Dan Lewis, CEO

Dan is the Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Future Energy Strategies. Today he is Chief Executive of the Economic Policy Centre which he recently launched after six years as  Research Director of the Economic Research Council. He was also the founder (since 2005) and webmaster of AEI, www.altenergyinvestor.org from 2006-2009 – a leading resource for the alternative energy investor, then owned and supported by Guinness Atkinson Funds. Dan contributes frequently to the media on energy matters, including Sky, BBC and Al-Jazeera TV and writes from time to time for the specialist trade press, like E&T magazine, as well as mainstream regional, national and international magazines and papers such as the Yorkshire Post, World Finance Magazine, Daily Telegraph and the Wall Street Journal.

His latests paper for the Economic Policy Centre (December 2009) is entitled SECURING OUR ENERGY FUTURE – Why and how it must be done.

In his role at the Economic Research Council, Dan produced, edited (and authored) a number of energy reports, including; The Digest of Energy Statistics 2008, New Nuclear Build in the UK – The Criteria for Delivery (2008), The New Economics of Energy Security (2006), Electrifying Britain – forward with Coal, Gas or Nuclear? (2005), Recharging The Nation – The Challenge and Cost of Renewable Electricity Generation (2003) and is co-founder of Future Energy Strategies.

Paul Garrett, Director

Paul has been writing, broadcasting and commentating on the energy and utilities sector for more than twenty years. Currently the Energy Editor at international emerging markets magazine Pathfinder Business, Paul previously spent four years in a utilities communications role at consultants Accenture, and prior to that helped launch Utility Week magazine which he then edited for ten years. Before that he had a media relations role during the privatisation of the water industry in England and Wales.

As well as sitting on the steering group for the Major Energy Users Council’s annual Brussels Energy Delegation, Paul also works with Westminster Energy Forum and is a member of the Utility Strategy Group think tank.

He has produced a number of industry reports for organisations including Energywatch, and is co-founder of Future Energy Strategies.

Future Energy Strategies Advisory Board

Aily Armour-Biggs –

Aily is Advisory CEO of Global Energy Advisory.  Aily started her energy and banking career in the earliest days of privatization of the electricity industry in the UK.  She was quickly promoted 8 times making key contributions in the trading, retail and commercial businesses of Scottish Hydro-Electric, London Economics, Scottish Nuclear, South Western Electricity and Energy Australia, where she was nominated for Business Woman of the Year. Other roles include Executive Director, International Corporate Finance for UBS based in Zurich and Chairman of the Electricity Forwards Agreement Association in the UK. Before joining Global Energy Advisory she was Head of Power & Utilities, UK & Europe, for the Royal Bank of Scotland in London.

Global Energy Advisory has been a respected advisor to the energy industry for more than 5 years and has developed a reputation which has been built on the provision of high quality and innovative consultancy services and independent expert quantitative analysis. We combine experience with knowledge of the industry to provide energy companies, financial institutions, and energy buyers with independent analysis which is commercial, forward looking and value based.

Keith Boyfield -

In 2009, Keith was appointed Chairman of Leriba Risk Ltd – a pan-African business intelligence consultancy. And for many years at the helm of Keith Boyfield Associates,  Keith is a well-known consultant economist who advises a range of multinational businesses, international trade associations and NGOs.

He has written and consulted extensively on competition and regulation policy as well as privatisation. He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and other leading newspapers and journals including Acquisitions Monthly.

Nigel Hawkins –

Nigel Hawkins is an investment analyst, who specialises primarily in the water, electricity, gas and telecoms sectors; he also covers several other sectors. He has worked in the City since 1988 and has been employed by Hoare Govett (now owned by RBS), Yamaichi and Williams de Broe (now Evolution).

He is a regular feature writer for Utility Week and Cleantech magazines as well as frequently contributing to the financial media. In addition, he undertakes various research projects on energy, water, health and economics policies for Westminster-based Think Tanks and other organisations.

Chris Lambert –

Chris Lambert is Director of the Westminster Energy Forum one of London’s leading networks of private and public sector organisations who are material to the design and delivery of energy policy and infrastructure in several different jurisdictions. The Forum is based in London, and convenes around an annual programme of invitation seminars which address the key energy risk and policy issues. Uniquely, the Forum is horizontally integrated, cutting across the typical sector ‘silos’ to bring together high level strategists from Government, Parliament, the financial and corporate sectors, NGOs, and diplomats. In addition to being Director of the Westminster Energy Forum, Chris regularly works as a private consultant on issues related to various aspects of energy policy and international affairs.

Simon Skilling –

Dr Simon Skillings is Director of Trilemma UK Ltd. and has 25 years experience in the UK energy market. Much of this time has been spent developing business strategy and influencing the regulatory and policy frameworks including 5 years spent as Director of Strategy and Energy Policy at E.ON UK. He can bring unparalleled insights to help companies win in the competitive market and ensure Governments and regulators implement effective policy interventions. Since establishing Trilemma UK Ltd., he has provided advice to a range of private companies and worked with the UK Government and the regulator OFGEM.

Quentin Tannock – LLB (Hons); LLM (Cantab); ACIArb.

Quentin is Chairman of CambridgeIP the market leading Intellectual Property (IP) analysis firm, he has a background in law and has founded and grown several successful businesses. Quentin has worked as an international management & strategy consultant, undertaking IP analysis and IP mapping for high-tech clients in the UK and USA, including assisting a venture-backed nanotechnology holding company with a dozen startups develop and deliver their the IP research and IP portfolio strategy.  He established major university-corporate research alliances at Cambridge University; was a member of the Lambert Working group on Intellectual Property tasked by UK government to draft model contracts for industry-university collaborations; Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators IP & Electronic Media Group; co-founder of several companies including a chemical company, CambridgeIP and the online complaints resolution hub GetClosure. Quentin has written articles in leading international commercial law journals, and has contributed chapters to textbooks on IP strategy, IP policy and commercialising early stage technologies.  He lectures regularly on  IP economics and policy issues; and on IP strategies, cross-licensing and standards regimes.