Meet the board
Sir Peter Thompson
Chairman
The Company is chaired by Sir Peter Thompson, who has an exceptional business record,
being one time chairman of NFC Plc, F.I. Group Plc, Community Hospitals Plc and
Proshare.
He led the successful employee buy-out of NFC from the Government and as a result
of its success, many of the drivers and fitters who invested in the company saw
their share values rise 120 times over a 9 year period.
A similar pattern followed when the F.I.GROUP employee buy-out was achieved in 1991.
His success presiding over innovative and different company ownership models has
seen him take a particularly keen interest in the wider share ownership opportunities
the radical structure of green energy uk presents, not to mention the environmental
benefits it can generate.
Douglas Stewart
CEO
Doug is a graduate of Southampton University (Economics & Law) and spent his formative
career at Ford Motor Company in a number of sales and service roles including some
interesting years in Northern Ireland. From Ford he joined a start-up recruitment
exhibition company specialising in Information Technology markets which became the
largest of its kind, before setting up his own business retailing Volkswagens and
Audis as a Franchised dealer.
Having sold the motor business at the turn of the millennium, he found himself in
the fortunate position of being able to choose and decide what to do next. The blueprint
was an ethically sound business that made a contribution to the wider issues of
life through commerce.
Deciding the newly deregulated electricity markets offered just such an opportunity,
he formed Green Energy (UK) plc, with the express intent, shared by the rest of
the Board, of offering a product that rewarded consumers who took active steps to
do something about the wider environmental issues we face.
Tim Smith
Finance director
Tim started his career in insurance with the Prudential and moved through a diverse
route of Honeywell Control Systems, followed by a more traditional development route
through Grand Met. This was followed by a move to Milton Keynes Pressings as Financial
Director growing into a wider role as Commercial Director. At the same time he managed
to find time for an MBA to keep him challenged. He went on to spend an extended
period working around the globe with Gildemeister AG starting as CFO with European
responsibilities, then moving on to work and live in the US moving from CFO to President
of the sales and service business this quickly followed with a move to Asia as CEO.
Having returned to live in the UK in 2005 he has strived to bring a diversity of
interests into his working life whilst reducing the number of miles travelled. His
aim has been to work with like minded business partners who share his aims and challenge
him every day.
green energy uk fulfils all of this with a challenging business model, dynamic marketplace
and a very interesting share ownership model.