Meet the Guest Speakers

Adrian has been working in District Energy business since 2008. He holds a Master of Science degree in Building Services. Adrian is currently working within Danfoss as the Product Portfolio Manager for Energy Transfer Stations and Domestic Hot Water Systems and is located in Denmark. Prior to Danfoss, Adrian worked in the UK for Vital Energy and in Denmark for Grundfos.

Adrian strongly believes that with the work being done today in District Energy he considers himself as a front line worker in the Climate Challenge.

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Andrew started his career as a management consultant after leaving Durham University with a Masters in Engineering. After spending several years working across multiple industries including food manufacturing, NHS, and defence he left to join Grosvenor. He spent the next seven years overseeing the rebuilding of property services across Grosvenor’s London estate, developing a strong sustainable supply chain that were early adopters of environmental contractual obligations. He currently oversees Grosvenor’s £90m Energy Savings programme and is responsible for ensuring that we meet the Operational carbon emissions saving required to meet our net zero carbon pathway.

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Colin Timmins is Director of Building Technologies at BEAMA and looks after the Heating Controls and Ventilation groups, as well as the residential sector group of eu.bac (European building automation and controls.) A Chartered Engineer with a background in building services engineering, he has 25 years’ experience in sustainable energy projects in the public and private sector and worked for the Energy Saving Trust for eight years establishing their energy advice service and consumer behaviour change strategies.

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Daniel Scott joined Danfoss as sales director in September 2017 after almost 8 years working at Phillips lighting UK, he has over 10 years of experience in senior leadership roles and over 25 years of sales and marketing experience within the lighting and semiconductor industries. Dan has a particular interest in green technologies and is passionate about helping customers to achieve net zero carbon by 2050.

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David has more than 40 years experience in the HVAC industry, starting out as an apprentice technician designing heating and ventilation systems and then moving into air conditioning in the mid 1980s. After a period managing projects for Carrier in the UK he moved to Carrier France as a specialist technical support for chiller products designed and built in the Lyon factory. Since 2007 he's been working in the compressor industry, firstly with Bitzer in the Germany HQ (main focus on compact screw compressors) and subsequently with Danfoss working with the oil free magnetic bearing centrifugal compressor. He is now in his 13th year at Danfoss and feels privileged to be a part of this industry changing compressor technology, helping OEM partners to build premium energy efficiency chillers and reducing the CO2 impact of HVAC equipment.

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Drew Turner is currently Global Marketing Manager for Danfoss Sector Integration, focused on the electrification of heating and heat pumps. He has been in the HVAC industry for twenty four years and with Danfoss for the last seven, holding a variety of roles over the career, including Product Support, Marketing, Planning, Business Development/Market Research, in addition to the current position. He is a contributing member of several ASHRAE and AHRI industry committees and has published a few papers and trade journal articles. He holds a Bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Colorado.

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Duncan leads Buro Happold’s sustainability and climate change consultancy services. As an experienced sustainability consultant, Duncan has operated successfully at all scales within the built environment, from buildings through to masterplanning and strategic consultancy. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Physicist with over 20 years experience of business leadership in energy, carbon and sustainability. 

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Flemming is Sustainability Director in the Danfoss Group Public Affairs & Sustainability. Based in Nordborg, Denmark, Flemming has worked with sustainability for two decades including Science-Based Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals. Flemming plays a major role in Danfoss’ commitment to carbon neutrality by 2030.

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Greg Tracy has been working in the H-VAC industry for the last 15 years and worked at Danfoss for over 10 years, Greg manages the Danfoss Underfloor Heating division in the UK. For the last 5 years he has been working and managing the Danfoss H-VAC division with consultants and contractors on some of London’s most impressive Commercial buildings.

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Jakob is a Director, Digital Infrastructure, and part of the Global Application Innovations team in Danfoss Climate Solutions. He is globally responsible for driving the Danfoss strategic initiative to support data center industry towards a sustainable future based on climate-friendly solutions. Jakob is pushing the industry to think beyond PUE by using already existing technologies with a low GWP and to reduce water consumption and re-use of heat.

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Jamie has 14 years' experience in sustainable urban development. He has an MSc Urban Development Planning with Environmental Planning and Management (DPU, UCL Barlett). Specialising in sustainable homes, solar PV, project management and client engagement and collaboration, he has successfully managed networks of 50 organisations on sustainable development, known for delivering multi-stakeholder development projects worth up to £90 million. 

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Jan Schoemaker is a Vice President with Danfoss and Globally responsible for their Buildings Business Unit. With more than 30 years of experience in Buildings, his focus is on Technical Building Systems and how they can contribute to lower energy consumption of buildings and improve indoor comfort. Especially as the recent digital technology trends are accelerating the effectiveness of Technical Building Systems to do so. Jan is also member of the board of eu.bac, the European Building Automation and Controls Association.

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Ranked among the Top 3 Media Influencers in Sustainability worldwide, Jim McClelland is a writer, editor and speaker, specialising in business and the built environment. With a background in publishing and events, he writes regularly for special reports published in The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers, plus enjoys a strong profile on social media as Brand Ambassador for SustMeme and the Top 500 rankings.

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Julie Kjestrup is Interim Head of Group Public Affairs & Sustainability. Based in Brussels, she has worked on energy and sustainability issues for the past decade, both for Danfoss, the European Copper Institute and as head of the energy and sustainability practice at the public affairs consultancy APCO Worldwide.

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Sanj Selli Business Development Manager for 7 years with Danfoss Drives. Electrical engineer with 35 Years of sales experience in Drives, Factory Automation and L.V Power Distribution applications within commercial buildings and manufacturing facilities.

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Soulla Paphitis joined Danfoss in 2015 as part of the commercial sales team concentrating on tall building projects in London, shortly after joining, Soulla became a key member of the District Energy team, establishing a solid customer base and project portfolio. In January 2021, Soulla started a new role covering the UK and Ireland, bringing Danfoss' digital strategy to these growing markets. Through this role, Soulla is also developing a business to business strategy. 

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Stuart is the Applications Manager for Danfoss Drives in the UK & IE. He has worked with intelligent drives in R&D, project management and application roles for over 20 years and also has over 30 years of industry experience in programmable controllers, fieldbus and real time Ethernet networks.

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Susanne joined Danfoss in 2016 and today works as a Senior Manager for Public and Industry Affairs in Danfoss’ Climate Solutions Segment. Together with partners and industry associations, Danfoss Climate Solutions advocates for energy efficient, holistic solutions to achieve the energy transition, with a focus on efficient and smart buildings and district energy to provide sustainable heating and cooling to growing cities. Susanne holds a Master degree in European Studies and has studied in Germany, Denmark and France.

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Terry has enjoyed a career of over 40 years in the control and BMS sector in roles spanning technical, commercial, product management and leadership.  He has enjoyed terms with controls manufacturers, and system integrators before more recently joining NDA Consulting Limited, the UK’s leading specialist BMS consultancy practice where he nowadays helps clients select, specify and maintain their BMS requirements.

Since 2020, Terry has been leading the BCIA, the UK trade association of the controls industry, since being honoured to be elected as President by the membership.

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Torben Pedersen has the held the position as Divisional President of Residential Heating since 2017. He joined Danfoss in 2013 as part of the merger with Sauer-Danfoss and has 13+ years’ experience in Danfoss and Sauer-Danfoss. Before joining Sauer-Danfoss, he worked at Nokia and Jabil Circuit.

Torben has leadership experience within procurement, Supply Chain, R&D, Business development and transformations. Prior to joining Residential Heating, he headed Danfoss Procurement. His key insights and competences from the broad experience have been essential in driving the turnaround in one the most famous businesses of Danfoss – the Danfoss radiator thermostat.

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Will is Head of Sustainability for Clarion Housing Group and leads the development and implementation of their sustainability strategy. He has 20 years experience at the cutting-edge of sustainability, low carbon buildings, and market transformation internationally. He has successfully worked across the public and private sectors on projects ranging from designing and installing low energy retrofits through to developing corporate sustainability strategies and innovation programmes. Will is always focused on pushing the sustainability agenda forward. Most recently, Will helped Clarion to become the first UK housing group to attain the Sustainable Housing Impact Label and is working on Clarion’s roadmap to retrofit homes and meet the ‘zero carbon’ challenge.

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Will is passionate about technology and the interaction between technology, humans and businesses. Will manages and leads Smart Building solutions and Digital Workplace technologies within the JLL Technology Consulting practice. As a senior advisor, he is responsible for the advisory, design, deployment and management of smart building and workplace technology for clients (occupier, landlord, and investors).

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Paul works for the National Energy Foundation as Refurbishment Lead focusing on advanced domestic retrofit. In addition he is an Associate of the Good Homes Alliance bringing extensive experience of low/zero carbon new build housing and strategy. Paul has over 35 years’ experience in the built environment, two decades of which were spent in the Asset Management, Development and Sustainability teams of Registered Housing Providers. He is also a part time Sustainability Consultant working at BM3e part of Boulter Mossman a chartered building surveying practice and has acted as an EU retrofit thematic expert. 

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Tom has been working for Danfoss for the last 3 and a half years and focuses on the commercial market in district energy and H-VAC. Prior to this Tom worked in a number of roles such as an Engineering Officer and as Business Development Manager working for a large commercial HVAC distributer.

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Viktar obtained a MSc degree with distinction in Building Services Engineering and is a Chartered Engineer with CIBSE, with a proven track record in delivering sustainable business results. He is an insightful adviser to shareholders and clients, with experience in construction new build, data centres capital and lifecycle projects, energy performance contracts and contract management. 

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