Our Team

Jonny is a fourth generation owner of the Wates family enterprise. He started his career at Grand Metropolitan (now Diageo) working in brand marketing on the UK drinks business. He joined Wates Developments in 1995 and was Sales and Marketing Director from 1997. He completed an MBA at Cranfield in 2000, returning to Wates as Marketing Director for the Group with responsibility for strategy and communications. He is a member of the Wates Group Board and has been actively involved in the renewable energy industry since 2006.

John is a Chartered Engineer and Business Graduate with an extensive experience of managing both small and large businesses in manufacturing and distribution sectors. His principal expertise is in Sales, Marketing and Operational Restructuring i.e. improving the overall value of businesses and delivering sustainable performance improvement.After a corporate career leading and growing businesses which designed and manufactured equipment for the defence and aerospace industry he has more recently worked on behalf of Private Equity, PLCs and Banks.

As an Oxford Brookes graduate, Harry has gone on to gather more than 20 years' experience in the principles of finance, risk and project management. He brings with him a wealth of experience and track record of raising finance, managing people and cultural growth in a high-tech environment and over multiple UK and international sites.

Phil has over 30 years experience in the UK energy sector. A graduate of the University of Birmingham & Manchester Business School. Phil was Managing Director of Inenco's Tariff Business for 6 years before becoming Group Marketing Director for 7 years. During this time Phil was a key player in a £10m MBO backed by 3i & HSBC that successfully exited to a listed utilities corporate. He subsequently created an Energy Division for award winning PROjEN Plc & True Energy, a Renewable Energy start up.