15 February 2011
Capita Symonds has appointed David Coyne as Director for
Energy Consultancy.
David joins the company from Perpetual Energy
Limited which for the last six years has been one of the UK’s
fastest growing renewable energy businesses. David, who founded the
company in 2004, was responsible for developing a £6m turnover
business which employs 25 staff. He also has a background in
finance and large scale business solutions having worked for both
IBM and CapGemini.
At Capita Symonds David will be working with a
number of local authorities and large commercial clients developing
alternative funding options to enable the uptake of renewable
energy solutions.
Neil McLocklin, Director of Consulting and
Advisory Services for Capita Symonds, said “We’ve appointed David
to drive forward our rapidly expanding renewable energy division
which offers a range of services for both commercial businesses and
public sector organisations. Not only do we help client cut energy
costs, we are also at the forefront of enabling companies to profit
from renewable energy by adopting the best strategy, selecting the
optimum technology, and utlising the most appropriate funding
options.”
“Having overseen Europe’s largest PV
(Photovoltaic) evaluation for IKEA, David is the perfect fit. He
will undoubtedly help us to develop and grow our business in this
exciting sector,” he adds.
David says: “The capacity and capability that
Capita Symonds brings to help energy strategy is immense. We are
looking at Solar PV, Wind, Biomass CHP through to multi-MW biomass
power stations as well as large scale urban mixed use schemes.”