Meet The Team!

The CEO and Board during our second AGM on 25th July 2023!

CEO & Secretary
Connie Duxbury
Connie has worked in the energy industry for over 6 years in a range of roles, as an energy analyst to smart metering, running energy tenders to now working in her dream career supporting the community energy sector as the Community Renewables Manager at Younity. She is a passionate climate activist and has led the organisation since it started in late 2021.

Chair
Rob Morgan
Rob has over 25 years experience within the energy industry in a wide range of commercial and leadership positions, across retail energy supply, trading/hedging, energy procurement and consulting. In his current role, he advises energy users regarding their energy procurement and usage strategy.

Finance Director
Reysha Shah
Reysha is a Chartered Accountant and spent 5 years working in Financial Due Diligence, supporting clients with their mergers and acquisitions. In her current role at Octopus Energy Generation, she is looking at new models of financing renewable assets, with a dedicated focus on people-participation.

Fuel Poverty Director
Ria Patel
Ria is an experienced campaigner and campaign manager. They are familiar with Croydon, having been born and raised in the borough, and the inequities residents face, fuel poverty being one, through voluntary and Councillor work. They are also the Equalities and Diversity Spokesperson for the Green Party of England and Wales.

Marketing Director
Aarushi Chopra
Aarushi is a sustainability professional with a deep passion for environmental stewardship & professional experience across research, business management, digital marketing and content writing. She has propagated environmental awareness and assisted organisations to adopt the principles of sustainable development. She is the founder of The Royal Café, a blog with an aim to foster love for learning and deeper understanding of the past through historic exploration.

Projects Director
Murray Mitchell
Murray has worked in the energy industry for the past ten years. Roles have included tackling energy efficiency on the Green Deal scheme, protecting vulnerable consumers designing the Price Cap for Ofgem and supporting renewable energy as a policy and commercial development manager for the Contracts for Difference scheme.