Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Stephen Crosher
CEO & Co-founder
Strong track record in innovation, commercialization and management across energy, property and retail. Former Commercial Director of Quiet Revolution, CCO of X-Wind Power and MD of Fleet Renewables.
Graham Cook
CFO & Co-Founder
25+ years experience in senior financial roles with focus on cleantech (CFO at C-Capture, Yorkshire Hydropower, Eel power and Q-Bot). Experience includes raising tens of millions in funding for cleantech.
Dr. Tamás Bertényi
CTO & Co-Founder
Engineer & serial entrepreneur with a PhD in experimental fluid mechanics from Cambridge. 20+ years in the cleantech space. Previous roles include R&D Director at Quiet Revolution and CTO at NPI waste heat recovery for data centres.
Jim Campion
Non-Executive Chairman
MD of Actis' Rezolv Energy Fund. Previously Partner at EnerCap Capital. Held senior positions at Biomass Engineering and Bowman Power. Experience investing in power projects up to £1.3B. Fellow of the Energy Institute.
Chris Baxter P.Eng
Senior R&D Engineer
Chris is a chemical engineer from the University of Ottawa. He spent 7 years at National Research Council Canada, contributing to solutions for today's challenges in the energy, mining, and environmental sectors
Dr. Frieder Kaiser
Senior R&D Engineer
An Experimental Fluid Dynamicist with a PhD from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany). As a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University, Frieder led multiple research collaborations developing techniques and flow control approaches.
Christian Powoski
Senior Project Engineer
Christian is a mechanical engineer with 10 years’ experience in the design of sustainable energy simulations and lead mechanical engineer in the construction of vertical farms. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from McGill University.
Diana Xu P.Eng
Senior R&D Engineer
Diana holds a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of New Brunswick, with hands-on experience across multiple industries in development and implementation.
Lizzi Gold
Business Development Manager
Lizzi is our Business Development Manager with Chemical Engineering degree. She brings 6 years’ experience across business development, commercial strategy, operations support and project management to the RheEnergise team.
Valerie Lamenta
R&D Engineer
Valerie holds a degree and Master’s in Mechanical Engineering at McGill University. She designed and built an experimental test facility for the characterization of heat transfer fluids used in thermal energy applications.
Madeleine Buffet
R&D Chemist
Madeline holds an M.Chem degree from the University of Oxford. She completed her thesis in physical chemistry, using ultra-precise optical techniques to measure quantum effects in biological systems.
Sheriza Jiwani
R&D Engineer
A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Queen’s University, and a complementary Certificate in Business. Sheriza completed a 16 month professional internship in aerospace defense.
Bart Stockman
Senior Test Engineer
As a design and development engineer, Bart has worked on extensive building, modification, and commissioning of prototypes, as well as running tests and data gathering.
Kirsty Berry
Project Manager
Kirsty is an experienced project and team leader who has worked in renewable energy for the last 25 years. She holds an Electronic Engineering degree and a masters in Renewable Energy Systems Technology.