David Middleton is the Head of the Private Sector and Channel Marketing teams for powerPerfector and has been with the company since July 2008. In this time, he has seen the business (and his role) grow substantially. David joined powerPerfector with 22 years experience in the electricity industry, latterly with British Energy. He has a unique set of experiences in the electricity industry, including; developing new systems of supply in electricity distribution from 240 Volts to 33,000 Volts, including maintenance and refurbishment; short-term generation planning and despatch, including water management for hydro stations; initial feasibility and development of CHP projects to Board approval, including the purchase of a private distribution network; development and negotiation of commercial arrangements to sell and purchase electricity from a variety of generation projects, including contract re-negotiation as a result of fundamental market structure for two projects with a contract value of £6billion and an offshore windfarm concession; structuring arrangements for supporting new electricity supply businesses; responsible for leading the majority of a business re-organisation, including culture change programme; developing a graded approach account planning for a major electricity supply business. changing the approach of a major electricity supply business to tenders, resulting in a significant improvement in tenders won; developing an energy service plan for a major energy supplier, including the initial implementation. David is a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, has a BSc(Eng)(Hons) from Aberdeen University and an MBA from the Open Business School.

Matt Fulford is Head of Sustainability at EC Harris and has over 10 years of experience in the Construction Industry in a variety of sectors including commercial office, residential, industrial and aviation. Matt has provided advice to a number of clients on sustainability strategy and approach, impact of forthcoming legislation and improving the balance between commercial and environmental factors. Matt has expert knowledge in the area of sustainability within the built environment and is a regular speaker at conferences across Europe and contributes his expert opinion to many articles on the subject. Matt has high level input and expert knowledge in the full range of sustainability issues. He has detailed understanding of assessment methods such as BREEAM and Code for Sustainable Homes and has undertaken research on the financial costs and benefits of these. He has in depth understanding of renewable technologies and energy strategies including how these can be used to achieve value for project. Matt is also fully literate in the carbon currency as well as the softer issues of sustainable development on human behaviour.