Chief Executive

David Green OBE BA FRSA FinstE

Chief Executive

David Green is the incoming Chief Executive of the Clean Energy Council. David is an Executive Director of the International Council for Sustainable Energy, having been the founding Chief Executive of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy, which built on his work as Director of the Combined Heat and Power Association.

He holds the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Energy made by the UK Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group.

In his native UK, David co-founded and launched the national charity Neighbourhood (now National) Energy Action that has worked, since 1981, with its local partners to secure warmer homes for many millions of lower income households. He is now a Vice President of National Energy Action.

He was a member of the UK Government's high-level group on energy policy for the 10 years of its existence. He has also contributed to a wide range of political reports and activities on energy policy.

He chaired the Mayor of London's Energy Partnership and was a member of the UK Local Government Association's Climate Change Commission for its duration.

David has also worked as advisor to the Victorian State Government as well as the US Department of Energy and various institutions of the European Union.

David is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; Fellow of the Energy Institute; member of the Council of the UK Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies; member of the high-level UK Ministerial Advisory Group on Zero Carbon Homes; and member of the UK Government's Delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and the follow-up International Renewable Energy Conference.

David was awarded the MBE in 1986 and the OBE in 2003.