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Board of Directors

Duncan McCombie
Chief Executive

Duncan became Chief Executive of YES Energy Solutions in November 2016, taking over from Andrew Herbert. With extensive experience in the energy efficiency industry, Duncan was the ideal appointment to build on the company’s commercial impact and social purpose.

He has worked across the utility sector in a variety of senior positions, including key roles at Thames Water, Energy & Utility Skills and the Consumer Council for Water. More recently, Duncan was Director of Operations at the Energy Saving Trust in Wales and Ireland, where he led the organisation to a sustainable long term commercial future following a significant reduction in government funding.

His Civil Engineer background and qualifications have provided him with a diverse career, working across engineering, customer service and regulation. Whereas his expert knowledge, experience and friendly persona has made him a key industry spokesperson, having contributed to topical TV and radio broadcasts from Orkney to New Zealand.

Duncan’s passion for delivering sustainable improvements provides real tangible benefits for people, businesses and communities and also embeds positive change in the culture of the organisations in which he works.

Diane Swift
Financial Director

David Titterton
Non-Executive Director

Robert Light
Non-Executive Director

Peter Sharman
Non-Executive Director

Keith Watson
Non-Executive Director

Keith joined the board of directors due to his previous experience in leading SMEs and close work with local and central government as well as water and energy utility companies. These experiences combined with his involvement in setting up/delivering retrofitting of homes to improve energy efficiency made him the ideal member to join the board.

He has had many roles valuable to his current position at YES including but not limited to Chairman & Director MCP Environmental Engineering Ltd, Regional Director Mowlem PLC and Managing Director Morgan Sindall PLC. These roles are particularly useful when combined with his leadership expertise in helping companies through stages of growth and maturity.

Keith’s ability and passion for addressing fuel poverty and reducing carbon from buildings energy consumption benefits YES in their Green, Great and Gracious goals to help people and the environment.