Often seen at the start line of the National Final with the Union Flag, The Duke of Richmond has been a supporter of Greenpower for many years. The Duke is a keen motorsport enthusiast, and created the world renowned Festival of Speed and Revival meetings on the Goodwood Estate.
“Environmentally friendly motorsport is a thing of the future, with Greenpower we are seeing tomorrow’s engineers and drivers whetting their appetites for greater things to come”.
As the chairman of Prodrive and Aston Martin, and a former team principal of the BAR and Benetton Formula 1 teams, David is perfectly placed to offer advice and support to the Greenpower Education Trust and to the young engineers we inspire.
“After attending the Greenpower National Final at Goodwood, I was impressed not only by the superbly engineered cars, but also by the focus, passion and great teamwork I witnessed among the young competitors, who had designed and built the cars they were racing. At Prodrive we constantly look for talented engineers with precisely this level of drive and commitment, so I wholeheartedly support Greenpower’s aim of encouraging even more young people to consider engineering as a future career.”
As a charity we are supported and governed by the advice from our trustees
Chair of Trustees
Nash holds with a Masters in both Experimental Physics and Aerospace Dynamics, along with a PhD in Engineering. She has gained extensive experience in both the automotive industry and elite sports sectors, specialising in aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, and vehicle dynamics. Throughout her career, she has contributed to the development of notable vehicles such as the Range Rover, Range Rover Evoque, Jaguar E-Pace, and Jaguar F-Type. In addition, Nash has collaborated with prestigious organisations including British Skeleton and British Rowing. Nash's journey with Greenpower began in 2003 during her time at school, where she actively participated in building and racing two cars. In 2009, she generously offered her time as a volunteer for Greenpower, contributing to the successful organisation and management of events nationwide. She was invited to join the board in 2015 where she actively championed Greenpower within the STEM industry and fostered a strong connection between the board and the participants. In 2022, Nash assumed the role of Chair, further demonstrating her commitment and leadership within Greenpower.
Vice Chair of Trustees
stuart.morgan@greenpower.co.uk
Stuart started as an electrical design engineer for a small firm working on hologram embossing machines. Later, he designed a cold-laminator for foil transfer and ventured into holographic rotary label cutting machines. Later he become heavily involved in graphic inks and started his own business printing exhibition graphics. In 2000, he joined Carte Blanche Greetings (CBG) as Reprographics Manager. Over the 21 years at CBG, he held technical, production, and procurement roles. He developed the supply chain across the UK, Europe, and Far East and implemented the MS Dynamics D365 system. In 2021, he joined Columbus Global as a Senior Business Consultant advising companies on digital transformation using MS Dynamics. Stuart first encountered Greenpower in 2013 and established a team at Funtington Primary School. Fundraising efforts led to their first race in 2014 and brought home their first trophy in 2015. Stuart was invited to join the board in 2017 and in 2020 took on the position as Vice-Chair. He still continues to run Funtington Goblins, fostering the next generation of Greenpower enthusiasts.
Chris studied engineering as part of the Nuffield Staff Apprentice scheme, where he worked in various factories and earned an engineering degree from Birmingham University. He started his automotive career with Morris Commercial and Leyland Trucks, where he designed several vans and trucks, completing 17 vehicle projects. Later, as Chief Engineer at Jaguar Cars, he focused on vehicle dynamics and safety, in particular crash testing and occupant restraints. He later held the role as General Manager at Nissan, overseeing European product design, development, and production. Venturing into consultancy, he collaborated with companies like General Motors and Delphi, later working with Antonov in France and establishing their presence in the UK. Founding AVID, designing electric vehicle systems and building 10 EVs, including two EV Range Rovers in 2010. He started Hyperdrive Innovations, creating robotic warehouse systems, battery energy storage, the world's fastest EV Drag Racer, and more. In a significant milestone, Chris sold his companies to Bill Gates in 2020, concluding his entrepreneurial journey. Outside his professional work he also contributed to Rotary as a District Governor and Director in Rotary UK. Chris first got involved in Greenpower through the Rotary club, running a team with local schools. He joined the board in 2013 and was Chair from 2016-2020.
Vaughan has an Electrical Engineering degree and taught Mathematics and Physics in various schools, eventually becoming Head of Science at a Comprehensive School in Chester for nine years. Seeking a new challenge, he transitioned into the electronics industry, working on the development of the first British robot. After eight years in industry, he returned to education as the Head of Technology at St Swithun's School in Winchester where he worked for 15 years, guiding students in technology and innovation. In addition to teaching, he worked part-time for Young Engineer Clubs, designing competitions as well as serving as a judge. He entered a team in the national expansion of the Greenpower F24 competition in 2000 and have since remained connected to Greenpower, becoming a trustee in 2005. Outside of his professional pursuits, Vaughan served on the Prince of Wales Committee for six years, he’s been a Hampshire County Councillor for eight years, and served on the Board of the South Downs National Park for four years. He also had the honour of being the mayor of Petersfield on two occasions, representing the local community.
Andrew has been working in education for nearly 20 years and in that time has developed a wide range of engaging curriculum activities for young people. At his current secondary school, Baysgarth in North Lincolnshire he has been hugely integral in their Greenpower gateway curriculum which amalgamates the Engineering curriculum with employability skills that are strongly linked to Gatsby benchmark standards.
We have found that Greenpower used as a focal point embedded across the STEM curriculum has a huge amount of positive engagement from our students, and very successful outcomes. Students are very well placed in achieving successful opportunities post secondary education, ensuring the local and national labour markets are well catered for with employable young people
Harry is a lawyer, with 30+ years partner level legal experience, specialising in employment law. He is also a qualified non-executive director, having attended Henley Business School and the IOD Directorship Programme. He also has 30+ years' experience as a motorsport competitor, including events as diverse as racing in the Goodwood Revival, rallying in the North African desert, competing in Wales Rally GB and historic road rallying. He is the author of "Taking Part – My 33 Years in Motorsport" and was recently admitted to membership of the Guild of Motoring Writers. Harry is the vice chairman of the Brooklands Museum Members and head of the talks team, as well as working with the Museum’s STEM and apprenticeship initiatives. He is also an international public speaker on motorsport and historic subjects, including history of Goodwood.
Josh first became involved with Greenpower as a competitor in 2005, racing (even with the odd win!) until 2010. Having gone to university to study engineering he also became a Greenpower official in 2011. Upon graduating with a BEng and PhD in mechanical engineering in 2018 he left Greenpower to start his career in Computational Fluid Dynamics. He is currently working on developing power systems to decarbonise the mining industry.
Simon is a seasoned investment and derivative management professional, with over 43 years of proven experience across the securities (equity & fixed income capital markets), commodities, derivatives, OTC and structured product arenas, gained in London and Hong Kong. Simon formerly served as Partner, Commodities at FinEx group, where he managed and oversaw the development of their Boutique Hedging and Risk Management business providing OTC derivative transactions and solutions to commodity consumers and producers on a global basis. He has an established record of building and managing OTC and complex derivative trading businesses from scratch, creating highly successful and profitable operations globally, across Investment Banks, Trade Houses and Asset Management Companies. He has a reputation as an innovator and deliverer of solutions, constantly thinking outside the box to achieve and deliver client objectives, locking in revenue opportunities and building enterprise value. Simon has held senior management and trading positions with Cargill Group, Man Group (formerly GNI), Tullett & Tokyo, Société Générale Bank, Guinness Mahon and Coutts Bank, where he has had specific executive responsibility for Trading, Structuring, Investment Management, Divisional Management, and serving on several main Board, Management, Executive and Industry committees. He has also served as a School Governor for 7 years managing their financing committee. Simon holds a Business Studies diploma in the UK gained in 1983, and a Blockchain Technologies Business Innovation and Application Certification from MIT Sloan School of Management in the US, gained in 2020.
Sara is a senior marketing manager in the higher education sector, with over 20 years’ experience in marketing. She began her marketing career in the charity sector, and has since gone on to work at a senior level in local authority and now education, specialising in project management, stakeholder development and event management as part of her marketing remit. Her awareness of Greenpower began in 2012 when she started supporting a school F24 team through family connections. From attending races and supporting their fundraising efforts, she gained first-hand knowledge of how beneficial Greenpower was for the students, giving them experience in team working, presentation skills and fundraising, alongside developing their STEM knowledge, and seeing how the initiative guided them into related university courses and apprenticeship roles. Sara joined the board in 2024 to contribute her marketing experience to help guide the growth of Greenpower in the future.
Our events couldn't run without the support of the fantastic people below.
Our event team travel the length and breadth of the country along with the core team, to ensure our events are run safely and efficiently from Aberdeen all the way to Cornwall, and everywhere in between.
Clerk of the Course (Formula Goblin)
Clerk of the Course & Chief Scrutineer
If you are interested in joining the Greenpower Team please send your CV to Greenpower.
info@greenpower.co.uk
