Experience

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  International Emissions Trading Association

  • Non-profit Organization Management
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Director of Carbon Market Development

    • Jan 2019 - Present

    IETA is an industry association serving businesses engaged in emissions trading. Our objective is to build international policy and market frameworks for reducing greenhouse gases at lowest cost. We are the leading voice of the business community on carbon markets globally. I lead IETA’s work on the development of new emission trading systems around the world.

  • EU Policy Director

    • Apr 2018 - Jan 2019

  • ICROA Programme Director

    • Mar 2016 - Apr 2018

    The International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) is the leading voluntary carbon market industry alliance. It promotes best practice in carbon management and offsetting and is housed in the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

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  Global Carbon Council

  • Doha, Qatar

  • Advisory Board Member

    • Oct 2019 - Present
    • Doha, Qatar

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  Pöyry Management Consulting (UK) Ltd

  • Sweden
  • Civil Engineering
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Consultant

    • Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

    Pöyry Management Consulting is an international consulting and engineering company that serves clients globally across the energy, industry and infrastructure sectors. A major focus of my work was to provide market analysis and commercial advice to companies operating in European electricity markets. Examples of my work include:- Providing market and regulatory due diligence for project financing and M&A transactions for CCGTs, wind farms, electricity retail businesses, gas distribution networks and coal stations- Contributing to Pöyry’s year long multi-client study assessing electricity market design options to decarbonise the European electricity sector- Market modelling of wholesale electricity prices in the Irish Single Electricity Market and leading Pöyry’s modelling of EU ETS carbon prices- Lead author of Pöyry’s Annual Irish electricity market report - Lead author of a major study for the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) analysing the alternative uses of biomass for decarbonising industry. This project analysed the costs and benefits of substituting standard industrial products with bio-based alternatives.

  • Consultant

    • Nov 2010 - Mar 2015

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  AEA Technology

  • Consultant

    • Oct 2007 - Nov 2010

    Responsibilities and achievements include:- Providing EU ETS consultancy service to an industrial multi-national- Conducting Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for nuclear and gas fired power stations for a major utility- Several projects for the European Commission analysing aspects of the EU ETS including; the impacts on carbon leakage, energy security and compliance procedures. - A scoping study for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to provide advice on the future research requirements of the nuclear industry

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  Risk Management Solutions

  • Intern

    • Jun 2006 - Sep 2006

    Conducted research and wrote extensive report on the impact of climate change on extreme weather events

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  The Climate Group

  • Intern

    • Apr 2006 - Jun 2006

    Wrote corporate case studies on the carbon reduction plans of Severn Trent and Starbucks. Developed a database of leading opinion formers, business / government influencers and key funders on climate change in North America.