Ian is CEO of MCS, a profit-for-purpose organisation that plays a central role in the UK’s adoption of renewable energy sources for our homes and small businesses.

MCS is responsible for the national Standards that cover low carbon products and their installation, used to produce electricity and heat from renewable sources.

His career underpins his passion for quality and the role that Standards play in protecting consumers.

Ian is currently leading MCS through a period of transformational change as the company strives to inspire a new generation of home-grown energy, fit for the needs of every UK home and community.

He is a trusted voice and advisor on what needs to be done at a government and industry-level to sustain momentum in the home-grown energy market, which faces challenging times. Most recently, he has been a go-to industry commentator for national and trade media on the government’s troubled Green Homes Grant.

With MCS headquartered at Sci-Tech Daresbury in Halton, Ian was appointed as a member of the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Clean Growth Board in March 2021. He also supports Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham as a member of the Greater Manchester Retrofit Taskforce.