Non-executive chair
Dipesh J Shah OBE
Biography
- Appointed Non-Executive Chair September 2020
- Chairman of Investment Committees for the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure, and for Marguerite II Fund. Non-Executive Board Director at Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., Trustee of British Youth Opera and Governor at Merchant Taylors’ School
- Career in both public and private sectors. Formerly CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and of large businesses in BP. A former Chairman of, among others, a FTSE-listed power utility, the European industry association for solar, a housing association and a private equity fund for renewables. Also served on the Boards of Babcock International Group Plc, Lloyd’s of London, The Crown Estate, and Thames Water. A former member of the Government’s Renewable Energy Advisory Committee
- Graduate of the Universities of London and Warwick, and the Harvard Business School management programme
Non-executive chair
A non-executive chair leads the Board, oversees relationships with the shareholder, provides advice and brings an external perspective to business.