People Moves

PEOPLE MOVES SIMON HEALE

FROM: LONDON METAL EXCHANGE TO: REBEL ENERGY

WAS: CEO NOW: CHAIRMAN

UK energy startup Rebel Energy has completed its Board of Directors and appointed Simon Heale as Chairman. He brings extensive experience in commodity trading and leadership roles across a wide range of industries — he was former CEO of the London Metal Exchange. Rebel Energy’s electricity is ‘100% renewable and generated on UK wind, solar and hydro farms’.

Also joining the Board as Non-Executive Directors are Jason Sharpe (previously Managing Director OVO Energy), Victoria MacGregor (Citizens Advice), Monique Pollard (Goldman Sachs), Eskandar Sadeghi (T. Rowe Price)

Dan Bates, Co-Founder & CEO at Rebel Energy, said: “We think we’ve managed to cover all bases with this Board. What was important to us was that we appointed non-executive directors who really understood and bought into our mission.”

“What was important to us was that we appointed non-executive directors who really understood and bought into our mission”

MICHAEL DOLBEC

FROM: GE VENTURES TO: MOMENTA

WAS: EXECUTIVE MANAGING DIRECTOR NOW: MANAGING PARTNER

Michael Dolbec has been appointed Managing Partner at Momenta, which is a leading venture capital firm accelerating digital innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and the supply chain.

“The entire industrial world, from energy and manufacturing to logistics, transportation and agriculture, is being disrupted by technology and digital transformation,” said Dolbec. “I look forward to helping startups become key players in the industrial playbook as they commercialise emerging technologies, like edge computing and machine intelligence.”

PEDRO ERNESTO FERREIRA

FROM: ENERGIAS DE PORTUGAL (EDP) TO: ECO WAVE POWER GLOBAL

WAS: ASSET MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST NOW: HEAD OF PORTUGUESE

OPERATION

Ferreira will oversee Eco Wave Power’s activities in Portugal, including the licensing and the promotion of the APDL project, establishing contacts with additional sites and ports in Portugal, grant submission and day-to-day operations. Eco Wave is a leading onshore wave energy technology company that has patented smart and cost-efficient technology for turning ocean and sea waves into green electricity. At EDP, he managed all its hydroelectric power plants in Portugal.