We’re empowering businesses in our community to stop wasting energy – whilst reducing carbon emissions and their energy bills too

Prior to his role as Business Development Manager for Energy Solutions Oxfordshire, Richard Dorey had 30 successful years in the telecommunications sector in a range of senior sales and management roles with both larger vendors initially and then moving to work for different start-up companies to help them develop their businesses across Europe.

The move to work with Energy Solutions Oxfordshire fulfils an aim to work more locally and to work in an area which has been of great interest for many years having been an early adopter of PV and EV.

Richard holds a Business degree from Strathclyde University and an MBA from The Manchester Business School, in the UK.

James Ochiltree is certified in Project Management by Oxford University and received First Class Honours from the University of Leeds in Sustainability and Environmental Management.

He has been Project Manager at the Low Carbon Hub since 2016, leading 14 solar projects with schools and businesses at a value over £2,000,000 capex.

He is now building on this experience as Contractor Manager for ESOx and is looking to work a wide range of clients and contractors to help businesses across the county reduce their carbon footprint. 

Michael Esvelt is the Project Manager for Energy Solutions Oxfordshire, and runs the Environmental Information Exchange (EIE) team at Oxford Brookes University.

EiE has been providing carbon reduction advice to UK organisations since 1998; Michael has been the director of EiE since 2006, helping EiE support hundreds of small businesses, schools, charities, and local authorities.

He is driven to implement high quality sustainable solutions that fit client’s needs. When not working or volunteering, he enjoys learning to cook world cuisine.

Moira Dorey has been an Energy Assessor for the Environmental Information Exchange (EIE) team, based at Oxford Brookes University, for almost 14 years following a return to education to study a Masters in Environmental Management and Technology as a mature student.

As the Lead Energy Assessor she visits a wide range of organisations for Energy Solutions Oxfordshire and its partner programme, OxFutures, providing practical advice on how they can reduce their energy use and carbon impact. She believes in the power of small steps that lead to big change and therefore looks forward to the day when every business in Oxfordshire has net zero carbon emissions. 

Kiron is a Rhodes Scholar with an MSc. and DPhil from the University of Oxford. He has expertise in systems-level energy transitions, the mainstreaming of solar energy technologies, society and culture, as well as energy policies.

Kiron is currently the Data & Information Manager for ESOx coordinating data and information-driven activities from diagnosis of energy use to contractor outreach to the measurement and verification process. He is also involved in delivering the OxFutures energy audits for SMEs in Oxfordshire through his role with the EiE at Oxford Brookes University.

In his spare time he enjoys painting, (break)dancing and competitive sprinting.

Tabitha Whiting is Marketing and Communications Manager for the Low Carbon Hub, leading on two of their ‘powering down’ energy efficiency programmes: Energy Solutions Oxfordshire and Cosy Homes Oxfordshire.

She graduated with a First Class degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford University in 2015.

A continued interest in communication led her to a career in marketing – initially in education before moving into the environmental sector.

Saskya Huggins is Social Impact Director at the Low Carbon Hub. In this role she’s focused on making sure that the work that the Hub does is both good for people, and good for the planet.

Within Energy Solutions Oxfordshire, Saskya is advising on the strategic direction of the project, ensuring the project’s alignment with this ethos.

In her spare time she volunteers with Osney Lock Hydro, the first community owned hydro on the Thames – as well as playing the fiddle for a folk band!