PPA Energy People

Neil Pinto is the CEO of PPA Energy.  He has more than 30 years international experience of work in the power sector, of which 18 years has been spent as a Director in a consultancy company.  He is a Chartered Engineer and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).  Neil has focused on studies associated with the restructuring of power utilities, regulatory reviews, assessment and analysis of new capacity requirements, assistance in the developmental process for private power projects and the electricity pricing. 

Contact neil.pinto@ppaenergy.co.uk

Craig Lucas is responsible for Marketing and Business Development in PPA Energy.  Craig is a Chartered Engineer and holds a Masters Degree in Electricity Industry Management and Technology, along with a Postgraduate Diploma in Telecommunications Networks and Systems. 

He has worked in the rail, electricity and telecommunications sectors in a range of business development, engineering and senior management roles. He commenced his career in the rail industry, specialising in electrification. 

Contact craig.lucas@ppaenergy.co.uk

Don Webster is an Executive Director of PPA Energy. He is a Chartered Engineer and has worked in the power sector for around 25 years. The earlier part of his career was involved with the design of hydropower schemes, but since completing an MBA in the late-1980s he has been almost exclusively involved with providing economic, financial and strategic advice to power utilities and private power entities. He has also assisted development agencies with energy policy interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, and with the design of assistance programmes for the energy sector.

Contact don.webster@ppaenergy.co.uk

Tony Woods is the Chief Financial Officer of PPA Energy. He joined the company in April 2008. Prior to this he was for three years the Commercial Director of Cre8 Innovation Solutions Ltd, having previously worked since the early 1970s for EDF Energy and its predecessor companies - particularly London Electricity. Tony is a professional management accountant who has spent his working life dealing with the commercial and financial aspects of the electricity industry with extensive experience of UK practice in the management of electricity networks and the energy sector generally.

Contact tony.woods@ppaenergy.co.uk

Dr Graeme Chown is an Executive Director for PPA Energy (Pty) Ltd in South Africa and manages all local activities.

Graeme is a  power systems specialist.  His core skills are in ancillary services, SCADA and real time power control.  Graeme joined PPA Energy in January 2005.  Previously he worked for 18years for Eskom, the main power utility in South Africa.  He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and is a member of the South African Institute for Electrical Engineers.

Contact graeme.chown@ppaenergy.co.za

Jonathan Hedgecock is an Executive Director of PPA and has worked in power sector consultancy for the past 22 years, initially focusing on transmission and distribution system planning and analysis. This involved him in numerous assignments in the international electricity sector, undertaking least cost network development studies and power system simulation projects for public and private sector clients. With the growth in electricity sector reform internationally, Jonathan worked increasingly with IPP developers on the evaluation of opportunities for connecting new power plants to the transmission and distribution networks.

Contact jonathan.hedgecock@ppaenergy.co.uk

Cliff Walton is an acknowledged international expert in the management of power network assets, particularly in the optimisation of performance of ageing network assets. Previously Head of Strategic Development for EDF Energy Networks, he has extensive experience in engineering, innovation, commercial, financial, business process and technology change activities. He has had a wide range of roles and responsibilities in both power and telecommunications.

Contact cliff.walton@ppaenergy.co.uk

Sarah Carter is a Chartered Engineer with 20 years of experience in power consultancy.  Since joining PPA in 2005 Sarah has been involved with a variety of projects including the development of a transmission pricing and loss factor calculation model for the Southern African Power Pool; determination of transmission and distribution costs for a project assessing the Power Infrastructure Investment Needs for Sub-Saharan Africa and the updating of a supply/demand study to determine the future requirements for, and economics of, base-load generating plant in the Philippines.

Contact sarah.carter@ppaenergy.co.uk

Trevor Fry has worked in power sector consultancy for more than 35 years, covering generation, networks and regulatory fields.   In addition, he has gained specialist experience in post-conflict infrastructure rehabilitation and institutional strengthening through recent management and advisory roles in East Timor and Iraq, with the United Nations.

Contact Trevor.Fry@ppaenergy.co.uk

Ian is a Chartered  Engineer  with over 30 years project and technical experience in the power sector covering both the UK and overseas.  This experience embraces nuclear and renewable energy, as well as more conventional technology.  He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering and also a Masters in Technology Management Degree.  Ian has worked with a range of project developers, consultant engineers, financiers, banks, receivers, operating utilities, design and build contractors, and manufacturers over his career.

Contact Ian.Gardner@ppaenergy.co.uk

Claire joined PPA after graduating from Imperial College in 2007 with a first class MEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, specialising in power systems.  At PPA Energy Claire carries out the analysis of generation, transmission and distribution projects and systems for utilities, industrial companies and regulators internationally.

As part of a recent project on minimum standards of quality of service and reliability of supply, Claire took part in an international workshop in Johannesburg, presenting results to the client. 

Contact claire.wilkinson@ppaenergy.co.uk

Sree is a consultant focusing on transmission and distribution networks, system operation and electricity market design issues.

She holds a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College London. She specialises in power systems design and operation and integration of renewable energy into distribution networks.

Contact sree.bandi@ppaenergy.co.uk

Since joining PPA Energy Borsu has been involved with modelling and data analysis in a project to improve the performance of an online condition monitoring system for a UK distribution network operator. Furthermore he has developed a Management Information System for monitoring key performance indicators to assess management performance for the power and gas sector (World Bank project- Bangladesh).

Borsu holds an MSc degree with distinction in Engineering Projects and System Management and an MSc degree with distinction in Mining-Engineering.

Contact a.shahnavaz@ppaenergy.co.uk

Rahul is a power professional with over 4 years of hands on work experience in the Power Sector.  Rahul holds an MBA from University of Leeds, UK and a Power Engineering degree from National Power Training Institute, New Delhi, India.

Rahul was an executive in North Delhi Power Ltd (NDPL), a joint venture of Tata Power and Government of Delhi. He was involved in business process re-engineering of commercial processes, smart metering (AMR) roll out, and other commercial loss reduction activities.

Contact rahul.desai@ppaenergy.co.uk

John Snow joined PPA Energy after successful completion of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Cardiff University and PPA Energy. John has experience of power system innovation and his main roles evolve around developing solutions to improve network performance and management.

John holds a Master of Science in Electrical Energy Systems and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Cardiff University.

Contact john.snow@ppaenergy.co.uk

Daniel has over 4 years of experience in the energy sector; he holds an MSc Financial Engineering from Imperial College London - Business School - and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Universidad de Chile.

Daniel has extensive industry experience with strong focus on Finance, Electricity Markets, and Renewable Energy. By building complete financial models, analysing risk and regulation and forecasting market conditions he has, for the past 4 years, provided economic, financial and strategic advice to private conglomerates, utilities and regulators.

Jane Temperley has been with  PPA  for 13 years.  As Office Manager Jane is responsible for the smooth day to day running of PPA Energy’s Guildford Office and providing support and administration to the directors and consultants of the company. 

Contact jane.temperley@ppaenergy.co.uk

Since joining PPA Energy Amy has been involved with marketing strategy and analysis, events/marketing activities planning, publication designs and website management within the Company and for clients.

Amy holds a MSc in International Marketing Management. She specialises in sales and marketing management. She has over 10 years experience in diverse industries across UK, USA and China.

Contact amy.henry@ppaenergy.co.uk

Dianne Vercueil is the office administrator for the South African Office of PPA Energy.  Dianne looks after all the admin related aspects for the South African office including invoicing, and is the main point of contact when the consultants are overseas.

Contact dianne.vercueil@ppaenergy.co.za