Diverse Energy

Trevor Clarke, Chairman and Managing Director:
Mr. Clark has 30 years experience running major companies. He started as an engineer with Rolls Royce before moving into the computer industry in its early years, joining P&O in 1974, where he became the Managing Director of P&O Computer Services.

In 1984, Mr. Clark led a management buyout of the company from P&O and over the next 13 years, working with venture capitalists, PCL Group became a major provider of Computer Services in the UK and overseas, employing some 750 staff.

In 1997 PCL was sold to MR Group, a major UK listed Information provider, and Mr. Clark joined its main board.

In 2000 Mr. Clark joined AFS, steering the commercial aspects of the company and eventually overseeing the formation and financing of Diverse Energy.

Dr Alastair Livesey, Operations Director:
Dr. Livesey has over 20 years of business and technical experience in renewable and alternative energy with a focus on hydrogen and fuel cells. After completing his PhD at Cambridge University, he spent four further years as Research Fellow.

In 1988, he joined Shell, where he commercialized the engine and vehicle testing facilities and helped set up Shell Hydrogen. He also acted as the internal consultant on fuel cells and managed Shell’s alternative energy research.

Dr. Livesey spent the last seven years in the USA in senior positions at Energy Conversion Devices helping to commercialize its hydrogen storage and fuel cell programs, restructuring the company, and supporting the financing of a $385M expansion of its photovoltaic manufacturing capability.

Dr. Livesey joined Diverse Energy in 2007 and brings a blend of scientific knowledge, renewable energy experience and business development to the team.

Rob Priest, Founder and Development Director:
Mr. Priest developed his career as a specialist and practical engineer in alternative fuels for automotive applications in Australia before moving to Europe.

In the late 80’s, he became involved with motor sport and through his drive for engineering perfection and organizational talent became chief mechanic for Gulf Racing. He and his team won the sports car World Championship with the McLaren F1-GTR in 1996 and won the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1997.

Following his spell in motor racing, Mr. Priest saw the opportunity to use his engineering skills in the emerging “alternative energy” market place and started Alternative Fuel Systems Ltd. Over the last 10 years, Mr. Priest has designed and developed a number of fuel cell systems, as well as provided alternative (LPG) fuel systems for motor vehicles.

Well known in UK alternative energy circles for his dedication and performance, Mr. Priest was able to raise the funding to get the PowerCube to its current state of development.

Ron Hodkinson, MSc, MIET Ceng, Founder and Technical Director:
Mr. Hodkinson is a scientist specializing in power electronics and control systems with 30 years experience in electrical vehicles, machine tools and designing and building power supplies for telecommunications.

Among his many major achievements, Mr. Hodkinson invented and developed a liquid sodium heat pump for Dounreay Nuclear Reactor. He then joined the GPO, now BT Group Plc (British Telecom) as a senior engineer.

Seeing the potential for fuel cell technology, Mr. Hodkinson set up Fuel Cell Control Ltd with the assistance of a former co-owner and founder of the largest mobile phone operator in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This was the beginning of a now decade-long collaboration, in which Mr. Hodkinson and Mr. Priest have steadily moved fuel cells from the laboratory and into the real world. Diverse Energy’s revolutionary Ammonia Cracker was an output of this collaboration, enabling the fuel cell to become a practical electrical generator.