SOLAR ENERGY

Jamie Gordon
Executive Director

Jamie is one of the UK’s leading specialists in infrastructure and energy sector communications. He has over 25 years’ experience of delivering strategic and operational communications programmes and currently advices on some of the UK’s largest energy and infrastructure projects. Jamie has experience in the solar industry working on various schemes for clients such as Solar Securities and Good Energy and is also a board director for the award-winning organisation Community Energy South. Jamie has also previously fed into the good practice guidance document on community engagement in the solar sector for the BRE National Solar Centre. 

Steven Park
Executive Director

Steven leads our Scotland practice and has over 20 years experience working in the public affairs and communications environment. He is one of Scotland’s leading specialists in the politics of planning in the built environment sector. He leads on our solar and battery storage work with clients including Elmya and Locogen. He also has substantial broader renewable energy project experience in Scotland. Steven’s vast experience coupled with his knowledge and understanding of the political landscape in Scotland, provides clients with unrivalled strategic guidance and support ensuring that their investments and commercial aspirations are robustly looked after. 

Verity Barr
Director

Verity leads our national PR team and has over 20 years’ experience of developing and delivering integrated strategic and creative communications campaigns for organisations across the energy lifecycle, from power generation to energy retail. She has led award-winning corporate positioning campaigns and has managed complex stakeholder engagement programmes to support tenders and planning applications for major infrastructure projects. Having also led community and stakeholder consultations for two DCO projects she is able to combine her knowledge of the planning process with a broader communications approach. She leads BECG’s work with Ylem Energy. 

Krystian Groom
Director

Krystian has worked in built environment communication for 10 years, managing some of BECG Group’s most contentious and high-profile projects. He has supported solar proposals with clients including JBM Solar and has a very strong understanding of the policy landscape in which solar and other forms of energy are being promoted. He leads on much of BECG’s solar sector insights work. Krystian supplements this solar-specific experience with his work leading DCO communications for energy projects in other sectors, including nuclear. 

Tom Bradley
Director

Tom leads Cavendish’s Energy & Green Growth practice. He has extensive experience in working with highly regulated businesses and organisations across the energy and environment sectors. He has previously worked with companies such as National Grid, Cadent Gas, and UK Power Networks. Prior to entering consultancy, Tom worked in both Westminster and Brussels, providing policy advice to Conservative MPs and MEPs. A Conservative Party parliamentary candidate at the last election, Tom has an extensive network within Westminster and the regions. 

Olivia White
Associate Director

Olivia has an in-depth understanding of the DCO process having worked on multiple public and private schemes through consultation and examination. She has supported DCO and project communications for various forms of energy generation, most recently in being part of the communications team for the Bradwell B nuclear power station in Essex.  

George Burr
Associate Director

George has worked in planning communications for over a decade, giving him vast experience across a range of sectors with both public and private sector clients. He has been involved in renewable energy projects throughout his career – principally providing community engagement and strategic political advice on solar TCPA applications, but also for onshore wind and energy from waste projects. George has also been involved in campaigning for the Conservative Party for many years and remains politically active in the south of England.  

Nicole Benford
Associate Director

Nicole has over 12 years’ experience in public affairs, communications, and stakeholder engagement in the built environment. Nicole has led her team in building longstanding relationships between community members, political stakeholders and her clients. Nicole works across several DCO projects for National Grid and helps to transform complex information into digestible and easy to understand data for the public to understand.