Board
Charles Secrett is an advisor on Climate, Environment and Sustainability - most recently for the Mayor of London (2004-2008), and currently for Visit London and a number of other organisations. He was a Board Member of the London Development Agency between 2004-2008. He has also been Executive Director of Friends of the Earth between 1993 and 2003. Prior to that, he worked for the International Institute for Environment and Development as Climate Change Programme Director. He was a member of the UK Round Table for Sustainable Development between 1994 and 2000, and the UK Sustainable Development Commission between 2000 and 2003.
James Blanchard has a background in chemistry, biology and oceanography, and has some 25 years of international experience in the energy sector. He has held various senior international health, safety, and environmental posts with the Institute of Offshore Engineering, Marathon Oil and Enterprise Oil. Since 1992 he has worked as a health, safety and environmental management consultant to the energy industry. James is currently the Managing Director of the Rudall Blanchard Associates Group as a successful independent health, safety and environmental consultancy in the UK, United States and Australia. He has a broad knowledge of the energy sector across the full project life cycle and has extensive experience in health, safety and environmental management systems, their formulation, implementation, audit, and training. He is also experienced in strategic planning and policy development, management systems, risk assessments, audits and crisis management. James is a Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and Institute of Biology.
John Harrison has worked as an investment adviser for small to medium-sized companies since the mid 1960s. Since 1975 John has been involved in founding and operating 'green' businesses, initially one of the UK's first organic restaurants, then in 1980 a London based wholesaler of organic vegetables (now Organic Farm Foods Limited). In semi-retirement in West Wales, in addition to his directorship of Triodos Renewables since 1997, he is a non-executive Director of Bro Dyfi Community Renewables, a small community-owned wind electricity generator, and a trustee of The Magdalen Project, a charity providing education in sustainability, based on an organic farm in Dorset.
Emma Howard Boyd has been actively involved in socially responsible investment (SRI) since joining Jupiter Asset Management in 1994. As Head of SRI and Governance, Emma has overall responsibility for the management and future development of Jupiter's SRI business. She is also responsible for building up Jupiter's corporate governance and engagement services for institutional clients and Jupiter's UK retail funds. Emma is a member of the Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance. The Commission was set up by the UK Government to make detailed proposals specifically on enhancing the UK environmental industries, technologies and markets. She is also a guest faculty member of The Prince of Wales' Business and the Environmental Programme.
Triodos Investments Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Triodos Ventures BV, a company controlled by Triodos Bank) nominates a representative to the Board, currently Charles Middleton, the Managing Director of Triodos Bank in the UK. James Vaccaro is Head of Investment Banking at Triodos Bank’s UK Branch. James undertakes the role of Managing Director of Triodos Renewables. James has worked for Triodos bank for over 10 years. In that time he has completed seven renewable energy project finance deals worth over £10 million, and aquisitions with a combined asset value in excess of £30 million. He has an extensive network of contacts in the independent renewable generation industry and direct experience of delivering successful renewable energy projects. He has served on the boards of several environmental companies
- About Triodos Renewables
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- Portfolio
- More about Triodos Renewables investment portfolio and criteria
- Shareholders
- Information for Triodos Renewables shareholders
- Triodos Renewables Share Issue exceeds fundraising target
- Triodos Renewables has announced that its recent share issue was oversubscribed, raising £10 million from both public and institutional investors. (16 July 2008)