Tom Delay - Chief Executive
Tom was appointed as the first Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust in 2001.
Over the last eight years, the Carbon Trust has helped UK businesses cut £1bn from their energy bills and the UK to cut its carbon emissions by more than 17 million tonnes. It is running world leading projects aiming to reduce the costs of key technologies such as offshore wind power and marine energy.
He has overseen the launch of the world’s first Carbon Label, which is now used by companies including Walkers, Pepsi and Tesco as customers, and has forged agreements with countries China and Qatar to support UK business by helping to invest, develop and deploy low carbon technologies.
He is a member of the government’s Renewable energy Advisory Board, the UK Energy Research Partnership, the UK Energy Research Centre and the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership.
A chartered engineer with extensive experience of the energy sector, Tom began his career with Shell, working with them for 16 years in a variety of commercial and operations roles including four years as General Manager of Pizo Shell - a Shell subsidiary in Gabon, Africa. He moved into management consultancy with McKinsey and Co and then as a Principal with the Global Energy Practice of AT Kearney before joining the Carbon Trust.
Tom gained a first class honours degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southampton in 1981 and completed an MBA at INSEAD, Paris in 1988.
Michael Rea - Chief Operating Officer
Michael joined the Carbon Trust in 2002 as Director of Strategy, responsible for developing existing and new services to reduce carbon emissions and develop low carbon technologies. He has carried out a number of strategic and operational roles at the Carbon Trust, including Director of Technology Development and his current role of Chief Operating Officer.
Previously, Michael was at McKinsey & Co where he specialised both in corporate & business unit strategy and performance improvement. Prior to that Michael worked at Procter and Gamble in product supply.
Michael Rea is a graduate of University College Dublin where he completed a BEng (Mech) in 1991. He was awarded the faculty gold medal in his final year. He also completed an MBA at INSEAD, Paris in 1996.