Matthew Finn was appointed as Managing Director in March 2025. Prior to this role, he served as Commercial Director, focusing on driving the long-term growth of EMEC’s commercial activities. Matthew 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.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852064
matthew.finn@emec.org.uk

Donna oversees the finance function and is responsible for corporate governance.  She manages the full range of support services including HR processes and activities, administration, office facilities and IT support and development. Donna also oversees quality management & contracts management processes.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852040
donna.ritch@emec.org.uk

Eileen is responsible for relationships with key stakeholders, providing leadership across marketing, legal and quality functions within the business. She is also responsible for implementing EMEC’s public affairs strategy to maintain regulatory compliance and identify growth opportunities.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852249
eileen.linklater@emec.org.uk

Mark has responsibility to ensure that EMEC’s operations are planned and executed safely and efficiently. He also oversees EMEC’s Technical and Projects teams, ensuring that we deliver R&D and Consultancy projects on time, to budget and with high quality. Mark also brings a strong commercial and innovation drive to the business.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852202
mark.hamilton@emec.org.uk

Dernis identifies, secures and manages new commercial opportunities to support the long term growth of EMEC. She focuses on EMEC’s international collaborations and building a portfolio of clients and partners from around the world.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852218
dernis.mediavilla@emec.org.uk

Matt is responsible for identifying, securing and managing commercial opportunities to support the long-term growth of EMEC. He works closely with prospective and existing clients to meet their requirements through bespoke service packages and project delivery.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852067
matthew.storey@emec.org.uk 

Lily identifies, develops and secures opportunities for EMEC to grow its portfolio for marine demonstration projects. She develops proposals for marine energy projects and coordinates the pipeline for technology demonstration projects coming to EMEC from feasibility to contract stage.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852216
lily.wain@emec.org.uk

George identifies, develop and secure opportunities for EMEC to grow its portfolio of R&D projects. He also supports engagement with new technology developers progress opportunities for testing at EMEC in accordance

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852232
george.colcomb@emec.org.uk

Elaine supports on identifying, developing, and contracting opportunities for ICNZ to grow its R&D activities.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852239
elaine.salomon@emec.org.uk

Lisa joined EMEC in 2011 and leads the company’s marketing and communications team to showcase the pioneering work taking place across EMEC’s offshore energy, hydrogen and energy transition projects. Lisa works closely with EMEC’s clients and partners, supporting the delivery of collaborative projects and has spoken at various events sharing EMEC’s work and promoting ocean energy and a clean energy future.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852207
lisa.mackenzie@emec.org.uk

Caron supports the development and implementation of EMEC’s marketing strategy, and facilitates events and media enquiries as well as leads communications for various EMEC projects.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852219
caron.oag@emec.org.uk

Corrine provides support across the business by ensuring that the appropriate legal agreements are implemented to facilitate the execution of contractual obligations. Corrine develops and maintains the effective contractual processes and management to support the company’s commercial goals.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852003
corrine.sinclair@emec.org.uk

Colin supports the implementation of EMEC’s marketing strategy. Colin is a professional photographer, capturing photos and video of EMEC and client activities, as well as supporting content creation focussing on video production and graphic design.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852043
colin.keldie@emec.org.uk

Erika supports EMEC’s commercial team to deliver sales and marketing strategies, focussing on service delivery and repeat business. This includes leading commercial delivery tasks by liaising with EMEC’s Project Management Office, preparing and monitoring project deliverables and consultancy. Erika also gathers market intelligence by meeting clients, identifying funding and commercial opportunities, facilitates capture of lessons learnt, and supports marketing activities.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852210
erika.kemp@emec.org.uk

Lara is a PhD researcher focusing on justice, energy and innovation.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852008
lara.santos@emec.org.uk

Karen leads Communications and Knowledge Exchange for the Islands Centre for Net Zero.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 486060
karen.jamieson@emec.org.uk

Noor leads the Operations and 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.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852223
leonore.vanvelzen@emec.org.uk

Graeme supports and manages the health, safety and environmental aspects of EMEC operations across all sites, offices and projects. He works closely with the Quality Manager to maintain EMEC’s Integrated Management System.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 486065
graeme.french@emec.org.uk

Derek ensures that EMEC’s electrical systems are safely maintained & operated to all relevant standards, whilst meeting client’s requirements. Derek also delivers power performance assessment of customers technologies.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852224
derek.featherstone@emec.org.uk

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.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852201
donald.sinclair@emec.org.uk

Florence manages marine operations and projects across all EMEC and associated sites. Florence manages teams in a project management setting and has sound knowledge of working in the marine environment.
Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852005
florence.ungaro@emec.org.uk

Jerry supports the final assembly, installation, commissioning, service and maintenance of all EMEC’s hydrogen assets. Jerry ensures that all executed service activities are based on hydrogen and electrical safety standards working according to EMEC’s health and safety processes on all sites; as well as managing large and small equipment improvement projects in the plant.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852243
jerry.gibson@emec.org.uk

Baptiste supports the provision of testing services for marine energy devices owned by EMEC’s clients and to ensure high availability of all EMEC facilities and equipment. He also provides technical support for EMEC owned and operated hydrogen production and storage equipment.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852060
baptiste.mathie-claverie@emec.org.uk

Steven supports with the specification, operation and maintenance of EMEC’s hydrogen assets.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852244
steven.bruce@emec.org.uk

Kevin 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.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852233
kevin.lockwood@emec.org.uk

Chelsea assists in the management of EMEC’s HV and LV systems including client’s electrical connections and marine energy device performance testing. They are also responsible for the electrical design and construction work for EMEC’s electrical systems including management of defined work packages and client projects, and required operational activities at the marine energy test sites.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852200
chelsea.will@emec.org.uk

Matt assists in the management of EMEC’s HV and LV systems including client’s electrical connections and marine energy device performance testing. He is also responsible for the electrical design and construction work for EMEC’s electrical systems including management of defined work packages and client projects, and required operational activities at the marine energy test sites.

Contact:
+ 44 (0) 1856852246
matt.pallister@emec.org.uk

Susan leads EMEC’s project management office, overseeing the portfolio of projects, ensuring outputs are delivered on time and to a high quality. Susan manages the overall progress and delivery of EMEC’s projects, including the management of partners, funders, clients and stakeholders. Susan works closely and flexibly with EMEC staff from across the business, with a focus on close liaison with the Commercial Team.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852006
susan.learmonth@emec.org.uk

Donald leads the acquisition, maintenance and streamlining of all statutory consents required at EMEC or other identified sites. Donald contributes to EMEC projects by providing environmental technical expertise.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852245
E: donald.leaver@emec.org.uk

Millie performs environmental monitoring services within EMEC’s projects.

Millie leads EMEC’s environmental monitoring programme, supports the development of EMEC’s technical expertise, and undertakes fieldwork campaigns including survey design and data collection. She also prepares technical reports for use by the client, presents research findings and guidance to stakeholders, undertakes literature reviews, and provides guidance to mitigate, monitor and manage environmental risks associated with activities performed across EMEC’s projects and facilities.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 486068
millie.green@emec.org.uk

Abi supports the acquisition, maintenance and streamlining of all statutory consents required at EMEC or other identified sites. Abi also supports the environmental monitoring services within EMEC’s projects.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852228
abi.mclean@emec.org.uk

Richard is EMEC’s metocean and oceanographic subject matter technical expert. Richard leads and manages the collection, analysis, quality control and dissemination of all metocean and oceanographic measurement programmes.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852247
richard.sey@emec.org.uk

Conor implements and oversees environmental data management across EMEC’s technical services including the development and operation of software to support the delivery of metocean and environmental monitoring services.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852217
conor.gilmour@emec.org.uk

Craig delivers technical expertise across EMEC’s project portfolio, working on pioneering wave and tidal energy projects all over the globe, as well as innovative energy system projects in the rural and island context.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852209
craig.dibb@emec.org.uk

Catrin delivers on hydrogen focused R&D and technical work in EMEC hydrogen and energy systems projects. Catrin also works with the operations and project management teams to support the delivery of hydrogen demonstration projects.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852002
catrin.garrett@emec.org.uk

Raphaela participates in technical project activities and deliver technical project tasks on time, and to budget across a diverse range of project portfolio, assisting Project Managers to deliver projects where required.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852236
raphaela.ororke@emec.org.uk

Scott is developing the instrument and control system for EMEC’s hydrogen and electrical assets within the ITEG project.

Contact:
+44 (0)7701 368650
scott.crawford@emec.org.uk

Carly manages projects across EMEC’s portfolio, ensuring they are delivered with high-quality, whilst striving to reduce time, cost and risk. Carly supports a number of wave and tidal developers who are testing at EMEC, to ensure they are supported from contracting, through to deployment and decommissioning. Carly also works on a number of international consultancy projects.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852204
carly.tait@emec.org.uk

Heather manages a variety of projects within EMEC’s portfolio, collaborating with developers such as Nova Innovation and Orbital Marine Power to advance the tidal industry. She plays a key role in overseeing developer and infrastructure expansion projects at EMEC, ensuring they are delivered on time and meet high-quality standards

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 486057
heather.turnbull@emec.org.uk

Kristina manages projects across EMEC’s portfolio to deliver outputs safely and with high-quality, while striving to reduce time, cost and risk. Kristina also plays an active role in the continual development of the Project Management Office

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852049
kristina.burke@emec.org.uk

Myles manages several EMEC projects to deliver outputs on time, and to a high quality. Myles is an experienced Marine Engineer and Surveyor who first joined EMEC in 2017 as a Performance Test Engineer.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 486067
myles.heward@emec.org.uk

Jordan project manages the portfolio of energy transition projects delivered through and associated with the Islands Centre for Net Zero (ICNZ).

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852202
jordan.low@emec.org.uk

Abbie assists with the management of projects across EMEC’s project portfolio, gaining on the job experience whilst working towards Project Manager qualifications. Abbie also manages projects safely and with high-quality, while striving to reduce time, cost and risk.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 486064
abbie.sinclair@emec.org.uk

Maddy assists with the management of projects across EMEC’s project portfolio, gaining on the job experience whilst working towards Project Manager qualifications. Maddy also manages projects safely and with high-quality, while striving to reduce time, cost and risk.

Contact:

+44 (0)1856 852203
maddy.walker@emec.org.uk

Hannah assists with the management of projects across EMEC’s project portfolio, gaining on the job experience whilst working towards Project Manager qualifications. Hannah also manages projects safely and with high-quality, while striving to reduce time, cost and risk.

Contact:

+44 (0)01856 852041
hannah.rushton@emec.org.uk

Claire supports ICNZ by using relevant processes and collecting data to inform decisions on budget, resource & prioritisation. She assists with the planning and execution of projects, and reports on key deliverables, KPIs, and project performance on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852042
claire.thomson@emec.org.uk

Ingrid provides administrative support to the project management office with staff timesheet processing, contract management, supplier management and assisting the PMO with project claims and any other tasks as directed by the Programme Manager.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852060
Ingrid.ritch@emec.org.uk

Mike provides support to the Project Management Office, assisting with continuing development and daily operation of tools and systems for project monitoring and record keeping, procurement, risk management, timesheet management and cashflow.
Mike is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 486058
mike.partridge@emec.org.uk

Anne provides support with planning, resourcing, delivering and monitoring projects as part of the Programme Management Office Team.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852213
anne.sayer@emec.org.uk

Charlotte provides support with planning, resourcing, delivering and monitoring projects as part of the Programme Management Office Team.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852212
charlotte.foster@emec.org.uk

Sinead provides administrative support across the PMO team with assisting with the preparation and submission of claims for all grant funded projects, including invoices, timesheets, travel and expense recording.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 486066
sinead.adam@emec.org.uk

Cath manages EMEC’s office facilities and coordinates admin support across the company ensuring a high level of customer service internally and externally.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852240
cath.russell@emec.org.uk

Molly manages the HR function including resourcing, recruitment, HR procedures and processes. Molly also leads on the HR tasks in the business support team plan and manages EMEC’s job evaluation, salary review and succession planning processes, acting as first point of contact for all HR queries.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852047
molly.harris@emec.org.uk

Ray helps to maintain EMEC’s IT systems and software ensuring consistency across the organisation. In conjunction with the project management team, Ray also creates and maintains project information tools using appropriate software, and ensures relevant staff are adequately trained to use them. Ray manages the provision of telecommunications equipment and liaises with external IT providers to ensure services are delivered as required.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852046
ray.banks@emec.org.uk

Rachel supports business functions across the organisation by providing key administrative services including Executive Team and HR support.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852007
rachel.oliver@emec.org.uk

Karen provides administrative support to the finance team by assisting with the tracking of budgets, processing invoices and payments, assisting with the annual audit process and assisting with the development and maintenance of all necessary systems, policies and procedures to ensure effective, efficient financial management within the company.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852065
karen.flett@emec.org.uk

Pete provides administrative support across the organisation, providing reception cover, office health and safety checks, record keeping, liaising with suppliers, travel booking, proofreading and formatting, and general day to day admin tasks.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852060
pete.donald@emec.org.uk

Katie provides administrative support across the organisation, providing reception cover, office health and safety checks, record keeping, liaising with suppliers, travel booking, proofreading and formatting, project claims and general day to day admin.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852241
katie.ross@emec.org.uk

Tegan provides administrative support across the organisation, providing reception cover, office health and safety checks, record keeping, liaising with suppliers, travel booking, proofreading and formatting, project claims and general day to day admin.

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852231
tegan.gray@emec.org.uk

Andy is a Chartered Engineer and has a Masters in Renewable Energy. Over the past 15 years, Andy has directed over 100 person-years of marine energy consultancy activity. He has an extremely broad and detailed understanding of all aspects of the challenges involved in taking marine energy concepts to first arrays.

Andy is a chartered mechanical engineer and a Fellow of both the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and Society for Underwater Technology. He has extensive subsea engineering experience spanning 24 years including 16 years in marine renewables. In recent years, that included spearheading the development of subsea direct embedment anchoring systems and ROVs. He now works part time for EMEC providing technical support across a number of projects.

Caroline is now a technical associate supporting project delivery work on an ad-hoc basis

Contact:
+44 (0)1856 852225
caroline.lourie@emec.org.uk

Chris joined EMEC in 2007 as a Senior Electrical Test Engineer. He now works part-time for the company, supporting the management of EMEC’s electrical infrastructure and feeding his experience into various projects.

David has over 30 years research experience on hydrogen storage materials and systems. He has been involved with many applied and fundamental research projects, funded by government and industry.

He is an associate of EMEC and currently based at the University of Nottingham (UoN) where he is Head of Advanced Materials and Director of the UoN Energy Institute. He is also an international expert on the IEA Technology Collaboration Program Task 40 “Energy Storage and Conversion Based on Hydrogen.”

Kris studied Physics, Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Manchester. He then worked within the hydrogen industry for 14 years at ITM Power PLC, and is one of the UK’s leading experts in hydrogen technology. He has skills in chemistry, electro-chemistry, process engineering, PLC programming, H&S and project management.

Penny is a Chartered marine engineer with extensive tidal energy experience, from PhD and Post Doctoral research, through to deployment and testing of commercial devices. Her work has been focussed on: site survey and analysis at multiple international sites; on site testing and associated marine activities; and performance analysis and reporting.

John is an associate with EMEC providing strategic development support for the expansion of the Fall of Warness tidal site.

He brings over 20 years’ experience in renewable energy. During his time as Head of Marine Development at SSE Renewables, John was closely involved in the development of both marine energy technologies and projects, overseeing four development sites in Orkney waters and advising on investments in tidal and wave energy companies.

He subsequently held the position of Chief Operating Officer at an independent renewable energy developer, responsible for managing a team of some 20 development professionals and a project portfolio of over 1GW. This included overseeing, at the time, the world’s largest hybrid wind/solar PV development, a 375MW, circa £350m project, in South Australia.

More recently John led on the commercialisation of the pioneering, smart local energy system project, ReFLEX, in Orkney.

He has been a director and chair of project special purpose vehicles. John has a background in power engineering, with experience in the development, and construction, of thermal energy plants including combined heat and power.

John’s skills include major energy project strategic development, techno-economic modelling & project investment appraisal, commercial negotiations & deal structuring, investor due diligence, project management & reporting, and securing development consents and stakeholder management.

Lesley’s role as an associate is to provide support of 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.

Neil supports stakeholder engagement and public affairs activities to help accelerate the development of marine energy and clean energy systems. As EMEC’s Managing Director from 2005-2025, he oversaw significant growth of the company as well as the ocean energy sector, with more marine energy technologies deployed in the seas around Orkney than at any other site in the world. He was also instrumental in directing EMEC’s diversification into green hydrogen and e-fuels. Neil has been intimately involved in working with governments, agencies and regulators to help foster the development of these sectors and is a passionate advocate of ensuring that our largely untapped ocean energy resource will be brought into service through intelligent and well directed innovation.

Neil is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, a Chartered Environmentalist and ex SCUBA diver. Neil was awarded an OBE in 2023 for services to renewable energy and the community of Orkney.