Our Team.

Director

​Patrick has lived near Tisbury on and off since 1962. In his youth he worked on local farms and helped his father plant an award winning vinyard in Fonthill Gifford.  He has always been interested in sustainability and reducing carbon emissions.  He is retired GP and when running Hindon Surgery instituted various small measures to reduce energy use and car journeys to the surgery - doing as much as possible in a single surgery visit, a prescription pick-up service in a community village shop and promoting remote ways to communicate. He is chair of governors of Wardour Catholic Primary School and a Patient Safety Partner at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

Project Manager

Emma specialises in managing projects in the renewable energy sector. Her mentor was leading environmentalist, Hugh Synge, co-founder of Nadder Community Energy. Emma managed NCE's first Solar for Schools project in 2018/19 and the Renewable Heat in Schools feasibility study in 2020. She went on to manage the installation of ground source heating in St Gregory’s School Marnhull and air source heating in Chilmark & Fonthill Bishop Primary School. She has since delivered 3 further renewable heating projects in our local schools. Emma leads on the coordination of NCE’s renewable energy development projects.

Asset Manager

​From 2001 Richard has worked as a consultant in the resilience sector. In 2016 he completed an MSc in Sustainable Development in Practice (with Distinction). He now manages Nadder Community Energy's solar PV sites. He is also an active environmentalist, volunteering with local and national groups furthering the goals of climate and ecological justice. Additionally, he has delivered the Managing Sustainability module on the Business and Management degree course at Bath Spa University. Richard had previous careers as an Army Officer (Captain) and Police Officer (Inspector).

Director

Rosie has lived in Tisbury since 2005 and is a retired teacher. She is passionate about environmental issues, practices permaculture and keeps bees and hens. She has always had a commitment to environmental issues, with a particular interest in the balance between technological solutions and behaviour change.

Energy Advisor

Chris has a background in business and an interest in environmental issues. He has completed several courses on helping those in fuel poverty, fuel debt and energy awareness among others. He has experience working with LEAP (Local Energy Advice Partnership) carrying out home energy surveys and is now working with NCE to deliver free home energy surveys during winter.

Company Secretary

Sue has lived in Tisbury for 20 years raising a family. She was a member of Climate Friendly Tisbury and Sustainable Tisbury before becoming a founder member and director of Nadder Community Energy in 2015. She stepped down from the Board in 2019 to become Company Secretary and administrative lead.

Director

Peter is a dairy farmer based in Tisbury, Wiltshire. He has a passion for wildlife conservation and regenerative farming practices. There are 220 crossbred and Norwegian Red Cross dairy cows on the farm, as well as arable land. He is participating in the Mid-Tier stewardship scheme and has planted hedges along almost all the farm's boundaries and created different habitats for wildlife. He is currently the chair of the local Natural History Society, chair of the local branch of the NFU and represents the South West region on the NFU environmental Forum. Elm trees are also his passion and hobby, to provide a habitat for the white letter hairstreak butterfly. He is trying regenerative farming practices to be more sustainable, has stopped ploughing grassland and now has permanent pasture with herbal lays.

Director

Maggie is a former teacher, but for 25 years was a counsellor, therapist and trainer, now semi-retired. She has a keen interest in renewable energy, particularly since her involvement as a leader in Climate Friendly Tisbury from 2007 onwards, which helped to raise local awareness of alternative energy. She has been a director of Nadder Community Energy since its foundation in 2015 and leads on the Society’s networking with like-minded organisations.

Electric Car Club Lead

Gustavo's work combines social and environmental impact, increasing social resilience and opportunity while mitigating or reversing the negative effects of human activity on the environment. This has taken him from city farms, to the roof of the London Stock Exchange and most recently, with NCE, to establish a Electric Vehicle car club and UK outpost for a shared mobility platform coop.

Chair

Alan is a Tisbury resident, retired public health doctor and emeritus professor of public health at King's College London. He was formerly Director of Public Health for the London Borough of Southwark, President of the UK Faculty of Public Health and Chair of the Royal Society for Public Health. Alan's interest in environmental issues and sustainability stretches back many years and he was a founder member of the Climate & Health Council.