Team
We’re a community-led, community-owned business tackling cold homes, rising energy bills and carbon emissions.
Meet The Team
Our team of staff and volunteers are all local people, trained, qualified and committed to making a difference.
Kit Evans
Executive Director & General Manager
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Kit is an experienced company director with 13 years’ experience in brand licensing, finance and organisational development. From 2007 – 2019 Kit was Managing Director of a University of Oxford company, turning over more than £2m per annum and employing 20 staff. Since then, he has moved into the community sector, working to revitalise Braywick Heath Nursery and joining SaveEnergy in early 2024. He has been awarded the NEA Level 3 Energy Awareness qualification, has qualified as a Domestic Energy Assessor (able to lodge EPCs) and has completed community share offer training from Co-ops UK.
Ian Daly
Energy Advisor Lead
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Ian has worked in the energy and utilities industry for over 30 years as a consultant, business analyst and project manager successfully delivering IT and transformation projects for large suppliers, transmission and distribution companies. Ian is keen to leverage his enthusiasm, knowledge, and skills in this exciting venture with SaveEnergy to ensure all members of the local community can access pragmatic energy advice that reduces waste, saves money, and increases the warmth of homes.
Antony Haines
Energy Advisor
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Coming soon..
Michael Beaven
Non-executive Director
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With over 25 years’ experience within the voluntary and public sectors Michael brings expertise in business planning and finance management, is a licensed Community Shares Practitioner, and has secured seed corn investment and funding for social enterprises. He has an excellent track record of helping voluntary sector organisations secure contract and grant funding as well as developing innovative fundraising strategies and appeals. Michael is a founder and director of Our Community Enterprise and a volunteer director of MaidEnergy.
Paul Conacher
Non-executive Director
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Paul, semi-retired, is an experienced business leader and technology channel consultant with a depth of experience in corporate leadership, strategy building, and business innovation. Paul brings wide experience of community volunteering and currently leads on the marketing for Maidenhead Eco Action Hub and Maidenhead Building Bridges/Green Skills Library.
Barnaby Briggs
Non-executive Director
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Barnaby Briggs has spent his career working on environmental and social issues within the energy sector, having worked both for NGOs and oil and gas companies. He is currently Chair of Trustees for WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife. As Managing Director of the Climate Partnership CIC from 2022 to 2024 he was instrumental in laying the groundwork for SaveEnergy.
Maria Evans
Co-opted Advisor
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Maria is an ethics-driven charity consultant who works with organisations that make a positive difference. With a background in corporate marketing, considerable experience in creating and leading organisations and a successful career in fundraising and community engagement, Maria brings valuable skills to the SaveEnergy board. Maria is a director of Our Community Enterprise and chairs conservation organisation Wild Maidenhead.
Volunteer With Us
SaveEnergy is owned by the community, and we benefit from fantastic support from local volunteers including Draughtbusters who provide free practical support and advice to help people in cold homes to feel warmer, reduce their energy costs and save carbon.
We are always keen to hear from people who would like to join our team of volunteers. We offer flexible hours, free energy advice training and the opportunity to really make a difference as part of a small team of committed local people. In particular we are seeking:
- Energy Champion – Volunteer Role
- SaveEnergy Draughtbusters – Volunteer Roles
We are also seeking an additional non-executive director to expand our board, challenge our thinking and increase our diversity and range of experience. This is a voluntary role (role description to follow).
If you are interested in any of the above volunteering roles, please contact Kit Evans [email protected] for an initial discussion.
Work For Us
We’re creating new jobs, increasing green skills and expanding opportunities for more local people. We offer free energy advice training for all our roles and our business is expanding quickly as demand increases.
Currently, we are recruiting:
“An experienced trades person to deliver practical energy saving measures for homeowners: we are seeking someone who can work closely with our customers to provide home insulation, gap-filling and other simple energy saving improvements around the home.”
If you are interested in this role and believe you have the skills and experience to help homeowners then please contact Kit Evans [email protected] for an initial discussion.
Partnerships
We’re keen to work with local businesses and third sector partners, bringing our services to more communities more quickly.
If you would like to know more about how we could work together to help local people start their retrofit journey, to prepare homeowners for low carbon solutions or to help people out of fuel poverty then contact our general manager Kit Evans to arrange a chat via email at [email protected].
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