Dave Wardle Email & Phone Number

Surrey, Uk

Interim and associate senior management to provide innovation consulting services. I typically serve ‘new or renewable' energy businesses. My clients typically ask me to help them with:-- GROWTH – To provide the required impetus to progress a business development project that has lacked resources and attention. -- INNOVATION STRATEGY – Developing bespoke strategies for new and transformed innovation teams. I can help formulate the best way to invest their resources. -- THOUGHT LEADERSHIP – Offering a fresh perspective on my client challenges and apply change management to unblock the process. -- BUSINESS PLANNING – Creating a clear, accurate plan for new business areas including an identified strategy and an estimate of the resources likely to be required. -- FINDING SOLUTIONS – Help my clients define exactly what technical solutions they are looking for. Systematically find suppliers - or a network of suppliers - to provide a practical solution EXAMPLES of my clients include:- Kinectrics UK (Gnosys Ltd SME) – Interim business development director looking at strategic options. - Total-Corbion (Corp) – Strategy development for their renewable plastics business (PLA). - Cadent (Corp) – Interim support for an innovation team along with financial processes and training- National Grid Gas (Corp) - Working with the innovations group to identify new technologies that will enable their business to outperform.- ITM Power (SME)- Leading the business development activities for a new hydrogen-related technology.- Synthotech Ltd (SME) – Innovation specialist and personnel coach. Working on robotics projects related to gas pipes.- SiGNa Chemicals (USA SME) - Leading their business development activities for their hydrogen generation activities.OTHER clients: Intelligent Energy, University of Oxford/Carbon Trust, A hydrogen car company (confidential); due diligence on a bio gas investment (confidential), Arcola Energy, Faraday Institution.

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

Part of a small team working closely with Rolls-Royce and a consortium of companies, to develop a new Small Modular Reactor (SMR). This £500m programme will be successful if operators are attracted to invest in SMR deployments. This approach will be lower cost than larger nuclear plant because they will be assembled from factory-built, pre-tested modules, and assembled under a weatherproof on-site canopy. The end goal is to shorten construction times along with increasing timeline certainty, and this will reduce the overall capital cost(£/GW). The return on the investment for the UK is large as are the future employment opportunities and the societal benefits it will create. Additional nuclear capacity will be certainly required to achieve Net Zero.As an Innovation Lead, I focus on a variety of ad-hoc activities that in combination clear the path to future success. Examples: State Aid, Communications, Nuclear Hydrogen (input into hydrogen strategy), Cogeneration, Future Funding.I was particularly responsible for successfully raising the £210m subsidy for Rolls-Royce enabling the employment of 700 staff. This at the time the largest single subsidy to a private company to pass through the new Subsidy Control Regime (SCR). It remains a high-profile trailblazing grant that tested and shaped the evolving post-Brexit SCR process.

Falmouth, England, United Kingdom

Inspiring others to build businesses. My role is to help mainly local nascent businesses to kick-start and realise their potential. We are always interested in talking to people who are equally passionate about their business idea and need help moving to the next stage.I have worked in innovation, from start-ups through to large corporates, for the whole of my career. On the way, I have helped many companies turn their ideas into commercial success in a wide range of industries. My enduring personal passion is centred around climate change and low carbon energy.

The idea was simple and compelling; a B2B matchmaking service for industry - connecting companies with companies. Bridgelight was a very early stage pre-profit company. Assisted the management team as an advisor & independent Non-Executive Director.

London, United Kingdom

Ballard Power is the leading hydrogen fuel cell innovation company in the world. Helped develop the business and strategy in Europe. Involved in European funding, cleantech companies, energy storage, and distributed energy generation.

Staines

Full time interim position reporting to the MD Technology & Innovation New Energy. This assignment was to manage a newly formed group (12 people) and to shape the product development strategy. Responsible for a large OFGEM funded project deploying large numbers of smart meters, heat pumps, micro-generation and electric vehicles (£54m).

London, United Kingdom

Associate Director/Consultant for an evolving new energy consultancy based in London.

A pre-profit company developing new catalysts for making clean fuels. Part of the first phase of employees who built the foundations for the future of the company Reported to the CEO. Built relationships and negotiated complex licensing deals. A wide-ranging role (common with it being a start-up) including business development and general management activities e.g. responsible for recruitment.

Part of a small corporate strategy team with a mission to significantly grow The BOC Group through corporate business development and innovation. Reported to the Global Business Development Director.Led and worked with ad-hoc teams (operated as an internal consultant) to appraise a range of internal/external investment and divestment opportunities (~£4m to £1bn). Personally developed the first corporate innovation strategy based on best innovation practices used in the process industries.Left after the takeover by Linde.

A strategically important pioneering role positioning the company in the emerging clean energy market. Represented BOC in cleantech networks and stakeholders groups throughout Europe.

Brought in to reinvigorate an important and profitable global market. Reported to the UK MD and part of the SMT. Responsible for gas sales (£100m p.a.), market P&L, strategy, marketing, technical support and R&D. Managed technical experts and matrix organisation in 19 countries.

USA based company assignment to accelerate the growth through innovation. General management role with budget responsibility. At the same time, co-founded a successful spin-out which extracted, analysed and re-sold data to the food processing industry.

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