Bill develops and implements effective sustainability and ESG programmes with a focus on international development and integrating sustainability goals and international lender policies into large-scale investments.

Before forming and launching Energies Group, he held several sustainability leadership roles for multi-billion-euro infrastructure investment projects in Europe and Asia. In these roles, which involved designing and implementing social and environmental impact mitigation and management programmes across diverse environments, Bill helped international teams successfully navigate a variety of complex regulatory frameworks while meeting challenging stakeholder expectations. As a consultant and asset development partner, he has collaborated on projects in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He has also served as a shareholder representative promoting ESG risk management at board level.

Over the past two decades, Bill’s practical implementation experience and expertise have translated into successful corporate sustainability and ESG policies and management systems for organisations representing a wide range of supply chain vendors, industry sectors, and levels of sustainability and ESG maturity.

Bill has a BSc in Environmental Geoscience and an MSc in Marine Resource Protection and Development. He is an ISO 14001 advanced auditor and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, and a Sustainability and Climate Risk Certificate from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

A multi-lingual professional, Janna designs and implements sustainability and ESG management systems, environmental risk and impact assessments, and regulatory environmental compliance frameworks. She also has significant environmental auditing and performance reporting experience.

Leveraging expertise derived from past consultancy and lead roles in the planning, execution and operations of large-scale infrastructure developments across the globe, Janna is familiar with the highly regulated land-based and offshore environment in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East.

She has led the design, development and implementation of regulatory compliance frameworks and regulatory assurance programmes for multinational energy developments in both Asia and Europe. She also has many years of high-level experience working with a global Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contractor on assignments in the Middle East and Asia, leading the company’s design, implementation and certification of environmental management systems, as well as assurance, auditing and performance reporting.

Janna has an MSc in Environment, Health and Safety from University of Sunderland, a BSc in Philology (English) and is a graduate member of IOSH and affiliate member of IEMA. She has completed the IEMA-approved Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Masterclass under the GRI Professional Certification Program and is an IRCA-approved Lead Auditor for ISO/OHSAS Integrated Management and ISO50001 Energy Management Systems. She also holds proficiency in Asbestos Management with the British Occupational Hygiene Society and Food Safety with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

Amrita is an expert in climate change research and plant/CO2 responses. In recent years, he has focused on environmental management and has led compliance and sustainability initiatives that balance industry and regulator perspectives.

Having lived and worked in the USA, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, he has extensive knowledge of desert ecosystems. Over the past decade, Amrita has successfully led the development and implementation of key environmental programmes encompassing energy and CO2 emission inventory and reduction, functional ecosystem health assessments, waste and environmental compliance. . He believes that the establishment of controlled, managed and repeatable processes are key to the success of most projects.

Amrita’s international experience has given him an exceptional ability to communicate and collaborate with project stakeholders from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. This translates into improved project efficiency and results.

Amrita has a PhD and MPhil in Biology from City University New York and an MSc and BSc in the plant sciences from the University of London. He has produced over 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications, as well as innumerable reports, procedures and guidance documents for companies and governmental agencies.

Gareth brings more than 30 years’ of high-level international experience to his role within Energies Group. Specialising in Industrial Relations, he developed his Human Resource Management capabilities by working on an assortment of global projects representing many different industries.

His labour management and HR career, which includes assignments in the USA, UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, began with the Ford Motor Company. From there, Gareth lent his expertise to projects and positions within the mining, pharmaceutical, power and energy sectors.

Before joining the Energies Group team, Gareth held several senior positions with large global matrix companies. Through these roles, he was accountable for international human resource teams, company policy development, HR investigations, HR grievance management and negotiations with unions and other worker representative groups. He has also been responsible for multi-site recruitment, downsizing and retrenchment programmes, and has experience with lender finances projects, the end-to-end development and maintenance of labour relations management systems, auditing and the implementation of reporting programmes.

Gareth has a BA in Industrial and Organisational Psychology and holds a post-graduate certificate In Comparative International Industrial Relations. He is also a qualified ISO 19011 Lead Auditor and IRMA-approved auditor.

A practical operations compliance professional, Peter has worked across the globe within various manufacturing and environmental industries, including chemicals, food, detergents, paper, plastic and board, waste management, recycling, incineration, bioenergy and low-carbon farming.

Peter brings this vast experience as a waste and circularity advisor to his role within Energies Group, .

Based in the UK, Peter has consulted on global projects, including recent collaborations with clients in Asia and Africa on waste and water management initiatives. In addition to EHSQ performance management and auditing, his areas of expertise include fire and explosion safety, waste and recycling, bioenergy, anaerobic digestion, training and competence assessment, environmental permitting, odour management, machinery safety, workplace transport safety and construction safety.

A Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, Peter has a BSc In Chemical Engineering 2:1 from Manchester University, a Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health, and a NEBOSH Certificate in Construction Health and Safety.

With over 35 years of working in the oil and gas and chemical sectors, Dougie is a highly sought-after Chartered Occupational Hygienist, Chartered Chemist and Chartered Scientist.

Since entering the chemicals industry with a paint and varnish manufacturer in the late seventies, Dougie has gone on to spearhead a wide assortment of complex occupational health projects across the globe. With a work history that spans the Gulf Region of the Middle East, the Philippines, the Caspian Region of Central Asia, Norway, the USA, North Africa and West Africa, he has established that international borders are no obstacle to a job well done.

Dougie served as the Director of Environmental Science at Iqarus Environmental Sciences, and as an independent occupational health consultant he has collaborated with some of the largest organisations in the world.

To maintain his scientific standing within his profession, Dougie serves on the Board of the British Occupational Hygiene Society and actively supports their events around the world. He holds Chartered Status with the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Energy Institute and is a Chartered Fellow with the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene.

Mathieu supports a wide range of complex energy projects in environmental engineering and environmental compliance management system development and implementation.

Some of Mathieu’s specific responsibilities include developing design basis and philosophy documents, performing Best Available Technique (BAT) assessments, preparing wastes, carbon/emissions and discharges inventories, along with reviewing regulatory compliance requirements. He also provides Project Management Consultant expertise for clients, managing third party ESIAs, FEED evaluations, EPC tendering exercises, as well as supplier audits and due diligence.

Recently, he has worked in Central Asia, where he supported new infrastructure planning and construction across Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. Before that, he was in West Africa developing a sustainability management system for an international energy company. Now based in the UK, Mathieu has worked on complex projects throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, including several international lender-financed projects. He has successfully led the integration of lender environmental and social policies and project-specific regulatory standards into the engineering, procurement and construction phases.

In addition to years of environmental engineering experience, Mathieu has a BSc in Environmental Geoscience and an MSc in Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing.

James brings two decades worth of analysis, interpretation and reporting of marine microbenthic and environmental data to the Energies Group team. He specialises in the design and execution of marine environmental surveys, as well as laboratory analytical data QA/QC, the preparation of marine environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA) and environmental risk assessments (ERA) for offshore industrial developments and operational activities.

James has collaborated with consultancy firms, laboratories and survey companies in the UK, across Europe, and throughout the Caspian region of Central Asia. He has also worked with infrastructure developers and asset operators.

He has managed long-term offshore and inshore environmental monitoring programmes, which included oversight of laboratory service providers, quality management, vessel selection, vessel management, survey planning, data management, and reporting for asset operation teams, regulatory agencies and external stakeholder committees.

James also develops corporate policies and procedures for environmental risk assessment and the management of marine environmental surveys and operational discharge monitoring. James has an MSc in Marine Resource Development and Protection from Heriot-Watt University and a BSc in Environmental Protection. His professional qualifications and certifications include ISO17025 Quality System Awareness/Internal Auditor Training and Multivariate Analysis in Ecology (& Other Sciences) using Primer Version 7.

Rowan has over 15 years of experience in sustainable finance. Her specific areas of expertise include labour and supply chain due diligence, audit management and capacity building, ethical trade, E&S risk/impact assessment, human rights risk/impact assessment, and stakeholder engagement.

She has worked as both a technical specialist and Project Manager across different sector supply chains and operations around the world, including mining, energy, agribusiness, infrastructure and manufacturing.

Rowan currently provides social and environmental specialist support to the World Bank International Finance Corporation (IFC) on broad and complex investment and advisory projects in Europe and Central Asia. Earlier in her career, she headed up the standards and assurance programme at a global international sustainability standard-setting organisation, and audited 100+ clothing and shoe factories in Asia to create a series of compliance and training programmes for a major e-commerce fashion label. As a consultant, she has led the social and stakeholder engagement ESIA component of large-scale mining, oil and gas, and infrastructure projects.

In addition to holding a BA in Geography (1st Class) and an MSc in Sustainable Development (Distinction), Rowan is an IRCA-approved Provisional Lead SA8000 Social Systems Auditor, and a Provisional Lead ISO14001 Environmental Systems Auditor. She has completed the Global Reporting Initiative G4 Certified Reporting Course and is an International SOS First Aider.

Heather has worked in ESG and sustainability strategy and policy development, reporting, communications and stakeholder engagement for 20 years. She combines her sustainability knowledge with strategic thinking and excellent research, analysis and writing skills.

Heather works across many sectors, with a recent focus on the food and beverage industry and agricultural supply chains. From 2021 to 2023, she led ESG reporting and disclosure at Nestlé, redesigning the company’s global reporting strategy, processes, metrics, data governance and management to reflect evolving voluntary and mandatory requirements. Before that, Heather worked as an independent sustainability consultant for companies, including Mars, Oatly and SABMiller. As a director of Context Group, she worked with clients in a wide range of sectors, including CEMEX, HSBC, Kazakhmys, Kimberly-Clark, Roche, Tesco and Xstrata.

Her recent consulting experience includes a materiality assessment for an engineering company in the offshore energy sector, and a benchmark of industry best practices in sustainable sourcing for a B2B food client.

An industrial engineer by training, Heather holds professional qualifications in health and safety, environmental management and compliance, and social and ethical auditing and reporting. She has consulted on and written multiple award-winning sustainability reports during her career for clients like BT and HP.

With over 30 years of waste management experience, and an MSc in Environmental Systems Analysis, Steve has worked in a variety of roles in both the UK and overseas. He has led waste management operations, covering in-house incineration and effluent plants for a major global pharmaceutical R&D business over a large estate of diversified facilities. Internationally, he has provided both remote and in-country support to develop strategic plans for host government approval, taking account of local conditions, regulatory obligations and financial constraints. This work delivered proactive compliance management in addition to safe and effective operational practices.

Steve also delivers classroom-based waste management training to the manufacturing industry on behalf of the Engineers Federation and the Chartered Institution of Waste Management (UK).

Steve’s extensive experience of the development, implementation and maintenance of certified and practical environmental management systems has led him to work with a number of Formula One motor racing teams – all of which have been successfully certified at first audit.

Angela is a specialist in environmental consultancy, primarily working on major infrastructure projects, particularly marine renewables and oil and gas. She has provided ecological and environmental inputs, including lender compliance requirements, for projects across the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Gulf of Mexico. Within her multidisciplinary knowledge base, Angela’s main areas of interest and expertise are ESIA, lender compliance, biodiversity and conservation management, fisheries and underwater noise impacts on fauna.

Angela’sin-depth knowledge has been gained through leading ESIAs, providing specialist technical inputs, undertaking sustainable supply chain audits and ensuring environmental management and consents compliance both within the UK and across the globe. She has led and produced lender compliance documentation (such as CHAs and Biodiversity Offset Strategies) and developed and implemented biodiversity management, monitoring and action plans.

Angela is adept at management and stakeholder consultation, particularly relating to fisheries. She is experienced in developing, agreeing and managing scopes of work and surveys with lender representatives, regulators and technical advisers. She also collaborates with project design engineers and contractors, particularly in relation to application of the mitigation hierarchy.

Angela has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Sciences and an MSc in Environmental Protection and Management and is a member of the International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA). In addition to having offshore and intertidal survey experience, she is a trained MMO and rescue diver. She has undertaken research in Mozambique, South Africa and Madagascar and coral gardener training in Bali.

Having worked in the environmental sector as a professional ecologist for over 35 years, Steve has a deep understanding of the relationships between economic development and the environment. He has worked closely with a wide range of stakeholders to generate innovative and economically viable solutions, integrating developmental and environmental factors.

Steve has worked in central and south America, the Arabian Gulf, eastern Europe, West Africa and central Asia. He has expertise in Environmental Impact Assessments, protected species assessments and remediation plans for a wide variety of development projects, including transport and infrastructure works, energy generation and transmission and mining developments.

He has formally described 21 species of insects new to science, and has extensive knowledge of the role of insects in biological control and as invasive species. He is the author of ‘Ecosystem Services: Economics and Policy’ (Palgrave Macmillan). This work is a critical review of ecosystem services philosophy, offering a new perspective on how the issue of biodiversity could be addressed within the financial sector and fully integrated into the ‘knowledge economy’ through the mechanism of distributed ledger technology (blockchain).

Steve holds a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from the University of Reading and a Master of Philosophy in Tropical Insect Taxonomy from Liverpool John Moores University. He is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and a member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.

For the past two decades, Karin has been designing, implementing, managing, monitoring and evaluating programmes in the international development sector, including community development projects across Africa and Asia.

Currently a Programme Director with the UBS Optimus Foundation, she has worked with multilateral donors such as the World Bank, the ADB, the IFC and UN agencies; bilaterals, including the EU, the FCDO/DFID in the UK, Danida in Denmark, SIDA in Sweden, and SECO and SDC in Switzerland; as well as specialist organisations, such as the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative.

To the Energies Group team, Karin brings thematic experience in climate and resilience, gender, cities, local governance, service delivery, transparency, multi-donor mechanisms and aid effectiveness.

She has an MSc in International Development, a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies and an MA in Modern & Medieval Languages.

Tim has directed and managed hundreds of investigations into the management and assessment of contaminated land. He specialises in Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment (DQRA) of health risks, vapour intrusion, and risks to aquifers or surface waters.

He has held senior positions in multinational consultancies across many sectors, including upstream and downstream oil and gas, pharmaceutical, major infrastructure projects, military land and housing development.

Tim has acted as regional portfolio manager for a consultant to the Shell Global Environmental Services Strategy (GESS), technical advisor for HS2 and as a risk assessor on the Poplar Riverside redevelopment of a former gasworks. At AECOM, he supported the set-up of GESS teams in India and South Africa, and more recently assisted a multinational consultancy in setting up a contaminated land team in the Middle East, including provision of in-person training on field sampling techniques. Tim is also a member of the Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA) Executive Committee which promotes best practice risk assessment in the UK, and has contributed to several UK guidance documents.

He has an MSc in Environmental Diagnosis from Imperial College, and a BSc in Environmental Biology. Tim’s professional qualifications and certifications include Chartered Water & Environmental Manager (C.WEM), Chartered Scientist (CSci), and SoBRA Accredited Risk Assessor (A.SoBRA) for Human Health, Vapour Intrusion and Controlled Waters DQRA.

Brian has worked in the extractives and nuclear industry since 1980, so has a wealth of knowledge in HSE Managements systems, Leadership in Safety, Audit, Incident Investigation and performance management.

Brian has worked in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Greece and Central Europe, as well as many parts of the UK. He has been responsible for large multi-million-dollar projects, reporting to CEOs, Directors or Project General Managers.

He has managed large teams on complex projects around the world where he has been responsible for both international and national employees, and has also worked extensively with local staff, via coaching and mentoring, to ensure national personnel are given the best opportunities to develop.

Brian has a proven track record of delivery in HSE performance involving the selection and assessment of contractors and suppliers through the vendor tendering process. He also assists with the subsequent management of responsible contractors during execution of construction, commissioning and for operations. He specialises in HSSE Audit and Assurance, Performance Monitoring, HSSE Planning, Risk Identification, Standards and Procedural development, Safety Training, HSE engineering enquiries, contract bid queries, planning, incident investigation and reporting.

Brian is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and a Registered Safety Practitioner.