GORDON JORGENSEN (CHAIR)
Gordon lives in the town of Carluke in South Lanarkshire. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 1987 with a BSc degree in Environmental Health and went on to obtain a Diploma in Environmental Management & ISO 14001 Auditing. He is a member of the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland and a practitioner member of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment.
Gordon is currently an Environmental Health Officer working within the Pollution Control & Public Health Team of a local authority. Part of his duties involve assessing planning applications, including amongst other things, wind farms and assessing any possible environmental impacts they may create.
Gordon first became interested in the work of Energy4All following a presentation they made to him as part of a planning application. As an environmentalist and regulator, he is always looking for opportunities to support sustainable development and green initiatives. The generation of safe, clean, sustainable energy for the benefit of the community giving a better than average financial return to investors seemed like a great opportunity to invest and become involved. As a result, he became a member of Spirit of Lanarkshire Wind Energy Cooperative. Gordon has experience sitting on a number of boards in an advisory capacity and as he lives and works within Lanarkshire he felt he would like to become more involved and make a positive contribution to Spirit of Lanarkshire by joining the board. He has been chairman for the last 7 years.
Gordon is also a member of Auchrobert Community Energy Society and currently sits on the board of directors.
JANET MOXLEY
Janet is a Chartered Chemist with PhD in environmental science. She has worked on a number of environmental issues, but has a particular interest land use and greenhouse gas emissions.
Janet is a strong supporter of the co-operative business model and has served as a member of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire committee of the Co-operative Group. She is also on the committees of a number of community groups in Clydesdale, including Biggar Science Festival, Biggar and District Civic Society and Friends of Burnbraes Park.
ANDREW LEITCH
I live in Glasgow. I trained as an architect and worked in architecture until the late 90s. I am now working for a national funder as a Creative Industries Officer where I am focused on architecture, design, and developing solutions to the activation of underused spaces through the power of creativity.
I have strengths to offer in relation to direct experience of community engagement as well as funding.
As a Trustee Glasgow Film Theatre, I strongly influenced the development of their approach to environmental. They are now strongly committed to ongoing action to minimise the impact of their activities on the environment. GFT has a publicly facing Environmental policy which is regarded as exemplary in the creative sector.
As a Trustee Awesome Foundation Glasgow, I help to make magic in communities happen through giving out community focused micro grants every two months to projects in Glasgow which we think are Awesome.
I am committed to encouraging people to operate in environmentally sustainable manner and work to ensure that individuals and organisations that we support do the same. I am excited at the possibility that Scotland will become an exported of energy based on renewables.
JOHN HALL
I have lived in Strathaven, only a few miles from West Browncastle windfarm, since 1989 and although (only!) 63 years old, I am in the fortunate position of having been retired for the last three years.
I am a graduate of Strathclyde University having obtained a degree in Metallurgy. My career had been spent in manufacturing industries from aerospace to electronics mainly in senior Quality and Environmental roles.
However, in 2008 I took the deliberate decision to work in the windpower industry and joined Siemens Windpower where I held various positions, UK wide, Onshore and Offshore, up to Quality Manager for Scotland before retiring in 2016.
I thoroughly enjoy having time and am busy being a member of Strathaven Golf Club to renovating a 1971 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle (not very environmentally friendly I know, but I have only ridden 9 miles in the last two years!).
I have been an investor since 2013/2014 and would now like to make a more positive contribution to this very important industry. Both of my children are grown up so I am in a position to dedicate as much time as necessary to the SoL Wind Energy Cooperative and would hope my background and experience could be beneficial.
JIM LEE
Jim is currently the Development Manager in Scotland for Energy4All Limited. He is a director of several community energy co-ops including the Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative, five hydro co-ops and two co-ops in the on-shore wind sector. Since 2013, he has been directly involved in eleven community energy share offers raising over £12 million pounds. He has worked with communities all over Scotland helping them source the capital required for renewable energy generation and enjoy the community benefit available from these investments.
Jim has been active in the Co-operative Movement and the third sector for many years. He is Chair of the Thistle Credit Union. He has worked for Community Links South Lanarkshire, establishing food co-ops and the Scottish Fairtrade Forum where he supported the development of Fairtrade Towns. He was active in the democratic structures of the Co-operative Group for over 25 years.
ANNETTE HESLOP MBE - SECRETARY
Annette is an Accounting Technician, with many years experience and specialising in computerised accounts. Annette is a full time Energy4All employee and manages the Cumbria office. She oversees the accounting procedures for Energy4All and associated co-op’s. In spring 2018, Annette was awarded with an MBE for services to Community Energy.
