Our staff

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Neil Kermode Managing Director Neil was appointed as Managing Director in November 2005. He is directly accountable to the Board for all operations and is responsible for meeting the Board’s objectives for EMEC’s operational, environmental, financial and commercial performance. Email Neil	Oliver Wragg Commercial Director Oliver supports the Managing Director to enable the vision for EMEC growth, providing a business development regime that establishes a firm commercial approach; liaises with developers, funders, and partners; and participates in new initiatives driving growth and revenue. Email Oliver	Donna Ritch Finance Director Donna is responsible for finance, HR, administration and facilities; managing forecasting, monthly accounts, invoicing and cash flow; facilitating HR processes and activities for the organisation; and managing administration processes and EMEC’s office facilities. Email Donna

Jonathan Lindsay Operations and Technology Director Jonathan has responsibility for ensuring that our operations are planned and executed in a safe and professional manner to meet agreed client objectives. He also deputises for the Managing Director in his absence and provides support in all operational aspects of our work. Email Jonathan
ADMINISTRATION & QUALITY TEAM

Lesley Howard Quality Manager Lesley’s role is to manage EMECs Integrated Management System and assist the organisation in maintaining compliance with ISO 17025, EMEC’s accreditation with UKAS. She works with all staff to maintain a system that promotes a culture of compliant working practices and leadership behaviours across the organisation. Email Lesley	Andrina Wick Administration Officer Andrina supports the Finance & Administration Manager and other members of staff by providing key administrative services to the organisation. This includes providing ‘front of house’ services for visitors, booking travel and accommodation for members of staff, and processing invoices. Email Andrina	Cath Russell PA to the Executive Team Cath supports the Executive Team, and in particular the Managing Director. This involves providing a high standard of confidential administrative support, and includes arranging meetings and travel. Email Cath

Susan Learmonth Contracts & Grants Administrator Susan ensures that the administration of contracts and grants are is carried out in an accurate, timely, efficient and transparent manner, and supports the delivery of financial and management reports on EMEC’s grant funded projects. Email Susan

COMMERCIAL & MARKETING TEAM

Eileen Linklater Commercial Manager Eileen manages contracts with developers, ensuring Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental standards are met. She is the first point of contact for prospective clients and works with them from initial contact through to arrival on site. Eileen is also responsible for maintaining communications, seeking feedback from stakeholders and marketing EMEC’s services. Email Eileen	Lisa MacKenzie Marketing & Communications Manager Lisa is responsible for promoting EMEC, its facilities and services, its clients, and wider industry development. She manages EMEC’s website and social media channels, develops marketing resources, liaises with international media, and hosts visitors to EMEC. Lisa also leads communications and dissemination work packages for grant funded projects. Email Lisa	Erica Mathers Marketing Officer Erica will support the marketing team with the implementation of EMEC’s marketing strategy, help develop work packages for delivery to external projects, as well as undertake market research activities. Email Erica

Matthew Finn Senior Business Development Manager Matthew works with a range of leading organisations to establish new areas of business development in the marine renewables sector. He manages the bid development process within EMEC and works in close collaboration with in-house experts across a variety of technical disciplines. Email Matthew	Nicolas Wallet FORESEA Project Manager Nic is project managing the €11m Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action (FORESEA) programme. He is responsible for managing the FORESEA consortium (which alongside EMEC includes SmartBay, SEM-REV, TTC and Ocean Energy Europe) and liaising with EU funders (particularly INTERREG). Email Nic	Danielle Moodie FORESEA Project Officer Danielle will work closely with the FORESEA Project Manager and the FORESEA consortium partners (SmartBay, SEM-REV, TTC and Ocean Energy Europe) to support the delivery of the FORESEA programme to provide technology developers with subsidised access to real-sea testing across the North West Europe region. She is responsible for day-to-day administration and ensuring that the project is integrated into EMEC’s UKAS accredited integrated management system. Email Danielle

Dave Wakefield ETV Manager Dave’s role is to manage EMEC’s involvement with the European Commission’s pilot Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) scheme which is a new tool to help innovative environmental technologies reach the market. He is also responsible for ensuring the organisation maintains its compliance with ISO 17020 and its UKAS accreditation. Email Dave	James Ferguson Energy Storage Development Officer James is working towards an EngD through the iDCore programme, and will be based at EMEC for three years looking at energy storage solutions, with a strong focus on hydrogen. Email James



OPERATIONS TEAM

John Skuse Operations & Maintenance Manager John is responsible for leading the Operations & Maintenance team, to ensure assets are fit for purpose, and to ensure all day to day operations are planned and executed safely and in accordance with requirements of EMEC’s Integrated Management System and polices. Email John	Elaine Buck Technical Manager As Technical Manager, Elaine is responsible for managing the project team who work across EMEC to deliver wave and tidal developer R&D projects. She provides support to the Operations Director and from her technical perspective initiates testing programs to build on EMEC’s experience in real sea testing for the wave and tidal sector. In her time at EMEC, she has worked and delivered on key European funded projects and actively works alongside developers in supporting them in their technology development programmes. Email Elaine	Donald Sinclair Engineering Technician Donald assists in maintaining availability and proper functioning of all HV electrical connections and SCADA system associated with the test sites. He also works with developers to solve operational problems of a technical or data-related nature and provides first line technical support at substation sites (wave and tidal) including ‘engineer level’ maintenance of SCADA system. Email Donald

Alistair Cameron Electrical & Test Engineer Alistair assists with acquisition and reporting of electrical performance data and management of client’s electrical connections. He also assists with the maintenance and record keeping of the EMEC 11kV system. Email Alistair	Florence Ungaro Project Manager Florence is working with developers and other project partners, managing the progress and delivery of EMEC’s projects and ensuring outputs are delivered on time, and within budget. Email Florence	Andy Shanks Project Manager Andy joined EMEC in 2016, with a background in tidal site marine operations. Andy’s role within EMEC is to provide support and direction to the various projects that EMEC are involved with in their day to day operations. Email Andy

Caitlin Long Project & Consents Officer Caitlin works with developers and clients deploying at EMEC to ensure that all the necessary licences and consents are in place, and supports developers in adopting an appropriate environmental monitoring programme for their planned development. Caitlin is also involved in the management and delivery of EMEC’s projects. Email Caitlin	Joe Thompson Metocean Data Manager Joe oversees EMEC’s data management. He manages the collection, manipulation, quality control and dissemination of data, and is also responsible for assisting the development of EMEC’s Data Management and Dissemination Strategy. Email Joe	Steven Pyke Systems Developer (KTP Associate) Steven joined EMEC in a knowledge transfer partnership with the Strathclyde University. The role will support the development of EMEC’s ocean energy assessment processes which will form part of an integrated evaluation and development pathway for wave and tidal energy companies. Email Steven


Angus Brown Maintenance Technician, Eday Angus carries out preventive and corrective maintenance at the Eday substation and Flaughton Hill. He helps to manage the facilities within the substation, laydown area and grounds, assisting with first line technical support across EMEC’s infrastructure including its newly installed hydrogen plant. Email Angus	Myles Heward Performance Test Engineer Myles’ role is to deliver EMEC’s services into collaborative R&D projects focussed on marine energy device testing and performance assessment. Email Myles	Paul Kerr Engineer Intern Paul is working alongside EMEC’s operations team as part of a three month summer internship. During the internship Paul will be supporting the team in developing EMEC’s integrated monitoring pod, and helping with the quality control of EMEC’s data. Email Paul

ASSOCIATES

Chris White Chris retired from his post as Senior Electrical Test Engineer in 2017. He now works as a consultant for the company, supporting the management of EMEC’s electrical infrastructure and feeding his experience into various projects.	Rob Ionides Having previously worked for a wave energy developer and as Maintenance Technician at EMEC, Rob continues to support various projects and general maintenance at EMEC when required.	John Griffiths John is a chemical engineer, with over 40 years experience, including 30 years in the offshore industries, as a General Manager, Consultant, Project Manager and Engineering Manager as well as in a range of Operational and Technical roles. John acted as non-Executive Director of EMEC from the company being established until 2017, and now provides consultancy support on various projects.