Speaker Group: 2025 Speakers

Mel Rowlands

Mel Rowlands joined Sonnedix in June 2023 as General Counsel. Mel is responsible for all things legal, compliance, regulatory, and ESG related across the business The Legal and Compliance function […]

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Sotiris Georgiopoulos

Sotiris Georgiopoulos is Director of Distribution System Operator (DSO) at UK Power Network He joined the organisation in 2005 as a graduate engineer. He has worked in engineering, construction and […]

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Xander Penney

Xander Penney is a Director at Alight, responsible for building out the solar and battery storage capacity in the UK&I. Xander is an ex-strategy consultant with a background in mechanical […]

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Marcella Franchi

Marcella Franchi joined Haffner Energy in 2021, a company with a 30-year-old proven expertise in biomass-to-energy technology, and over 40 plants delivered to date. Marcella was a key player in […]

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Helen Leadbetter

Helen joined the UK Civil Aviation Authority in June 2022, working on hydrogen, zero emission and Future Flight Challenge projects. Alongside this Helen lead the creation of the CAA’s Hydrogen […]

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Sonia Dunlop

Sonia Dunlop is CEO of the Global Solar Council and has worked in the solar PV industry, renewables policy and climate finance space for almost 15 years. She has previously […]

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Monika Paplaczyk

Monika joined Thrive in 2007 whilst the company was managed by Triodos Bank. In her role as Investment Director, Monika leads the investment team in the originating, development, acquisition and […]

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Mark Noone

Mark has been in solar development since 2011, holding roles at Anesco and Lightsource bp. He has been involved in the development of a 1GW solar pipeline, 200MW of which […]

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