Board members
Chris Coonick (Technical Director)
Chris moved to Wadebridge with her family in 2014 and has been involved in WREN ever since. She has been working in the renewable energy industry since 2010 following completion of a Masters in Renewable Energy and the Built Environment at the Centre for Alternative Technology. With a background in Electrical Engineering, she has supported a number of local businesses and organisations to develop renewable energy projects. Chris now works for the Governments Innovation & Research Agency, funding next generation technologies, products and processes. As a STEM Ambassador for Cornwall and member of Exeter University's Clean Energy Industrial Advisory Group, Chris is passionate about giving the next generation an opportunity for a sustainable low carbon future and encouraging women into engineering roles.
Tony Faragher (Chair/Company Secretary)

Simon Miller (Community Engagement Director)

Kevin Smith (Treasurer/Communications Director)

Victoria Smyth (Director)
Vicky has been a long-term friend of WREN. She first heard of the group back in 2011 when she moved to the Wadebridge area after her Masters in chemistry where her final project investigated new architectures for solar PV technologies. Having worked at the BRE National Solar Centre with our Technical Director, Chris Coonick, she brings a wealth of knowledge on how the feed-in-tariff accelerated PV uptake and has seen the change as policies have shifted over the past decade. Her career has moved into the circular economy, but she remains passionate about grass roots movements to reduce the human impact on the planet. Within her role on the WREN Board she is actively involved in engaging with communities across Cornwall to share insights on effective action within the realm of energy efficiency and system changes. In her spare time Vicky can be found walking, cycling or scuba diving around the Cornish coast.
Ian Welch (Director)
Ian came to Wadebridge in 2014. He is keen to explore community energy and neutralising our environmental impact, and he is excited by the prospect of Wadebridge people benefiting from a local economy built around "energy equality". He is a power engineer, an IET Fellow and Chartered Engineer, having led Innovation at National Grid, and he became a Wadebridge Town Councillor in 2018.
Operations
Leonie McGregor (Operations Assistant)

Martin Jackson (Social Media)
Cornwall made, keen surfer and lover of the outdoors. Graduated from a Masters in Environmental Policy and Management at the University of Bristol in 2020. Believer in local initiatives having a role to play in changing the narrative around energy solutions and climate change for a more equitable future.