Emergent's mission is to enable everyone to benefit from rooftop generated solar electricity, regardless of how much money they earn, or the type of building they live in.By enabling Councils to make their money back on solar investments, while supporting their roll out of heat pumps and electric vehicle charging, we help Councils take a leading role in the eradication of dangerous greenhouse gas pollution.We believe in reinventing electricity supply, to make it work for renewables.

OVO Communities was an award winning platform through which OVO Energy worked in partnership with local authorities and housing providers to market white labelled energy tariffs at hard to reach local customer audiences.At the time OVO Energy was the 10th fastest growing company in the UK.Achievements and responsibilities included:- transitioning the business from nascent start up idea into a highly scalable and commercially effective venture- overcoming delivery challenges to build streamlined operational processes- delivering/co-ordinating all sales and marketing activities, including B2B and B2C (BTL, face to face, telesales, 3rd party intermediaries), to outperform growth expectations- innovating, designing and bringing to market a new marketing channel concept- managing all commercials and negotiating contracts (with partners and suppliers)- maintaining effective relationships with wide array of key stakeholders (including partners, suppliers, internal stakeholders, policy makers)Awards for OVO Communities:- European Utility Week: Innovation awards 2015; Utility Initiative Award- Verdantix Energy Innovation awards 2016: Utility Customer Innovation winner

IPPR is a leading UK think tank.Achievements and responsibilities included:- demonstrable and repeated impact on public policy debates through research, publications and advocacy work (see below)- networked with and influenced key stakeholders across national and local government, the private sector, third sector and political parties- identified and secured new business opportunities- developed high and influential profile through broadcast and print media coverage, speaking at events, publishing reports and articlesSpecific examples of policy impact include:- early and major intervention in debates on energy market competition (see 'True Cost of Energy' report) regularly referenced in parliament, catalysed momentum that led to eventual launch of CMA investigation etc.- proposed elements of energy tariff regulation implemented by Ofgem via its Retail Market Review (also 'True Cost of Energy')- innovated new model for delivering energy efficiency (see 'Help to Heat' report), requiring overhaul of existing policy approach, that was adopted wholesale by the Labour party within their 2015 general election manifesto- advocacy for cities and councils to enter energy retail market (see 'City Energy' report) adopted widely across UK, including via OVO Communities model- set out case for wholesale reform to electricity markets policy to encourage and respond to the disruptive impact of new distributed energy technologies (solar, batteries, smart etc.) (see 'A new approach to electricity markets')Promoted from Intern, via Researcher and Research Fellow, to Senior Research Fellow position