Meet the team.
The 7CO₂: Severnside Carbon Capture & Shipping Hub is led by a team of diverse, talented executive and non-executive industry experts, proudly bringing over 100 years of collective experience in shipping, technology, finance, regulation and carbon markets to transform the South West’s decarbonisation landscape.
Leadership.
Paul Davies
Founder
30 years plus in infrastructure
Chair of CCS Advisory Group
Chair Non Pipeline Transport CCSA Group
CCS Adviser to Viridor
Lead of Coalition for Negative Emissions
Keith Birch
Founder
35 years experience in oil, gas and power projects
CCUS and Hydrogen lead for Suez
CCS adviser to Veolia
UKCCSRC Industry Advisor
Rhianydd Griffith
Non-Executive Director
Independent infrastructure and investment professional
Experienced energy sector NED and board committee member
UK qualified lawyer
Hannah Bronwin
Non-Executive Director
Director for Business Development SSE Thermal
Deputy Director Nuclear – BEIS
Shell Foundation
Infrastructure lawyer, Linklaters
Gwen Jones
Non-Executive Director
30 year plus track record in energy, chemicals, industrial and shipping & maritime businesses:
Shell VP Business Development
BOC Global MD Products and Services
Unique combination of experience relating to hydrogen and CCS.
Niall MacDowell
Non-Executive Director
Professor of Future Energy Systems, Imperial
Scientific Adviser Total Energies
BEIS adviser on BECCS and GGRs
Natural Environment Research Adviser Steering Committee