Business Energy Team

Jonathan Buick is Chief Operating Officer in Action Renewables. He has over ten years experience in energy and environmental consultancy, waste management and renewable energy technologies. Jonathan is an authority on government support measures for renewable energy, such as the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation and the Feed-in Tariff in Great Britain. His technical and economic expertise in renewable energy spans all technologies, but particularly wind, anaerobic digestion and solar thermal and this expertise has led to him providing training and advice to a wide range of stakeholders, from the farming sector in Northern Ireland to the Government of Azerbaijan. Jonathan has a MSc in Environmental Management and Policy and is a Chartered Scientist.

As Head of Projects, William supports the delivery of renewable energy projects in the private and public sectors across electricity, transport and heat. He also delivers our flagship charitable project, the Action Renewables Solar PV Support Programme. William has been an Executive Director and company Secretary for Action Renewables Energy Trading limited since 2019.

He has worked with Action Renewables for 8 years and prior to that, spent 5 years working within the energy sector with a prominent electricity supplier. William represents Action Renewables at various stakeholder events and currently sits on the Energy Institute Committee, Northern Ireland branch and the SONI Grid Code Review Panel.

William holds an ILM Leadership and Development – Levels 2 & 4, Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) Training and ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gas Inventories Training and BSc Environmental Management.

With over 20 years’ experience in the energy industry in a range of roles, Mark works with clients who are interested in delivering energy savings and deploying renewable energy projects to achieve carbon reduction objectives.  Mark holds a BA (Hons) Business Studies and Master of Business Administration (MBA), and is a member of Chartered Management Institute.

James joined the Action Renewables team in March 2018 as a Business Development Manager. His role includes working on ROC Trading in GB as well as supporting the team in Northern Ireland. James has previously worked within the Renewables sector as a Sales Manager for a UK company driving their growth and expansion into the Northern Ireland market. James holds a degree in Business & Languages.

Ian initially joined Action Renewables in May 2017, working on the Microgeneration team and was then appointed Manager of the Action Renewables Energy Association (AREA) in October 2017, where he promotes and develops its membership through regular seminars and conferences. He encourages the increased uptake of Renewable Energy by liaising with Government Departments, local Councils and other public sector organisations.

Ian is also developing renewable commodity trading opportunities in Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs), Renewable Electricity Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) and Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (RTFCs) in Northern Ireland, the UK and Europe.

Ian had worked previously in Banking and Accounting.

David joined the Action Renewables team in 2022 as a Project Manager working within the Consultancy team. David has experience within project management in his previous role within the retail sector. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Planning from Queens University Belfast and a Master’s of Science in City, Planning and Design also from Queens University Belfast. As part of his MSc he completed a study that explored renewable development in Northern Ireland and the barriers associated with the implementation of policy development.

Kevin joined Action Renewables in April 2018 as a Project Manager with the Microgeneration team and is now a Senior Project Manager for large scale generation. His main responsibilities include data management and data submission to Ofgem to ensure ROC payments to clients. Kevin has over 5 years’ experience from Lloyds Banking Group in managing customer accounts, team management, customer service and sales. He is currently studying with the Open University for a degree in Environmental Management and Technology.