Who we are

Andrew helped to start and lead a software and data company serving the US health-care industry. Before that he was a Principle at BCG advising in distributed energy business models and acquisitions in the UK and US. He has a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and a PhD in Physics from Oxford University.

Phil previously served as the Head of Commercial at Calon Energy, optimising a 2GW thermal portfolio. Before that he was Head of Energy Market & Credit Risk at EDF Energy and Portfolio Analysis at EON. He has Economics degrees from Manchester (MSc) and Nottingham (BSc).

Ben has deep experience in the economics and investment case for battery storage and flexible assets. He previously founded the consulting arm of Aurora Energy Research where he advised battery developers and investors on forecasting and strategy and developed the flexible and distributed energy service line. Ben has also held roles as a director at Centrica Energy, and energy consultant at McKinsey in London. He has a PhD in Economics from Oxford University.

Grace leads Habitat’s finance function. She began her career in infrastructure & utilities M&A before leaving to work for a smaller company in the renewable energy industry. Grace was previously Finance Director at Green Hedge Energy, a battery storage developer. She has a first in Geography from the University of Oxford (MA).

Lois is responsible for helping the Habitat team to thrive, overseeing our team, culture and business operations. Lois started her career in management consulting, before moving back to Oxford to work with start-ups in energy and fintech. She has a BA from Warwick University.

Eleonora oversees our trading operations. She brings deep knowledge of the UK day-ahead and intraday markets, as well as the balancing mechanism, gained from 3 years as a power trader in Neas Energy. Eleonora studied engineering at the University of Padova, Italy, and has a masters from Aalborg University, Denmark.

As CTO Richard is responsible for leading the strategic development of our technology and trading tools to ensure we continue to deliver market-leading optimisation services to our clients globally. Richard joined Habitat Energy from Mercuria, where his role spanned technology, data science, gas and power trading and compliance. Richard has a degree in Computer Science & AI from Edinburgh University and also studied Data Science & AI at the University of Oxford.

Greg joined Habitat Energy to launch our Australian and New Zealand office in January 2020. Greg was previously and Executive General Manager of ENGIE Australia overseeing strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, business development and trading activities. Prior to his work in Australia, he spent nearly six years in the United Kingdom as Energy Trading Manager of ENGIE portfolio. He has an MBA from Melbourne University.

Jon joined Habitat Energy to lead our UK office in December 2021. Jon was previously Head of Trading at EP UK Investments, optimising a portfolio containing 3 GW of gas fired generation and 400 MW renewable biomass. Before that he was Director of Commercial for Calon Energy.

Prior to working in the Independent Power Producer sector, Jon spent over two decades with EON/Powergen holding a number of senior leadership roles across their UK and European trading and asset optimisation activities.

He has a degree in Economics from Sheffield University and a Masters degree from Exeter University.

Mike has 20+ years of commercial experience in all ISOs across the US. His most recent experience as VP of Markets and Analytics at Vistra required the development of advanced commercial systems and processes to optimize Vistra’s growing portfolio of physical and virtual storage assets. He holds an MS in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at NWU.