Board and management
Triodos Renewables’ Board:
Charles Secrett - Chairman
Charles works as an Advisor on Climate, Environment and Sustainability, and is a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership. Previously, he has been a Special Advisor on Climate Change and Sustainability for the Mayor of London (2004-2008) and a Board Member of the London Development Agency (also 2004-2008). He was 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 also 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 Vaccaro - Managing Director
James is Managing Director 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 ten years. In that time he has completed seven renewable energy project finance deals worth over £10 million, and acquisitions 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.
Ann Berresford - Non Executive Director
Ann has over 25 years experience in financial management across the financial services and energy sectors. Most recently (until 2006), she was Finance Director for the Bank of Ireland's UK Financial Services Division and for Bristol and West plc. Prior to that, Ann held a range of senior roles in Clyde Petroleum plc, an independent British oil and gas exploration and production company, including Group Treasurer and Finance Director for the Dutch operations, based in The Hague.
Ann is now a non-executive director at the Pension Protection Fund, where she chairs the Audit Committee, and is a non-executive director at the Bath Building Society. She is also an independent trustee to the local government Avon Pension Fund, administered by Bath and North East Somerset Council. Ann read Chemistry at Liverpool University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
John Harrison - Non Executive Director
John 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 - Non Executive Director
Emma 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 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 was a member to the Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance in 2006, set up by the UK Government to make detailed proposals specifically on enhancing the UK environmental industries, technologies and markets. She is also a faculty member of the Cambridge Programme for Sustainable Leadership. Prior to working at Jupiter, Emma specialised in corporate finance at Hill Samuel and Banque Nationale de Paris. She has also worked as a researcher and campaigner for various Non-Governmental Organisations.
Simon Roberts - Non Executive Director
Simon has spent more than 20 years helping people, organisations and policy-makers to change the way they think and act on energy. He is Chief Executive of the Centre for Sustainable Energy, one of the UK’s leading energy charities. Prior to this, he was a senior manager at Triodos Bank (1998 - 2002). Simon was formerly Managing Director of Triodos Renewables until 2002, when it operated as the Wind Fund plc.
Simon is a member of the Government’s Renewables Advisory Board, leading its work on community engagement. He sits on Ofgem’s Consumer Challenge Group, examining the issues associated with developing an electricity distribution system fit for a low carbon future. He is a board director the South West of England sustainable energy agency, Regen SW and chairs the board of Energy Advice South West Ltd, a charity-owned joint venture delivering energy advice services across the region. Simon was elected a Fellow of the Energy Institute in 2007.
Triodos Investments Limited - Non Executive Director
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
Triodos Renewables Management Team:
James Vaccaro - Managing Director
James is Managing Director of Investment Banking at Triodos Bank's UK Branch. James undertakes the role of Managing Director of Triodos Renewables. He has worked for Triodos Bank for over ten years. In that time he has completed seven renewable energy project finance deals worth over £10 million, and acquisitions 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.
Matthew Clayton - Operations Director
Matthew has worked for Triodos Bank as Fund Manager since early 2006, undertaking the role of Operations Director focusing on acquisition, developments and operational management for Triodos Renewables. He has contributed to the acquisition and integration of 17.3 MW of Wind Projects, the operation of the portfolio and the development options for in excess of 70 MW of onshore wind. Prior to Triodos Bank, Matthew was part of a small team which established Camco International, one of the world's leading carbon trading companies, focusing on supporting sustainable energy projects via the Kyoto framework. Before this, Matthew worked in Risk Management for TXU's Energy Trading team.
Dan Hird - Finance Director
Dan is Head of Corporate Finance within the Triodos UK Investment Banking team. He joined Triodos in November 2008 and acts for clients on corporate finance and investment banking projects. He is also Finance Director of Triodos Renewables. Dan trained with KPMG in Bristol and spent six years within KPMG Corporate finance as a lead adviser on a range of M&A MBO and fundraising deals. Dan then established his own corporate finance business with offices in Bristol and Bath and completed over 80 transactions, mainly in the SME sector over a seven year period. Dan then joined a major tile retailer as Finance Director and was instrumental in building this business for sale to a trade purchaser. Immediately prior to joining Triodos Bank, Dan was Finance Director of a rapidly growing manufacturing business and led two growth capital finance raising projects to enable expansion and relocation.
Billy French - Legal and Commercial Director
Billy joined Triodos in November 2008 from a turnkey contractor in the energy industry with interests in renewable energy projects, where he was Group General Counsel & Company Secretary. Previously Billy worked in the Group Secretariat & Legal Department of Severn Trent Plc in Birmingham. Billy trained as a lawyer and is a Chartered Secretary with broad experience of company administration, property, insurance and both contentious and non-contentious legal matters. In particular, he was involved in the development, procurement and subsequent sale (to Triodos Renewables) of the wind turbine at Ness Point, Lowestoft, which is one of the biggest onshore wind turbines in the UK
At Triodos, Billy has extensive involvement with Triodos Renewables, drawing on his previous experience and other investment banking projects, which will include corporate governance, legal and commercial matters on acquisitions, developments and existing investments.
Scott Ridley - Technical Manager
Scott joined Triodos Renewables in 2007 and is responsible for technical aspects of operating Triodos Renewables renewable energy generation sites. Scott has seven years experience of service and maintenance of Nordex, Vestas and Repower wind turbines, leading and training maintenance teams and managing Health and Safety compliance. Scott has also worked in an owners engineer role for Natural Power, which included overseeing operations and preparing technical due diligence for renewable assets.
Monika Paplaczyk – Investment Analyst, Renewables 
Monika joined Triodos Renewables in 2007. Monika provides support to the Triodos Renewables team. This includes managing communications with Triodos Renewables shareholders, market analysis, organising the AGM and management of operations insurance for the Triodos Renewables portfolio. Previously she worked as a consultant for Euro Access Business Consultancy where she was involved in preparing business plans and grant applications for investment projects such as community development projects, biomass and grain storage.
- Community wind farms unite against nuclear threat
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- Community wind farms unite against nuclear threat
- Public are invited to have their say on plans to build a nuclear power plant on the site of the UK’s oldest wind farm. (5 February 2010)
- Triodos Renewables launches share issue
- Share issue follows acquisition of new wind farm and success of portfolio. (17 November 2009)