MARIANA SPATER (CHAIR)
Mariana was formerly the Managing Director of Fountain Television in Wembley, the largest purpose built TV studio in Britain, from where the X Factor is broadcast.
She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a predecessor firm of Haysmacintyre.
Mariana has also been a trustee of the charity Royal Surgical Aid Society since 2007 and chaired it from 2010 to 2014.
Mariana has been a long standing supporter of community energy and is a member of a number of other community energy projects.
MIKE SMYTH MBE
Mike is a solicitor who lives in Milford, Surrey. He is the volunteer chair of Energy4All, Wey Valley Solar Schools Energy Co-operative and The Schools’ Energy Co-operative, both of which install solar panels on schools.
Previously he was a partner of Lawrence Graham, a major London based firm of solicitors, for more than 20 years, specialising in corporate and commercial law.
Mike chaired Friends of the Earth Trust until 2012.
TOM RAFTERY
Tom is the Solar PV manager for Bauder Ltd, a business specialising in the manufacture, design and installation of flat roofs and solar PV solutions for flat roofs.
In addition to solar pv Tom has extensive experience in installing flat and green roofs.
He was involved in Transition Town Berkhamsted’s Solar PV offer, which, in partnership with Energy4All, installed a community funded solar array on the local secondary school, and he has been involved in a number of other community funded solar schemes.
ANDY KRIMAT-CARR
I joined M&S in 1996 on the Graduate Scheme and completed my first 8 years in Store roles where I was both Store Manager and Area Visual Manager. In 2004 I moved my career in the support centre of Waterside working in the HOME business unit as the VM Manager accountable for Store layouts and visual. Moving into Property and Store Design in 2008 I have latterly head the position of Head of Clothing & Home Store Design and Format. Most recently I led the creation of the new Clothing & Home Format launched in Stevenage and now rolling out to all new Stores. Since Feb 2023, I have taken on a newly created role as Head of Sustainability and Technical Spec which I am delighted to be doing where I see me being able to drive the next phase of our Sustainability and ESG agenda throughout our Property Estate.