Becki has worked for Skanska for ten years. She is currently leading on business change initiatives for Skanska, supporting the mechanical and electrical division, a key specialist business within the organisation. A strategic and tactical individual, Becki is a member of the Management team, responsible for supporting the business by driving change and quality initiatives across both project and support office teams. Becki is a passionate leader regarding health, safety and wellbeing and sits on the Health, Safety and Wellbeing leadership team. She also won Skanska UK’s ‘Individual Contribution Award’. Becki is also married and is a proud mother to her son, Jack.

As a founding partner at Ecuity, Ilias is an established leader with a passion for energy policy and markets. Over the past 10 years at Ecuity, Ilias has contributed through his work significant policy change that has had long lasting effect on markets.

Prior to Ecuity, Ilias worked as a business consultant for Cemex, as a policy advisor for the European Commission Delegation to the US, and as energy policy consultant for the Bellona Foundation and The Centre in Brussels. Alongside his native Greek, Ilias also speaks English, Spanish and German.

Julie Allen is an accomplished energy management professional with over 20 years of experience in sustainability, utility procurement, and stakeholder engagement. Her career spans roles like Heat Decarbonisation Programme Lead, Energy Manager, and various consultancy positions. Julie has extensive expertise in energy audits, procurement, renewable technologies, and public sector frameworks. She has successfully managed large-scale budgets, implemented energy efficiency projects, and optimized utilities for organizations, including higher education institutions, corporate entities, and national retail chains. With a strong academic background in energy systems and manufacturing engineering, she combines technical knowledge with leadership, achieving significant cost savings and sustainability improvements.

A Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional Mark has been a specialist in data centre design, operations and technical management for more than 25 years, holding senior positions in global organisations. Now operating as a Consultant and Technical Advisor supporting all aspects of the Data Centre Lifecycle including energy efficiency.

A regular public speaker and thought leader involved in multiple technical and advisory boards. Mark is involved in the development of International Data Centre Standards as well as being the Technical Editor and Committee Chair of the European Commission Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency since 2013.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markacton/ 

• Senior Colman (formerly Barber Colman), 1989 - 1996: Started as Internal Project Support Engineer; left as External Sales Engineer
  • Gained experience in all forms of air movement and control, including specialist areas such as operating theatres, clean rooms, lecture halls, theatres and large sports / entertainment venues.
  • Worked on air various air distribution systems such as dual duct, “Moduline”, fan assisted variable air volume (FATVAV) and induction VAV.
  • Spent two years on secondment to the Senior Colman agent for Dubai and Oman, where experience was also gained working with Woods fans, including tunnel ventilation and fire / smoke control, and designing, selecting and manufacturing attenuators.
  • Following a distribution agreement between Senior Colman and chilled ceiling manufacturer BarCol Air AG of Switzerland, left Senior Colman to help establish BarCol’s fledgling UK operation.
• BarCol Air AG / REDEC UK Limited, 1996 – 1998: UK Sales Manager
  • Helped establish a UK manufacturing base for the REDEC chilled ceiling system.
  • Worked on some of the first major chilled ceiling projects in the UK.
  • Helped to create a working partnership between REDEC UK and Klima-Therm, to enable each company to offer packages of REDEC UK chilled ceilings and Klima-Therm “COSY” chilled beams.
  • Following BarCol Air AG’s acquisition by Invensys, moved to work directly for Klima-Therm.
• Klima-Therm Limited, 1998 to present day: Started as Regional Sales Manager; became Sales Director in 2008
  • Originally joined to promote chilled ceiling & chilled beam systems.
  • Gained experience in all other aspects of Klima-Therm’s high-end product portfolio:
    • Fan Coil Units
    • Fan-assisted variable air volume terminals
    • Air Handling Units
    • Close Control Units / Computer Room Air Conditioning Units
    • Bespoke chillers (ammonia, hydrocarbon, Turbocor, sectional, super-silent etc)
  • Worked with some fantastic clients and challenging projects in all of these fields, always using cutting-edge design, always with a view to sustainability and best life-cycle efficiency; including the Millennium Dome, Microsoft, the Shell Centre, BAE Systems, the new Darwin Centre extension at the Natural History Museum, BP, Barclays Bank, the University of Cambridge, the Palace of Westminster, BT, British Gas, Orange, Lloyds Bank, the MOD, Boots plc, BMW, National Air Traffic Control Centre, BAA, DEFRA, DTI, Imperial College, Waitrose, Barcap, Lockheed Martin, CSC, the London Stock Exchange, Verizon.
  • Responsible for developing and securing a number of high-profile bespoke chiller projects, including Lloyds of London, Nomura, Lloyds Bank, Barclays Bank and the London Stock Exchange, and chiller projects using hydrocarbon refrigerants for the John Lewis Partnership and Waitrose.
  • Recently involved with developing & supplying two world firsts: packaged chillers for a supermarket installation using the cutting-edge HFO1234ze refrigerant, and Turbocor based chillers using HFO1234ze refrigerant
  • Associate member of IoR, member of ASHRAE

With 20 years’ experience in the Data Centre and tech industries, Venessa has focused on innovative technology solutions for sustainable growth. Venessa holds a BSc in Computer Science, a Post Grad Diploma in Business Administration, as well as an MBA from Essex University, where she specialised in agile IT architectures for maximum business value. She has successfully led strategy development and implementation programmes in multiple international organisations. Venessa is also on the Board of Advisors for the Data Centre Alliance, and an Executive Director at Colchester Commercial Holdings Ltd.