Andrew Wordsworth

As former Managing Director of Carbon Trust Enterprises, Andrew has previously led the creation and launch of twelve low carbon companies, which have secured over £250m in equity commitments. A former process control engineer with Esso Petroleum, Andrew has strategic consulting experience with Bain and Arthur D Little. Andrew is Co-Founder of Sustainable Ventures Development Partners (SVDP); in 2015 he led the exit of SVDP’s first start-up, E-Car Club, to Europcar in what is now recognised as the UK’s first successful crowdfunding exit. Andrew holds a first-class MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded the University Fox Prize. He was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by businessGreen in 2015.