Industry Day Host
Peter Haddock — Industry Day Host, Content With Media
Peter Haddock is an award-winning industry journalist, content creator and event host with over 20 years’ experience in the plant and equipment sector. He produces interview-led video content from sites and projects across the UK and internationally and is a regular contributor to Earthmovers magazine. As owner of Content With Media, Peter covers events and press launches, sharing insight from people at all levels of the industry. His work focuses on environment, productivity, safety, people and skills.
AMPS Welcome & Industry Update: What AMPS Membership Delivers
Alan Beech — Director General, AMPS
Alan Beech is Director General of AMPS, bringing over four decades of experience in power generation and engine systems. His career includes senior roles at Broadcrown, Cummins, Deutz and Clarke Energy. Alan represents member interests across standards, policy and industry engagement, with a focus on resilience, technical credibility and long-term sector capability.
Bernard Gospel — Technical Secretary, AMPS
Bernard Gospel is Technical Secretary at AMPS, leading work on technical standards, guidance and regulatory engagement. He works closely with member companies, committees and policymakers to ensure industry experience informs compliance, performance and best practice across the power generation sector.
Louise Hazel — Managing Director, IPU Group & Chair, AMPS
Louise Hazel is Managing Director of IPU Group and Chair of AMPS. She leads IPU’s strategic direction while championing skills, standards and collaboration across the power generation sector. Louise brings experience spanning operations, people leadership and governance, with a strong focus on long-term resilience and capability building.
David Oates — Managing Director, Allam Power
David Oates is Managing Director of Allam Power, a specialist provider of power generation systems and services. He leads the company’s commercial and operational strategy, focusing on reliable, efficient and compliant solutions for industrial and critical power applications.
Riccardo Sardelli — Managing Director, Volvo Penta UK & Ireland
Riccardo Sardelli is Managing Director of Volvo Penta UK & Ireland. He leads the business across industrial and marine power applications, focusing on customer partnerships, product performance and navigating the transition to lower-emission and alternative power solutions.
Green Fuels: Reality Check
Suneel Appan — Future Biogas
Suneel Appan is a senior leader at Future Biogas, a UK developer and operator of anaerobic digestion and biomethane facilities. He has extensive experience delivering large-scale renewable gas projects and works across technical, commercial and stakeholder interfaces, focusing on the practical deployment of biomethane to support decarbonisation of energy, transport and industry.
Wayne Bint — AVK
Wayne Bint works at AVK, supporting the application of engineered valve and flow control solutions across energy and industrial infrastructure. His role focuses on the technical and commercial realities of deploying alternative fuels, including hydrogen-ready and low-carbon systems.
Andy Harper — Hartree Solutions
Andy Harper works at Hartree Solutions, supporting organisations with energy procurement, optimisation and flexibility strategies. He brings strong commercial insight into fuel sourcing, ESG reporting and greenhouse gas accounting.
Simon Lawford — Technical Sales & Renewable Fuels Manager, Crown Oil
Originally trained as a chemist, Simon Lawford has worked across laboratory and commercial roles within the fine chemicals, lubricants and fuels markets. Since 2019 he has been Technical Sales and Renewable Fuels Manager at Crown Oil, leading the company’s HVO strategy and providing technical and commercial support across fuel supply and deployment.
Coffee Break
Microgrids & AI: Solving the Energy TrilemmaIndustry Roundtable
Prof Ian F Bitterlin — Independent Expert
Prof Ian F Bitterlin is a retired data centre consulting engineer with over five decades of industry experience. A Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds, he has contributed to international standards including ISO/IEC 30134 and BS EN 50600 and is the author of Data Centre Power Systems: A Practical Design Handbook.
Andy Cooper — UK Sales Director, Clarke Energy
Andy Cooper is UK Sales Director at Clarke Energy, leading commercial strategy and the deployment of sustainable energy solutions across the UK. His portfolio includes microgrids, CHP, battery energy storage and green gas technologies.
Bob Downing — VP Sales, AVK Energy Solutions
Bob Downing is Vice President of Sales at AVK Energy Solutions, leading commercial activity for engineered power generation systems supporting critical and industrial applications.
Ian Farr — Sales Manager, Edina
Ian Farr is a Sales Manager at Edina and a biogas specialist with over 35 years’ experience in anaerobic digestion. He now focuses on integrated microgrid solutions combining generation, storage and advanced control systems.
Simon Graham — Head of Innovation, De Courcy Alexander
Simon Graham is Head of Innovation at De Courcy Alexander Ltd, focusing on emerging technologies, policy and market developments across energy and infrastructure, including the role of microgrids and decentralised energy systems.
Andy Harper — Hartree Solutions
Andy Harper works at Hartree Solutions, supporting organisations with energy procurement, optimisation and flexibility strategies, with particular insight into ESG and commercial drivers.
Lunch
NRMM: Real-World Dilemmas
Luis Bassett — Decarbonisation & Sustainability Manager, CPA
Luis Bassett leads decarbonisation and sustainability activity at the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), working with members and policymakers on fuels, technology adoption and emissions reduction.
Dave Luscombe — CESAR / Police Liaison & Special Projects Consultant, CEA
Dave Luscombe is a consultant to the Construction Equipment Association (CEA), specialising in CESAR security systems, Stage V validation and police liaison to reduce equipment theft and improve compliance.
Maintenance & Testing: When Good Intentions Cause Damage
David Bryce — IPU Group
David Bryce is part of the senior team at IPU Group, supporting the delivery of specialist engineering solutions for fuel systems, emissions control and critical power applications.
Chris Caldwell — Crestchic
Chris Caldwell is Managing Director of Crestchic, a global manufacturer of loadbanks and power testing solutions supporting data centres, utilities and industrial power systems.
Geoff Halliday — Rehlko WBPS
Geoff Halliday represents Rehlko WBPS, the energy resilience business formerly known as Kohler Energy, working with customers on standby and prime power solutions for critical applications.
David Sherry — Volvo Penta
David Sherry works at Volvo Penta, supporting customers across industrial and power generation applications with a focus on technical engagement and compliant maintenance practices.
Accredited training & the competence gap across the sector.
Louise Hazel — Managing Director, IPU Group & Chair, AMPS
Louise Hazel is Managing Director of IPU Group and Chair of AMPS. She leads IPU’s strategic direction while championing skills, standards and collaboration across the power generation sector.
Lucas Haddock — Content Creator, Content With Media
Lucas Haddock is an apprentice content creator with Content With Media and has been interviewing people across the plant and equipment sector since the age of 11. Now 18, he is the youngest ever contributor to Earthmovers magazine, writing for the title since August 2024. Lucas focuses on hands-on industry content, speaking with young people and sharing insights through video interviews and pieces to camera. He is undertaking plant skills training and is a qualified tracked dumper operator. In 2024 he co-hosted the CPA Stars of the Future Plant Operator awards.
AMPS Partners in conversation & reflection.
Luis Bassett — Decarbonisation & Sustainability Manager, the Construction Plant-Hire Association (CPA)
Luis Bassett leads decarbonisation and sustainability activity at the CPA, working with members and policymakers on fuels, technology adoption and emissions reduction. Here’s a ~100-word overview of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) you can use in your programme or documents:The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) is the leading trade association representing the UK’s plant-hire sector, with almost 2,000 members ranging from independent owner-operators to national hire firms supplying over 85 % of hired construction plant in the UK. It works closely with Government, regulators and industry partners to influence policy, promote safety and sustainability, and ensure members remain compliant, competitive and informed in a rapidly evolving construction and infrastructure landscape. (cpa.uk.net)
Alan Beech — Director General, AMPS
Alan Beech is Director General of AMPS, bringing over four decades of experience in power generation and engine systems. His career includes senior roles at Broadcrown, Cummins, Deutz and Clarke Energy. Alan represents member interests across standards, policy and industry engagement, with a focus on resilience, technical credibility and long-term sector capability.
Dale Camsell — Regulatory Compliance & Product Safety Specialist
Dale Camsell, Senior Technical Consultant at the Construction Equipment Association is a regulatory compliance and product safety specialist with a strong engineering background. He has chaired standards bodies at national, European and global levels and is an experienced industry lobbyist with expert knowledge of non-road mobile machinery regulations and safety standards.Dale is Chair of EMIG, which leads the multi-association Equipment and Machinery Industry Forum, a highly effective platform for advocacy towards UK policy makers and legislators.
Ian Macafee — Immediate Past President of the iPowerE, CEO, Oxsensis
IPowerE is a professional membership organisation supporting leadership, innovation and collaboration across the power and energy sector. It brings together senior professionals from industry, academia and the public sector to share knowledge, develop skills and address strategic challenges facing energy systems. Through events, mentoring and peer networks, iPowerE supports the development and deployment of emerging technologies, promotes best practice and helps build long-term capability and resilience across the UK’s power and energy ecosystem.Ian Macafee, Immediate Past President of iPowerE, is the CEO of Oxsensis, a UK-based developer and manufacturer of advanced optical sensor systems.
