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Stephen Voller, Chief Executive Officer Stephen is an experienced entrepreneur who has successfully built technology businesses and managed high growth companies. Stephen was a semi-finalist in the 2002 ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ awards sponsored by Ernst & Young. Previously Chief Executive Officer of RealCall (now called Adeptra) a Company focused on interactive alerting to mobile phones, managing director of Netscape UK and a sales manager at IBM. While at IBM, Stephen managed a substantial business unit, marketing exclusively through distributors, OEM’s, retailers and resellers. Stephen has a degree in Data Processing from the University of Leeds, is a Chartered Engineer, a Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and an independent member of PITCOM - the UK Parliamentary IT Committee. stephen.voller@voller.com |
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Mike Clarke, Chief Operating Officer Mike Clarke has twenty-five years of management experience of the production of complex electronic and electro-mechanical products with companies such as Aston Electronic Designs Limited, Perex Limited, Sintrom plc, and Sperry Rand Inc. As Chief Operating Officer he will be responsible for manufacturing and meeting production, quality and shipment targets. Mike has designed and built the Voller Energy VE100 fuel cell systems, and has been largely responsible for the intellectual property development and patent filings. Mike is one of the technical experts advising the British Standards Institute (BSI) for the International Standards Organisation (ISO) Micro Fuel Cells Standards Committee. mike.clarke@voller.com |
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John Brown, Non-executive Chairman John Brown has served as Non-Executive Chairman of Voller Energy since April 2004. He has recently retired as Chief Executive of Speedy Hire PLC (LSE: SDY) a FTSE 500 company. John joined the Allen Group, a private building company in 1973 as Finance Director and Company Secretary. In 1977, he started the Speedy Hire business with one depot in Wigan and has masterminded its expansion since then. He became Chief Executive of Allen plc in February 2001 and was responsible for the transformation of the Allen Group into Speedy Hire PLC. john.brown@voller.com |
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Colin Bonsey FCA, Finance Director and Company Secretary Colin Bonsey is a Chartered Accountant (ACA 1969, FCA 1971), and from 1999 to 2003 served as Group Finance Director and Company Secretary of Bullough plc a small cap mini conglomerate with group turnover of £250m. Colin was an Audit Senior at KPMG before joining Philip Morris as Corporate Controller in 1973. In 1976 he joined Siebe plc (now part of Invensys plc) a world leader in controls and automation with turnover of £3.7bn. He joined the Board of Siebe in 1990 and remained on the Board until his departure in 1999. Colin is a Non-executive Director on Densitron Technologies plc. colin.bonsey@voller.com |
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Dr Mark Turpin, Chief Technology Officer Dr Mark Turpin started his career as a senior development scientist with Duracell Batteries where he was responsible for the development of low and zero mercury formulations for anode materials. Mark has subsequently worked as a technical consultant in the area of carbon materials and energy systems before joining Morgan Crucible as Global Director of Technology for Specialty Graphite products. At Morgan, Mark was responsible for the establishment of a fuel cell business unit, focused on the supply of materials and components for fuel cell applications. Dr Turpin holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry and a PhD in Materials both from Sheffield University, he is also the author of over 25 academic publications and over 20 patents related to fuel cell systems. mark.turpin@voller.com |
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David Cranston CBE, Non-executive Director After a 30-year career in the Army, initially in the Artillery but mainly as an Army Aviator, David Cranston’s final appointment was as Deputy and then Commander of the Germany based Multinational Airmobile Division with 26,000 personnel from four nations, a capital budget of £8 billion, and an £800 million annual operating budget. Leaving the army in 1995, he became a financial regulator joining the Personal Investment Authority (PIA) as Head of Member Relations and in 1997 became Head of Group Compliance at The Royal Bank of Scotland. From 2000 to 2002 he was Director General of The National Association of Pension Funds. Currently, David has a small portfolio of non-executive and voluntary appointments; the latter includes being a Member of the British National Olympic Committee. david.cranston@voller.com |
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David Port, Non-executive Director David Port is a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant and widely experienced in the energy sector. David is the Non-executive Chairman of ATH Resources plc (LSE:ATH), the mining group, and is a former Chairman of the Coal Trade Benevolent Association. He is also a Non-executive Director of Global Natural Energy plc (LSE: GNE) and the non-executive chairman of Petrol Express Limited. Global Natural Energy through its principal subsidiaries is a distributor of gas and petrol in the UK and steel in Europe and Russia. Petrol Express operate a chain of 60 petrol stations in the UK. David is also a non-executive Director of TRS Developments Limited. David is a keen yachtsman. david.port@voller.com |
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