About Us

 

Assistant Professor in Business and Management

Jacqueline is specialising in Resilience, Innovation, Strategy and Ecosystems (RISE) applied to sustainability. Prior to her academic tenure, she held strategic roles in global supply chains and procurement for MNEs across China, the US, Canada, and France, later founding her venture in the UK. She brings a wealth of knowledge to this project, focusing on practical and theoretical approaches to sustainable business practices.

 

Professor of environmental management at the University of York

Piran carries out research on human-environment interactions, including the services and benefits we derive from nature and the links between ecosystems and human and animal health. His research frequently involves the use of interdisciplinary approaches across the natural and social sciences, and alongside policy-makers, practitioners and the business community. He has led the development of a range of decision support tools for Government and practitioners to enhance the management of natural capital and ecosystem services, including in relation to solar park management.

 

PhD student at Lancaster University

Lucy is researching the impact of solar parks on ecosystem services, soil health and forage quality for livestock. Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of York working on the project, helping to develop appropriate indicators and metrics for monitoring of nature positive investment and outcomes at solar parks. This project is important because it will improve our understanding of the potential nature positive impacts of solar and support their monitoring and reporting through the solar park value chain.

 

Vice President of Nature at NextEnergy Capital

Lee leads on integrating nature and natural capital into investment decision making. He supports Environmental and Social Governance activities across transactions, development, construction and asset management. Lee is a Chartered Environmentalist with 20 years’ experience working across nature and natural capital both in infrastructure development and sustainable lending and finance.

 

Lecturer in environmental economics

Paul works on a range of interdisciplinary topics, one of which is on how we can make the best use of nature to combat a changing environment and how we can convincing demonstrate this value. The metrics we are studying can be used to underpin the case for proactively investing in improving our stocks of nature.

 

Vice President, ESG at NextEnergy Group

David supports the Head of ESG in the implementation of the ESG framework across the Group, along with ensuring that all ESG regulatory matters are considered accordingly. David is an experienced environmental & social advisor for the energy sector and has strong knowledge in assessing and managing biodiversity and climate related issues which apply to all levels of the energy portfolio.

 

Researcher at the University of York

Working broadly on the relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem services and health and wellbeing. Laura’s role has been to assess how appropriate various indicators and metrics are for use by stakeholders, which will support an industry that has been particularly forward thinking with regard to biodiversity.

Read more about Laura’s work
Connect with Laura on LinkedIn

 

Chief Operating Officer and Head of UK Investments at NextEnergy Capital

Ross joined the Group in 2013 and has contributed to NextEnergy Capital’s success across its UK activities. Ross oversees NEC’s UK investment platform, including investment activities for NextEnergy Solar Fund, and oversees NEC’s global operations, which includes services such as Fund Management, Construction Management, Global Procurement and Portfolio Management across NEC’s existing and future investment vehicles.

Connect with Ross on LinkedIn

 

Professor in Energy & Environmental Sciences
 and Director of Energy at Lancaster University

Alona’s research focus is on understanding the interactions between renewable energy infrastructure and the hosting ecosystem. This ranges from projects that develop more fundamental understanding through to decision support tools and guidance to help manage solar parks for ecosystem service benefits. She brings understanding of the ecological impacts of land use and management change for renewable energy and implications for biodiversity, natural capital and ecosystem services to the project.

Read more about Alona’s work

 

Assistant Professor in Business and Management

Jacqueline is specialising in Resilience, Innovation, Strategy and Ecosystems (RISE) applied to sustainability. Prior to her academic tenure, she held strategic roles in global supply chains and procurement for MNEs across China, the US, Canada, and France, later founding her venture in the UK. She brings a wealth of knowledge to this project, focusing on practical and theoretical approaches to sustainable business practices.

 

Professor of environmental management at the University of York

Piran carries out research on human-environment interactions, including the services and benefits we derive from nature and the links between ecosystems and human and animal health. His research frequently involves the use of interdisciplinary approaches across the natural and social sciences, and alongside policy-makers, practitioners and the business community. He has led the development of a range of decision support tools for Government and practitioners to enhance the management of natural capital and ecosystem services, including in relation to solar park management.

 

PhD student at Lancaster University

Lucy is researching the impact of solar parks on ecosystem services, soil health and forage quality for livestock. Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of York working on the project, helping to develop appropriate indicators and metrics for monitoring of nature positive investment and outcomes at solar parks. This project is important because it will improve our understanding of the potential nature positive impacts of solar and support their monitoring and reporting through the solar park value chain.

 

Vice President of Nature at NextEnergy Capital

Lee leads on integrating nature and natural capital into investment decision making. He supports Environmental and Social Governance activities across transactions, development, construction and asset management. Lee is a Chartered Environmentalist with 20 years’ experience working across nature and natural capital both in infrastructure development and sustainable lending and finance.

 

Lecturer in environmental economics

Paul works on a range of interdisciplinary topics, one of which is on how we can make the best use of nature to combat a changing environment and how we can convincing demonstrate this value. The metrics we are studying can be used to underpin the case for proactively investing in improving our stocks of nature.

 

Vice President, ESG at NextEnergy Group

David supports the Head of ESG in the implementation of the ESG framework across the Group, along with ensuring that all ESG regulatory matters are considered accordingly. David is an experienced environmental & social advisor for the energy sector and has strong knowledge in assessing and managing biodiversity and climate related issues which apply to all levels of the energy portfolio.

 

Researcher at the University of York

Working broadly on the relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem services and health and wellbeing. Laura’s role has been to assess how appropriate various indicators and metrics are for use by stakeholders, which will support an industry that has been particularly forward thinking with regard to biodiversity.

Read more about Laura’s work
Connect with Laura on LinkedIn

 

Chief Operating Officer and Head of UK Investments at NextEnergy Capital

Ross joined the Group in 2013 and has contributed to NextEnergy Capital’s success across its UK activities. Ross oversees NEC’s UK investment platform, including investment activities for NextEnergy Solar Fund, and oversees NEC’s global operations, which includes services such as Fund Management, Construction Management, Global Procurement and Portfolio Management across NEC’s existing and future investment vehicles.

Connect with Ross on LinkedIn

 

Professor in Energy & Environmental Sciences
 and Director of Energy at Lancaster University

Alona’s research focus is on understanding the interactions between renewable energy infrastructure and the hosting ecosystem. This ranges from projects that develop more fundamental understanding through to decision support tools and guidance to help manage solar parks for ecosystem service benefits. She brings understanding of the ecological impacts of land use and management change for renewable energy and implications for biodiversity, natural capital and ecosystem services to the project.

Read more about Alona’s work

 

Assistant Professor in Business and Management

Jacqueline is specialising in Resilience, Innovation, Strategy and Ecosystems (RISE) applied to sustainability. Prior to her academic tenure, she held strategic roles in global supply chains and procurement for MNEs across China, the US, Canada, and France, later founding her venture in the UK. She brings a wealth of knowledge to this project, focusing on practical and theoretical approaches to sustainable business practices.

 

Professor of environmental management at the University of York

Piran carries out research on human-environment interactions, including the services and benefits we derive from nature and the links between ecosystems and human and animal health. His research frequently involves the use of interdisciplinary approaches across the natural and social sciences, and alongside policy-makers, practitioners and the business community. He has led the development of a range of decision support tools for Government and practitioners to enhance the management of natural capital and ecosystem services, including in relation to solar park management.

 

PhD student at Lancaster University

Lucy is researching the impact of solar parks on ecosystem services, soil health and forage quality for livestock. Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of York working on the project, helping to develop appropriate indicators and metrics for monitoring of nature positive investment and outcomes at solar parks. This project is important because it will improve our understanding of the potential nature positive impacts of solar and support their monitoring and reporting through the solar park value chain.

 

Vice President of Nature at NextEnergy Capital

Lee leads on integrating nature and natural capital into investment decision making. He supports Environmental and Social Governance activities across transactions, development, construction and asset management. Lee is a Chartered Environmentalist with 20 years’ experience working across nature and natural capital both in infrastructure development and sustainable lending and finance.

 

Lecturer in environmental economics

Paul works on a range of interdisciplinary topics, one of which is on how we can make the best use of nature to combat a changing environment and how we can convincing demonstrate this value. The metrics we are studying can be used to underpin the case for proactively investing in improving our stocks of nature.

 

Vice President, ESG at NextEnergy Group

David supports the Head of ESG in the implementation of the ESG framework across the Group, along with ensuring that all ESG regulatory matters are considered accordingly. David is an experienced environmental & social advisor for the energy sector and has strong knowledge in assessing and managing biodiversity and climate related issues which apply to all levels of the energy portfolio.

 

Researcher at the University of York

Working broadly on the relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem services and health and wellbeing. Laura’s role has been to assess how appropriate various indicators and metrics are for use by stakeholders, which will support an industry that has been particularly forward thinking with regard to biodiversity.

Read more about Laura’s work
Connect with Laura on LinkedIn

 

Chief Operating Officer and Head of UK Investments at NextEnergy Capital

Ross joined the Group in 2013 and has contributed to NextEnergy Capital’s success across its UK activities. Ross oversees NEC’s UK investment platform, including investment activities for NextEnergy Solar Fund, and oversees NEC’s global operations, which includes services such as Fund Management, Construction Management, Global Procurement and Portfolio Management across NEC’s existing and future investment vehicles.

Connect with Ross on LinkedIn

 

Professor in Energy & Environmental Sciences
 and Director of Energy at Lancaster University

Alona’s research focus is on understanding the interactions between renewable energy infrastructure and the hosting ecosystem. This ranges from projects that develop more fundamental understanding through to decision support tools and guidance to help manage solar parks for ecosystem service benefits. She brings understanding of the ecological impacts of land use and management change for renewable energy and implications for biodiversity, natural capital and ecosystem services to the project.

Read more about Alona’s work