Outstanding Leadership in Renewable Energy Chief Executive, Catapult Offshore Renewable Energy Andrew Jamieson will play a key role in delivering the UK’s net zero targets by accelerating the creation and growth of UK companies in the offshore renewable energy sector. We will use our unique facilities and research and engineering capabilities to bring together industry and academia and drive innovation in renewable energy. Independent and trusted, with a unique combination of world-leading test and demonstration facilities and engineering and research expertise, ORE Catapult convenes the sector to deliver applied research, accelerate technology development, reduce risk and cost, and enhance UK-wide economic growth. Our unique research and engineering capabilities brings industry and academia together to drive innovation and reduce cost from offshore renewable energy. Our Vision “To be the world’s leading offshore renewable energy technology centre”. Our Strategy Our strategy is to leverage our unique facilities and expertise to work in close partnership with the heavyweights of the offshore renewables industry – the OEMs and other large industrials, the developers and owner/operators – to improve existing and develop next generation renewable energy technology in the UK. In so doing, we enable and support the development of a vibrant indigenous supply chain,provide a clear route to market for innovative new companies and technologies, and direct and pull through applied research from the UK’s world-leading academic base. About Andrew Andrew is Chief Executive of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, a UK wide technology and innovation centre supporting businesses to accelerate the design, deployment and commercialisation of offshore renewable energy – wind, wave and tidal power. The Catapult provides deep technical expertise and market pathway support alongside large scale plant test capabilities, enabling UK supply chain growth from SMEs to the world’s largest companies. He was previously at ScottishPower for many years where he was latterly responsible for energy policy and regulation in the renewables business. He sits on the Scottish Government’s Energy Advisory Board, is a past Chair of Renewable UK and Scottish Renewables and has led a number of reports for Government, including the Cost Reduction Task Force for Offshore Wind in 2012. He continues to work closely with a number of Government / industry strategic forums. Andrew is Chair of AIRTO, the Association for Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations, the foremost membership body for organisations operating in the UK’s innovation, research and technology sector. About Catapult We are the UK’s leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore renewable energy. We www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today United Kingdom Awards 2023 47
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