News about team members and directors.
Following our AGM in the autumn, we’re excited to announce our new Chair of the Board of Directors, Mike Paton, who replaces our long-standing chair Peter Thompson. Mike lives in Bristol and is a BEC member. He shared some of…
BEC’s own Marianne Brown has just published her debut book, The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on My Father’s Islands, which mixes memoir and journalism to tell the story of Britain’s most productive onshore windfarm. We asked her some…
We are very excited to welcome our new CEO, Helen Martin. Helen comes to BEC with extensive international experience in infrastructure and finance. For over 15 years she worked with governments and development finance institutions to reform policies, develop investor…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Divestment and positive investment seem like a win-win for everyone. Switching your money from damaging fossil fuels to clean renewables helps tackle climate change, gives control back to the local community, and offers a financial return for investors. We…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Daniella Radice was elected as a director of Bristol Energy Cooperative by our members at the AGM in October 2016, we asked her why she put herself forward… As an environmentalist I am very happy to be on the…
We are pleased to announce that David Bunker has joined our board of directors. David brings a wealth of financial experience in renewables including being Finance Director for our partner, Mongoose Energy. With over twenty years of experience in public practice, David is…