Andrew Spooner will be responsible for leading the operations team at Intelligent Energy, bringing about world-class levels of delivery, cost and quality management through its partnership business model, as well as creating operations, procurement and production strategies to meet the company’s current and future strategic direction. 

Andrew joined Intelligent Energy from Rolls-Royce plc, the power systems company, where he managed a procurement team responsible for the nuclear steam-raising plant providing propulsion for the UK strategic deterrent and was also in charge of restructuring the supply chain to meet changing business needs.  Previously, whilst completing his MBA, Andrew worked for a power systems business based in Norway as the Manager for External Enterprise, leading a multinational team.  Before that, he worked in Internal Audit at Rolls Royce plc, becoming the Finance Manager for one of the gas turbine operating units.  

John Clark will lead the engineering and product development activities required to bring Intelligent Energy’s technology to market, in the form of dependable, service-ready products which answer the needs of Intelligent Energy’s partners and customers.  He will also focus on developing the levels of in-depth operational support required to ensure the smooth introduction of new products into service and their through-life supportability.

John Clark joined Intelligent Energy from power systems company Rolls-Royce plc.  Most recently, he was Rolls-Royce’s Programme Director and Chief Engineer for the Royal Navy's in-service gas turbines, accountable for the successful technical and commercial delivery of this key customer account to the Group.  Prior to that, John led the engineering development and certification of the MT30 gas turbine, which was recently selected to power the US Navy's two newest combat ship designs against stiff competition from other power systems providers. Before joining Rolls-Royce’s Marine division, John led Rolls-Royce’s programme to assess and develop emerging power system technologies across all its divisions, in particular fuel cells, where he led a series of design studies, competitive and market evaluations, and focused the direction of Rolls-Royce’s fuel cells strategy.

Intelligent Energy’s CEO, Dr Henri Winand, commented on the appointments:

”It’s a great endorsement of Intelligent Energy’s technologies and business model to attract operational and engineering talent of the calibre of John and Andy to the Group.  Their arrival further strengthens an already robust team. Clearly, we are delighted to welcome them to Intelligent Energy, as we move towards the commercialisation stage of our business plan.  I know that both will make a strong contribution right across the Group.”

About Intelligent Energy:

Intelligent Energy is focused on the provision of cleaner power and carbon abatement, via a range of world-class fuel cell, fuel processing, desulphurisation and hydrogen generation technologies.  Intelligent Energy’s business model is to partner with leading companies globally in the transportation, oil and gas, aerospace, defence, distributed generation and portable power markets.

Intelligent Energy’s current partners and customers include Boeing, for whom Intelligent Energy have developed a fuel cell system to power a light aircraft; PSA Peugeot Citroën, with whom the company is developing automotive fuel cell systems and The Suzuki Motor Corporation, with whom the company is working on the development of prototype hydrogen fuel cell motorcycles using Intelligent Energy’s advanced fuel cell power systems.  The company has received high-level recognition both for its portfolio of innovative technologies and its business operations and, in 2006, was one of only 36 advanced technology companies worldwide to be named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

Intelligent Energy’s proprietary fuel cell power systems are characterised by high power density and performance and multi-functional low cost components, designed for manufacturing.  The result is fuel cell systems of reduced size, cost and complexity.  The company’s fuel processing and hydrogen generation platforms are fuel-flexible, providing hydrogen from a range of both conventional fossil fuel and sustainable fuel feedstocks.  Intelligent Energy continues to build upon its fundamental technological differentiators to produce fuel cell system platforms, which offer cost-effective solutions to clean energy provision across a broad range of applications.

Intelligent Energy has offices in Loughborough, London, Long Beach, Albuquerque and Johannesburg and a representative in Tokyo.
www.intelligent-energy.com

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