New People

Biography:

I have recently joined the Wind Prospect team in Edinburgh as a Development Officer. I am from a small village in Central Scotland called Bridge of Allan and I completed my MSc Environmental Management at the University of Stirling in 2010. I previously spent two years working for VG Energy Ltd in Ayrshire, as a Senior Planner working on smaller wind turbine developments. I am really looking forward to working on larger projects at Wind Prospect across the U.K.

Outside work, I enjoy playing Tennis, Badminton, Golf, and Skiing in the winter. I also have an interest in the Aviation Industry and I enjoy flying, having my first flying lesson when I was 18 years old.

 

Biography:

I first worked with Wind Prospect in a temporary capacity for the Operations team during 2012. Since March 2013 I have moved across to the Construction team where I am working with Mike Davis on the admin side of the Baillie and Berry Burn projects. Before joining Wind Prospect I completed my PhD at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine on malaria. When not working I enjoy travelling (often to music or beer festivals), going for walks when we get some decent weather, cooking (and eating!), and playing squash.

Biography:

Ken has recently joined Wind Prospect as Managing Director of the Irish business. A qualified electrical engineer, Ken has over 20 years of experience in the power generation business with the last 13 years spent in the wind industry. Ken will use this experience to guide the Irish business through a period of growth while maintaining the existing high standards of quality and customer satisfaction.

Biography:

I joined the Wind Prospect Africa team in Cape Town as a Site Engineer. I am from Cape Town originally and finished my Civil Engineering degree at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. I worked in most of the Civil Engineering fields known to man including Dams, Housing, Roads, Shopping Centres, Bridges, Railways, Piling, Waste Water Treatment Works, Telecommunications and my personal favourite Wind Farms. I worked in the UK for 7.5 years and decided to come home after I gained invaluable experience.

My daughter is 13 years old and we’ve recently had a new addition to the family, a baby boy who is now 5 months old. I enjoy cycling, hiking, swimming and going to the gym.

Biography:

I joined Wind Prospect Operations UK Ltd in February 2013 as Office Administrator within the Bramhall office. I previously spent thirteen years working for MITIE Engineering Services in Stockport, a Building Services Mechanical & Electrical contractor. I’m hoping that my experience of working in the Construction sector assists in the setting up of the administrative processes and systems in the new Bramhall office.

I have already had my first site visit (Tir Mostyn) and gained an insight into what a Wind Turbine looks like close up!

Outside work I enjoy spending time with my partner and family, especially sunny days out, I am also interested in visiting historic sites. I enjoy the theatre, all types of music and of course my holidays at home and abroad!

 

Biography:

So, I have just joined the Advisory Services team as a senior project manager after a cheeky month off and am really looking forward to ‘getting involved’ at Wind Prospect. I have spent the last few years working at Garrad Hassan in their Independent Engineering team with a focus on lender’s due diligence work. My initiation into the wind industry was at RES Group, a UK developer, working on tendering and negotiating turbine supply agreements and ensuring that these were executed properly throughout the construction phase. I started my working life at Unilever on their supply chain graduate programme but after moving about all over the place and getting my engineering chartership I decided that I need to do something more meaningful than mass producing stuff to fill supermarket shelves.

Outside of work, on a sporty front, I enjoy mountain biking, climbing, walking, the occasional game of squash and going to the gym. I am also teaching myself to play the guitar and am interested in gardening, green woodworking and bushcraft skills. I hope to meet you all soon (although I am rubbish at remembering names) and become one of the extended WP family.

Biography:

Although I have lived in Birmingham for the last four years, I am originally from West Thurrock in Essex. I have spent the last ten years working in administration. When I’m not working, I am at home with my children and we enjoy visiting local attractions and art exhibitions. My favourite holiday destination is Cornwall and my family and I go there 2 or 3 times a year. My hobbies are walking, reading Caribbean Literature and crochet.”

 

Biography:

I have joined Wind Prospect to take up the post of Graduate Environmental Officer in the Environmental Team. I completed my degree in Environmental Science at the University of York in 2011, and took a year out to go travelling around India, Nepal and south east Asia before returning home to Cumbria severely underweight and with barely a penny to my name. Since then I have been working in an independent outdoor shop in Carlisle selling skiing and climbing equipment but wanted to get a job more relevant to my degree, which is where Wind Prospect comes in. Outside of work I enjoy just about any outdoor sport and am a keen walker, climber, mountain biker and skier. I love living so close to the Lake District and try to make the most of it whenever I can.

Biography:

I joined Wind Prospect in January 2013 to work in the Cape Town office on Due Diligence projects. I’m Welsh/Australian (I get teased a lot!) and grew up in Melbourne, my first job taking me to Tasmania to work on hydropower stations as a civil engineer as well as development of wind farms on the Australian mainland. In 2006 I moved to the UK and lived in Brighton for about 7 years working in various consultancies (inc. Motts, PMSS and OST Energy) doing due diligence for predominately onshore and offshore wind farms as well as a small amount of solar and hydro.

In my free time I like to travel, bush walk, and try and stay healthy with a bit of yoga, kayaking, swimming, or more adventurous things like caving and climbing as opportunity permits. I’m also very happy just lying on the beach with a glass of bubbles.”

Biography:

 Adin Pilcer has recently returned from Europe, where he has worked for CWP since 2008.  He was the Project Manager of the 600 MW Fantanele wind farm in Romania; Europe’s largest onshore wind farm, then from 2009 he has been Director of Project Management across CWP.  Adin also supports design and permitting activities of projects in development and has been actively involved in the sale of projects, procurement, programme, ensuring the reliability and workability of structures, scopes and agreements.

Biography:

I studied Management and Production Engineering specialising in Local Energy Industry Management. This was the first time that I saw what renewable energy is in more detail. I obtained B.Eng degree working on investment costs of wind farm projects in Poland and then went to Denmark to study wind energy for one semester. After that I came back to Poland and started my first job with a Portuguese company as a Wind Analyst. I have now moved to Wind Prospect Poland to become a Wind Engineer.

Personally, my true love is traveling and I always enjoy it when I have some free time. I’m also a couchsurfer and I can recommend it to everyone who really likes meeting people from different cultures! As I love new places you can count on me when you need someone to send on a site visit out of Poland and a travel companion as well.