Public Services Forum - September 2021

Rob has over 25 years’ experience working in Local Authorities and Private/Public partnerships, with specific focus on energy, data management and decarbonisation. Over this period of time, he led on many projects ranging from early smart meter adoption to establishing a solar/storage Community Energy organisation. In 2020, Rob became Inspired Energy’s Head of Public Services. In this role, Rob is able to bring his extensive public and energy sectoral knowledge to help ensure that customers maximise the benefits of working with Inspired Energy.

Ben brings a wealth of quantitative experience to the sector, having completed an Astrophysics Ph.D specialising in probabilistic numerical modelling. Ben affords insightful analysis of trends within global equity, FOREX and commodity markets, whilst developing cutting-edge risk management tools for flexible procurement strategies.

With a background in energy management, George looks after the Regulated Services division at Inspired Energy, providing customer solutions to help comply with standards and regulation, including compliance with the Public Contract Regulations and ISO14001. She has over 10 years’ experience of delivering compliant and pragmatic carbon reduction solutions for the public sector and is a well-known industry commentator. Georgina has been described by clients as “one of the most trusted voices in the utilities sector today” and is actively involved in improvement discussions with government, regulators and other key agencies.

John joined MOSL as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in December 2019. He is an accomplished IT leader, with a proven record of success across multiple sectors, technologies and experience of a range of sourcing models. Before joining MOSL, John was the Technology Director for the roadside business of The AA. In this role he was accountable for the change and technology strategy and delivery, leading a team of over 200 to support the company’s ambitious, IT-enabled transformation agenda.  One of John's key strengths is in driving technology and business transformation, supported by data driven decision making. In this pursuit, he draws on significant experience in both programme and project management and IT and digital transformation.

Starting working life as an Electrical Engineering Apprentice in Industry 1984, Kevin first became involved in Energy Management and Energy Procurement with the 1MW Deregulation in 1990. Since then, Kevin has helped develop and optimise the delivery of energy procurement, energy efficiency and carbon management services to local authorities, Housing providers, Education organisations and Utility providers. Kevin joined Inspired Energy in 2020 as Head of Social Value and is responsible for the co-ordination and development of not only Inspired’s Social Value, but also that of the Framework suppliers.