We are delighted to announce that Dr Graham Cooley has joined the Cabot Institute for the Environment Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) with an Honorary Industrial Professor appointment. Graham Cooley has more than 35 years’ experience in the energy sector, with a career focused on scaling technologies that support decarbonisation, energy security and environmental sustainability.
He began his career in the UK power sector with the Central Electricity Generating Board and later became Business Development Manager at National Power plc, then the UK’s largest power generator, where he worked on new generation and energy storage technologies. He has developed two energy storage unicorns and raised over £650 million in funding for cleantech ventures.
Graham has been CEO of several pioneering technology companies, including ITM Power, Sensortec, Metalysis and Antenova. At ITM Power, the first hydrogen-focused business listed on the London Stock Exchange, he led the company to become a global leader in electrolysers for the production of green hydrogen. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Cadent Gas and a board member of three London Stock Exchange listed cleantech companies.
He was a founding member of the UK Government’s Hydrogen Advisory Council and a board member of RenewableUK, and he is a mentor at the Institute of Directors and the King’s Trust. He is also a patron of the environmental charity CleanupUK and a trustee and board member of the pioneering sustainable performance company, the Arcola Theatre.
In 2022, he was awarded the Lifetime Fellowship Award by the Bessemer Society. Graham holds a PhD in Physics and an MBA, and is a Fellow of the Energy Institute (FEI), the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET).
“We are delighted to welcome Graham to the Strategic Advisory Board. He brings extensive expertise and valuable perspectives from his distinguished career in the energy sector. His insights will be instrumental as we continue to shape and deliver our future plans, as an institute. We look forward to working closely with him over the coming years.” Professor Guy Howard, Director, Cabot Institute for the Environment.
“I’m delighted to be joining the Strategic Advisory Board of the Cabot Institute for the Environment. The Institute’s commitment to interdisciplinary research and practical solutions to global environmental challenges strongly resonates with my own career in clean energy and sustainable technologies. I look forward to working with colleagues across academia, industry and policy to help strengthen impact, foster collaboration, and support the Institute’s mission to deliver meaningful, real-world change.” Dr Graham Cooley.