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Roger Townsend is listed as Innovation Lead - Renewables and Nuclear at Innovate UK, a with 594 employees, based in London, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at edfenergy.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Roger Townsend.
Roger Townsend previously worked as Manager, Open Innovation, EDF R&D at Edf Energy and Senior Manager of B2B Strategic Venture Development at Edf Energy. Roger Townsend holds Bsc (Hons) Production Engineering, Mechanical And Production Engineering from Nottingham Trent University.
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An Innovation and Business leader, with experience and passion for developing, accelerating and commercialising novel technologies, services and business models. Deep knowledge of the Energy, Cleantech, Smart City, eMobility and Engineering Technology sectors. Experienced in leading early-stage companies, and driving sales, innovation adoption, complex bids & projects, business efficiency and shareholder value in large corporates.Skilled in Engineering, Business Development, Business Strategy, Innovation, Start-Ups, Technology Scouting, Commercial Management, Team Management, Project Management, Venturing, Co-Investment and M&A. Strong product management professional graduated from Nottingham Trent University.
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United Kingdom
I work with companies, government and academia to find and drive science and technology innovations in energy which will grow the UK economy - delivering productivity, new jobs and exports. Part of this remit involves supporting the growth and scale of innovative energy technology companies.My current focus is on grid-scale Renewables, in particular Offshore Wind, and on Nuclear.
London, United Kingdom
Responsible for developing and leading the Open Innovation programme in the UK, a global and Group-wide mission to partner with and invest in startups. The objective was to identify incremental and disruptive innovation, either to transform EDF's operational performance, or to launch new products and services for our customers. Identified, benchmarked and trialed solutions for power generation, renewables, Industry 4.0, smart grids, smart cities, e-Mobility, the connected home and B2B/B2C sales & services. Achievements include:• Established a dynamic external network of academic, corporate, incubators, accelerators, Government and VC partners to drive sourcing and transfer of innovative solutions resulted in deal flow of more than 2,000 startups;• Benchmarked solutions to identify the most promising disruptive technologies and business models aligned with EDF Energy’s opportunities, needs and challenges over 50 trials completed, 17 partnerships negotiated, 12 new products launched, and 5 technologies adopted;• Developed and launched an innovation challenge competition with Innovate UK and KTN to identify cross-sector solutions for offshore wind O&M 2 pilots launched;• Supported EDF Business Units with insights on technology and business model trends, and made recommendation on new research topics and feasibility studies multiple innovation programmes launched in the Customers business unit;• Provided the Corporate VC Fund with deal flow and investment recommendations investments made in 5 companies;• Co-founded a Pan-European utility collaboration to accelerate innovation awareness and adoption 3 innovation challenges launched, 5 innovative solutions adopted.
London, United Kingdom
Led a team delivering new electricity connection services for the construction sector. Achievements include:• Grew high-margin electricity sales contracts from £1.5M to £3.5M in 12 months;• London 2012: project managed and delivered new electricity and gas infrastructure on the Olympic Park;• Developed connection solutions for Crossrail.
London, United Kingdom
Achievements include:• Low Carbon London (LCL): Developed the bid for LCL, a £28M OFGEM-funded smart grid programme. Following the award, negotiated the Collaboration Agreement with UKPower Networks. Subsequently project managed EDF Energy’s contribution on behalf of B2B and B2C Customers and R&D. Main deliverables included the installation of 8,000 smart meters across Acorn demographics within London, development of residential time of use (ToU) tariffs, development and launch of an I&C demand response proposition and modelling the impacts of electric vehicles on the DNO LV network.
London, United Kingdom
Led technical and financial modelling teams for distributed generation/distributed energy/CHP schemes. Achievements include:• Negotiated a Framework Agreement with Quintain and Lend Lease outlining key commercial principles for CHP schemes at Greenwich Peninsula and Wembley Park;• Led a successful bid for an Energy Services Company (ESCo) proposal to provide CHP to Hammerson for the Leeds Eastgate commercial development.
Crawley, United Kingdom
Negotiated joint venture ESCO agreements for the provision of on-site generation/CCHP with U.K. local authorities and residential property developers.
Pisa, Italy
Led global business development for nanotech materials for the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell sector. Secured revenue from US, European and Asian fuel cell developers. Built development partnerships with key U.S. and E.U. research institutes.
Guildford, United Kingdom
Led U.S. and European commercial activities for novel materials and engineering concepts. Negotiated technical and commercial agreements with leading academic institutions and global industrial companies for the development and evaluation of systems to produce hydrogen directly from solar energy.
West Sussex, United Kingdom
Business Development and Innovation consultancy focussed on the Cleantech sector
Houston, Usa
Led European business development for Chevron's catalyst materials and reformer technologies. Formed partnerships with leading universities and utilities in the emerging hydrogen and fuel cell sector. Developed relationships with startups in the European CleanTech sector for investment deal flow.
Maidestone, Uk
Led U.K. sales and marketing for infra-red thermography camera technology for industry and commercial applications. Achieved significant growth in the UK, turning the business around.
London, United Kingdom
Led global sales of alkaline fuel cell technology. Won first commercial agreements from local authorities and blue-chip organisations.
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Roger Townsend works for Innovate UK.
Roger Townsend is listed as Innovation Lead - Renewables and Nuclear at Innovate UK.
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @edfenergy.com for Roger Townsend at Innovate UK.
Roger Townsend is based in London, England, United Kingdom while working with Innovate UK.
Roger Townsend has worked for Innovate Uk, Edf Energy, Utilicom Limited, Acta S.P.A., and Hydrogen Solar Limited.
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Roger Townsend holds Bsc (Hons) Production Engineering, Mechanical And Production Engineering from Nottingham Trent University.
Roger Townsend is listed with skills including Energy, Strategy, Start Ups, Business Development, Cleantech, Stakeholder Management, Sustainability, and Renewable Energy.
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