Trevor Hutchings is REA Group Chief Executive and brings a wealth of experience in net zero, renewables and the clean energy transition. Previously he was a Partner at international consulting group, BIP, leading their Sustainability Centre of Excellence. Before that he led the growth and diversification strategy at energy services firm Gemserv (now Talan).

Trevor spent much of his early career in Whitehall and with the European Commission in Brussels working on energy and environment programmes, including policies to support the renewables market in the UK. He also worked at WWF, the global conservation NGO, where he was Director of Advocacy, focussing on improving public policy and environmental governance. 

He sits on the NESO’s (National Energy System Operator) Stakeholder Advisory Group, on the Board of REA’s subsidiary company, REAL, and until recently, Trevor was chair of the Green Purposes Company set up by the UK government to safeguard the green mission of the world’s first Green Investment Bank following its sale to Macquarie, the global infrastructure investor. He is a Fellow of ISEP (Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals) and of the Energy Institute, and holds the IoD’s certificate in corporate governance.