Richard Thwaites is an Executive Director and Head of UK, responsible for new business development and our UK operations.
Prior to the acquisition by BW ESS, Mr Thwaites was the CEO at Penso Power. He was formerly the Chairman at Limejump, a leading UK-based energy technology company acquired by Shell in February 2019. Mr Thwaites spent a large part of his career in investment banking roles at Morgan Stanley and HSBC. He was formerly the Managing Partner and Head of Energy and Renewables at Emergent Capital Partners.
Mr Thwaites holds an MSc in Business and Technology and a BA (Hons) in Economics and Finance, from the University of Strathclyde.