an experienced financial adviser, investor and entrepreneur who has spent over 20 years advising businesses on succession planning, tax efficient investment strategies and financial solutions. Michael co-founded Tributum Research who offer advice on capital allowances and research and development tax relief. As an angel investor he has a particular interest in sustainability, the transition to net zero and being a force for good.

Matthew is a chartered Mechanical Engineer with close to two decades of experience in the hydro industry. He is currently a Senior Mechanical Engineer and Technical Specialist for rotating machines, pumps and turbines at United Utilities. Matthew has overseen from conception to generation over 230 hydro projects with in excess of 128MW of installed capacity. He served on the British Hydro Association council for a number of years and was also a member of Scottish Renewables Hydro Work Group.

Philippa has over fifteen years experience working in start up organisations, building their brand and raising their profile through various forms of marketing and PR channels. Her specialities include social media, content creation, digital comms strategy, client communications, event marketing, public relations, renewable technology and sustainability.

Marc-Antoine has worked at several leading aerospace companies in Quebec. With a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Concordia University, he is particularly interested in fluid mechanics and turbomachinery. Marc-Antoine is also passionate about sustainability and social justice.

Lizzi spent three years working in the marketing and advertising industry, after graduating with a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Bristol. She has spent time studying and working abroad in Spain and Mexico, and is fluent in Spanish. Lizzi is passionate about climate change and creating a sustainable future.

PhD in Formulation Science from the University of Greenwich. Zahra has several years of experience with developing and optimising complex formulations across a wide range of market sectors. She is a researcher in product formulation, development, and scale-up of RheEnergise's High-Density Hydro fluid.

Dietrich is experienced in socially responsible investments and clean tech innovation launches. He co-founded DSi’s impact investment initiative, leading DSi’s financial analysis, tax structuring and investment decisions to adapt community energy to a post-FIT environment. In cleantech development, he has been the interface between product development and potential customers to accelerate commercialisation in advanced materials, wind energy, industrial energy efficiency, and transport.

Christian Porowski is a project engineer with nearly a decade of combined experience as a consultant in the design of sustainable and energy simulations, and as a lead mechanical engineer developing and building industrial vertical farms. He has obtained his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University, where he developed his passion for innovative sustainable technologies. His career has led him to contribute to projects in Switzerland, France, Australia and across Canada.

Alireza did his PhD at École de Technologie Supérieure in Automated Manufacturing Engineering. He has a few years hands-on experience of implementing control systems for a wide range of electromechanical and mechatronic systems. His areas of research interests are intelligent control systems, industrial electronics, power systems, neural network applications, and robotic control.

Diana has over five years of hands-on experience with product development and implementation. She has a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of New Brunswick and has worked in a few different industries. Diana is working on the fluid formulation and mixing system for the High-Density Fluid at RheEnergise. She is very passionate about creating a sustainable future.

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Alex is an award winning designer, illustrator, writer and web developer. He has worked for about 30 years in independent creative production which has led to 5 BAFTA and 3 RTS wins and nominations and multiple D&AD and Design Week awards in projects spanning TV, film, web, branding and illustration.

Alex was inspired to join RheEnergise in order to try to make a difference in the climate emergency.

Omotola obtained both her bachelor’s degree (in Systems Engineering & Operations Research) and master’s degree (in Project Management) from the George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is an accomplished and experienced Cost Engineer with a strong background in supporting the delivery of complex, valuable, high profile, construction projects of up to $1 billion in value for major construction management companies. 

Christopher has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Ottawa. He has over 8 years of experience spanning technology and process flowsheet development, hydrometallurgical battery recycling, and mass and energy balance modelling. He is passionate about the development and scaling of sustainable innovative engineering solutions.

Lauren obtained her BSc in Archaeological and Anthropological Science at the University of Bristol before spending three years in an operational, restaurant management role. She then moved abroad to work in Shanghai, China, broadening her managerial experience, and launching her continued study of Mandarin. Lauren has joined RheEnergise as a strong advocate in working towards a greener future and sustainable energy solutions.

Valerie has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and recently completed her Master’s in the same field at McGill University. During her graduate studies, she designed and built an experimental test facility for the characterization of heat transfer fluids used in thermal energy applications. Valerie has shared her work through various presentations at energy, fluid dynamics and heat transfer conferences as well as scientific publications. 

Carol is a senior sales executive. A master at brokering deals and win-win relationships, Carol has had success bringing new technology to larger industries. She trains and develops sales teams using a unique methodology that maps out opportunities. She has 20 years in the Oil and Gas Industry and holds a MSc. in Geophysics.

Frieder is an Experimental Fluid Dynamicist with a PhD from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany). As a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University, Frieder led multiple international research collaborations developing and applying new measurement techniques and flow-control approaches. The joint objective of his research has been to increase efficiency in the transportation and renewable energy sector. 

Peter is a colloid scientist whose research focuses on understanding and ultimately controlling interactions between the diverse components in complex formulations – polymers, surfactants, particles – to introduce positive performance characteristics to those formulations.

Giselle holds a dual degree in Chemical Engineering and Computing Technology from the University of Ottawa. She has previous experience in research, namely in the development of Li-ion battery materials and soil remediation. Giselle is passionate about innovative solutions for sustainability. At RheEnergise, she is working on fluid formulation and recovery.