UK Renewables (UKRC)


 

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UKRC

 

The UK Renewables Committee (UKRC) is a renewable energy industry representation body under the umbrella of the British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (BCCTaipei). The UKRC will support the growth and proliferation of renewables in Taiwan.

The UKRC is a platform for networking and collaboration among its members to build relationships across the supply chain of renewables between Taiwan and the UK , facilitate exchange, lessons learned and experiences among its members, the Taiwanese industry and the general public. The UKRC will represent its members to raise issues towards the Taiwanese government and create awareness for renewables towards industry, academia and the public. The UKRC will work closely with the British Office Taipei.

 


Membership falls into two categories:

 Full Member

British Companies with investment in Taiwan and mainly active in the renewable energy sector.

 

Rights & Obligations

(1) Join all meetings.

(2) Elect or run for Co-Chair.

(3) Submit issues for the Committee

(4) Be represented in working groups.

(5) Full members can call in a working group to work on a specific issue with two members raising the issue and a Co-Chair overseeing the working group.

 

 Associate Member

(1) British service companies invested in Taiwan and supporting the sector.

(2) Nationals of the United Kingdom working in the renewable energy sector in Taiwan

(3) Non-British companies invested in Taiwan with either significant business or competency centres in the renewable energy sector in the UK.

 

Rights & Obligations

(1) Attend Committee social events and initiate working groups jointly with a full member.

The Co-Chairs jointly with the CEO of the BCCTaipei or a representative of the BCCTaipei BoG shall have full discretion to approve or reject membership applications.

Memberships should be renewed after one year.  ​

 

Working Groups:

To facilitate renewables in Taiwan and represent the interest of all members of the UKRC, members can form working groups, that could either address issues, support campaigns, create events, publications, or engage in outreach activities on behalf of the UKRC. Two full members can call in a working group or one full member and one Associate Member as long as this is sponsored and overseen by one Co-Chair. Working Groups can run indefinitely and either be dissolved by the founding members or the Co-Chairs and BCCTaipei CEO.

 


 

 

  • UKRC Social Gathering 
  • UKRC Internship Programme 2024

 


 

Co-Chair(s)

James Hope

Regional Director

Sarah Westenberger

Business Development Manager

Member

Andy Williamson

Head of Energy Transition

Ann-Marie Padgett

Region President, East Asia and Pacific

Benson Waldron

Area Manager

Bin Fu

Country Manager

Carl Blundon

Managing Director, APAC

Chris Schraa

Country Director

Danny Ng

Naval Architect

David Cross

Managing Director

Ernest Leung

Chairman & CEO

Gary Howland

Group Sales Director

James Christie

Regional Director APAC and Head of Mechanical Solutions

Jim Donelan

Business Manager

Kevin Wu

Regional Director

Leon Wu

Director of Business Origination & Stakeholder Engagem

Marcus Dowling

Engineering / Project Management

Matt Bowden

Senior Commercial Manager APAC

Oliver Luo

General Manager

Raoul Kubitschek

Managing Director

Ray Regan

APAC Regional Manager

Sam Carter

Principal Renewable Energy Advisor

Sam Dowey

Managing Director

Tony Lu

General Manager

Valerie Chang

Taiwan Country Manager

Willis Ng

Country Manager

Yu-Foong Chong

APAC Director of Sustainability and Community Engagement