David Schiele
Director
David joined The Agency from an Innovative SME technology company. He brings a wealth of commercial experience from the Clean-Tech, EV Charging, Renewable Energy, and Waste Management sectors. His specialist project management experience includes: local, regional and large scale energy infrastructure projects. David has a proven track record of leading teams, driving strategy and delivering high value strategic innovation and infrastructure projects for demanding stakeholders.
Gary Bateman
Business Development Lead for Low-Carbon Housing Innovations
Gary joined The Agency to support us with an exciting new project with our partners at The University of Salford, working on industry-facing research and innovation activity focused on the technical and scaling-up challenges of Net-Zero and future homes. Gary will work with innovation companies, supporting them in developing their business and scale up emerging low-carbon products and services - enabling them to access the market more rapidly.
Karina Mironyuk
Innovation Project Officer
Karina joined The Agency after a career in Ukraine, where she showcased her versatility across various sectors, including aviation, agriculture, state-sector housing services, logistics, and waste collection and processing. As a lawyer and financier, she brings in-depth legal and financial analytical knowledge and experience in event organization and team management. Karina excels in precise and timely administrative duties, client relationship management, and fostering effective collaborations with colleagues and partners.
Kevin Aisbitt
Innovation Project Manager
Kevin joined The Agency following a role managing the Growth Hub in Worcestershire, supporting the growth of small and medium enterprises. He values the importance of innovation and brings a great deal of domestic and international business engagement experience from Asia, Europe, and North America. He specialises in the development of strategic business / research links and attracting inward investment to help organisations take advantage of trade and investment opportunities in new markets.
Tahir Ali
Partnerships Manager
Tahir joined The Agency having come from a commercial sales background, specialising in Energy Management Systems, Bio Fuels & Carbon Reduction. He has over 30 years’ experience in the commercial sector and brings with him a wealth of business connections across many areas. Tahir has a proven track record in assisting businesses develop and implement their Carbon reduction strategies as well as project management of those solutions.
Alexander Roy
University of Manchester
Dr Roy is a Director of Innovation at Unit M, the University of Manchester’s innovation unit. Alex leads the University’s innovation partnership working with Greater Manchester and wider UK stakeholders, focused on translating research into real‑world impact. Alex is an economist by training and prior to joining Unit M, spent over a decade in economic development and policy for the private and public sectors, including DTZ, Mott MacDonald and New Economy, before becoming the Head of Policy and Strategy at Manchester Airports Group.
Mark Atherton
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Mark has been engaged as Director of Environment for Greater Manchester since 2012. In this role, Mark provides strategic support to the Greater Manchester Green City Region Board and Partnership by leading the development and delivery of strategies, policies, research and demonstration projects for environment and low carbon work areas.
Mark Hughes MBE
The Growth Company
Mark was appointed Group Chief Executive of The Growth Company in 2013. Prior to this Mark was Chief Executive at the North West Regional Development Agency, and was awarded an MBE for services to business in the North West in the 2013 New Year's Honours. Mark has also worked in corporate and economic development consulting at DTZ Pieda Consulting and Ernst & Young (EY) Management Consultancy, where he was responsible for the creation of the European Investment Monitor that established EY as a leading commentator on European inward investment.
Will Swan
University of Salford
Professor Will Swan is the Director of Energy House Laboratories (EHL) at the University of Salford, where he has led the energy and buildings research for more than10 years. The labs include the award-winning Salford Energy House, a whole Victorian house in a climate-controlled chamber, the Smart Meters Smart Homes Lab and the £16m Energy House 2.0 research facility, which is currently working with Barratt, Bellway, and Saint Gobain on developing demonstrators for the new Future Homes Standard. He has published a wide number of papers on retrofit and building performance and has advised on a national and regional policy level, including a recent appointment to the National Energy Efficiency Taskforce. He is also Director of Sustainability at the University of Salford.
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