Ownergy appoints Paul Roberts as Managing Director
LONDON, AUGUST 12th 2010: Ownergy, the full service provider of renewable energy systems, today announced that it has appointed Paul Roberts as managing director with effect from 6th September. This allows Ownergy founder, Philip Wolfe, who has been managing director since the company launched in February this year, to concentrate on business development, his duties as company chairman and continuing collaboration with the wider renewables community.
Ownergy was founded in February to deliver renewable energy systems eligible under the Government backed Feed-In Tariffs and Renewable Heat Incentive schemes. Since the Feed-In Tariffs went live in April, the company has seen interest in large standalone and commercial renewable energy projects exceed expectations whilst the residential market has grown strongly as forecast. Despite the uncertainty about the approach the Government will take regarding the Renewable Heat Incentive, Ownergy has shown that its ability to simplify the delivery of both renewable electricity and heat installations is a compelling proposition in both the residential and non-residential sectors.
With Paul’s appointment as managing director, the company will have increased capacity to service and grow the wide range and size of projects that are emerging within the market. These include single system residential and commercial installations as well as solar parks, hydro-power schemes, anaerobic digestion plants, wind turbines and district heating projects.
Paul is a proven business leader with a successful track record of growing services businesses through highly focused sales and marketing strategies and superior customer service. He also has a wealth of experience in strategic business development, having previously worked for companies in banking, asset finance and private equity. As an early investor in and non-executive Director at Ownergy, he believes that renewable energy is set to become one of the main growth areas in the UK over the next decade and beyond.
Ownergy chairman, Philip Wolfe, said: “Since the launch of Ownergy and the Feed-In Tariffs, the renewable energy market has begun the exponential growth that we expected. Ownergy has already proved the value we bring to our customers within this market and with Paul’s appointment we can maintain the high quality of service that has already become our hallmark. At the same time, it will allow me to focus my efforts on developing our business as the tariffs continue to open up new markets.”
Newly appointed managing director, Paul Roberts, said: “Having watched Ownergy firmly establish itself in a new and rapidly growing market, I am delighted to be joining the executive team at a very important time in the company’s development. We are seeing lots of interest from potential customers across a range of sectors and we are in a great position to convert this into a rapidly growing and profitable revenue stream for the business.”
