Neil Holman - Director, BNRG Renewables

Neil Holman was educated at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, and Trinity College Dublin. He is an accountant by profession. During the past 20 years, he has raised over €200m in project finance in a wide range of sectors including hotels and tourist related projects, media, shipping and renewable energy in the United States, Ireland, Spain, Greece and Bulgaria. Neil has held a number of public appointments in Ireland including Chairman of the National Board for Science and Technology, a board member of the National Software Centre, and the Higher Education Authority Irish Life Assurance plc.

David Maguire - Director, BNRG Renewables

David Maguire is an environmental consultant by profession and holds the Masters degrees from National University of Ireland, Maynooth and the University of Wales, United Kingdom, in the Environmental Sciences and Resource Management. With over 18 years in the environmental sector and project management, he is still consulted frequently on complex environmental issues. Since 2000, he has also worked in development finance on projects in Ireland, United Kingdom, Austria, Bulgaria and Greece. David held positions with the Environmental Protection Agency with responsibility for Research & Development. He is regularly invited to speak at international conferences on the permitting and planning process for Solar PV parks.

Ian Stuart - Chairman, BNRG Renewables

Ian Stuart has taken up the position as the Chairman of the Board of BNRG Renewables. Ian is a former CEO of Eagle Star and Zurich Assurance, UK. He is currently the Chairman of Zurich Assurance one of the largest employee pension schemes in the UK.

Konstantin Panayotov - Director, BNRG Bulgaria

Konstantin Panayotov is a professional associate with extensive experience in the project management, recruitment, planning and real estate. After a successful venture in international recruitment he further diversified his investment options and involved in the real estate industry with the Fox Estate Bulgaria Ltd. Konstantin and his team have extensive experience in real estate development, consultancy and planning.

Tom Brinicombe –Project Manager (UK), BNRG Renewables

Tom Brinicombe has a Master’s Degree in Renewable Energy Systems Technology from Loughborough University, and an engineering background. Tom established Gunsko Communications in December 2010. During the first year of trading he has project managed the development and construction of the Puriton and Summerway Drove solar projects with a combined capacity of 6.0 MW. Prior to setting up Gunsko Communications Tom was the ‘Head of Marketing and Communications’ at Partnerships for Renewables and prior to that ‘Media and Government Relations Manager’ for AMEC’s wind energy business.

Zara Petrova - Project Coordinator, BNRG Renewables

Zara graduated from DIT Ireland where she completed a Master’s Degree in International Business. She is also certified as a Project Management Associate from the Institute of Project Management Ireland. Zara holds the position of Project Coordinator in BNRG Renewables and acts as a principal contact for the company activities.

Michael Heather - Head of Property, BNRG Renewables

Michael Heather has been involved in the property industry for more than 25 years. He has held board positions in a number of the leading Property Consultancy and Еstate Agencies in Ireland. As Head of Property at BNRG Renewables Michael is responsible for all land and property matters including site acquisitions and portfolio management.

Rumen Grozev - Project Manager (Bulgaria), BNRG Bulgaria

Rumen Grozev holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering. As a real estate consultant in Panayotov & Son he has participated in the development of a number of real estate business projects. Since the establishment of BNRG Bulgaria he has a key role as a Project Manager.

Kostadinka Gerova - Assistant Manager, BNRG Bulgaria

Kostadinka Gerova holds a Masters degree in French and English and she has more than 10 years of experience as an Office Manager. She holds the position of Assistant Manager in BNRG Bulgaria since the establishment of the company.

Dimitris Galaktopoulos - Programme Manager (Greece), BNRG Renewables

Dimitris Galaktopoulos is a development consultant specialising in Renewable Energy Sources projects. He is a graduate of East London University, United Kingdom and has extensive project management experience. Dimitris is also a Director of Plagal Development Consultants, an Athens-based company specialising in planning and funding of real estate and RES projects. Dimitri acts as a point of contact for Greece.

ELEMENT POWER

Element Power develops, acquires, builds, and operates utility-scale solar and wind power projects. BNRG and Element Power have established a 50:50 JV company, BNRG Element Ltd, to jointly develop BNRG’s extensive portfolio of UK projects. Element Power is pursuing projects in the European, North American, and South American energy markets. Its principal offices are located in London, Madrid, and Portland, Oregon. The scale of Element’s projects enables BNRG Element to leverage the best terms in supply chain and funding the UK pipeline.

KPMG IRELAND

KPMG is a leading provider of professional services, working with clients in all sectors of business, providing a range of Audit, Tax and Advisory services. The cornerstones of the business are quality of advice, quality of service, and quality of our people. KPMG Ireland has acted as corporate financial advisors to a large number of major renewable energy project developers. Over the past year KPMG has been strongly supporting BNRG both by introducing direct investors and strategic partners.

OSBORNE CLARKE

Osborne Clarke is an international law firm with offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, UK and Nord America. They represent organisations, governments and people from all around the world. Osborne Clarke has important industry sectors knowledge with a particular expertise in Digital Business, Energy & Natural Resources, Financial Services and Real Estate & Infrastructure.

Stuart Cleak - Osborne Clarke

Stuart is a Senior Associate with the international law firm Osborne Clarke. He leads the firm's real estate energy and natural resources team. He advises on a wide variety of projects but specialises in solar parks, windfarms and anaerobic digestion plants.

Alan John - Osborne Clarke

Alan is a Partner with the international law firm Osborne Clarke. He is head of the firm's Energy & Environment Group, a position he has held since 1990 and is a director of Regen SW, the sustainable energy agency for the south west of England.

THE LANDMARK PRACTICE

The Landmark Practice is one of the UK's leading environmental planning and design companies. The Company is an independent consultancy, supporting public and private sector developments on all aspects of environmental planning, design and management.

Chris McDermott - Landscape Architect

Chris is a Chartered Landscape Architect with twenty six years experience in all aspects of landscape design and visual assessment, particularly for major infrastructure projects such as power stations, wind turbines, roads, railways and now photovoltaic parks.

Pete Etheridge - Ecologist

Pete is a professional ecologist with over five years’ experience within the ecological sector, augmented by over 12 years’ of voluntary ecology and conservation work. He specialises in assessing the impacts of development proposals on birds and bats, but is also experienced in a range of other protected species surveys and assessments. Pete has extensive experience of renewable energy projects including wind farms, hydro-electric and solar PV, and has previously worked on some of the largest development projects in the country.

Bernice Roberts - Environmental and Planning Policy

A professional environmental planner and ecologist for 30 years, Bernice has managed many major development and renewable energy projects. In 2007 she was awarded the RTPI Environmental Planning & Protection Network Award for her work on the Bristol Port Company’s Renewable Energy Project.