Clive Turner

Clive had the role of Director of Housing and then Director of Community Services for Plymouth City Council. He was appointed as the Chief Executive of Plymouth Community Homes, which took on ownership, improvement and management of the council’s 16,000 homes. He led the transformation of North Prospect, began a new build housing programme and took a personal lead in establishing a ‘green plan’ for the organisation, which now would be seen as a carbon reduction strategy. Before leaving PCH, he signed off the proposal to develop Passivhaus homes in Whitleigh.

Hilary Kolinsky

Hilary is an experienced architectural professional with a diverse background including business management, community engagement, event organisation, academic research and teaching. As Co-Director at McCaren Design Ltd she has led the company’s transformation into a worker co-op that shares responsibility and benefits fairly between all staff. As co-initiator of the Inter:change collective, she co-produced the We Can Do It! event to promote the potential of community-led development in Plymouth and share learning with others in the region and nationally. With the Royal Cinema Trust she is working towards acquisition of the former Reel Cinema as a community-owned asset. She is co-ordinating the production of a Neighbourhood Plan alongside the Hoe Neighbourhood Forum.

Duncan Tringham

Duncan is an experienced projects lawyer who specializes in property development and energy schemes. Duncan’s recent experience includes advising Cornwall Council on the Langarth Garden Village Scheme; the collaboration with the People for Places for the development of a ‘living village’ at Higher Newham; and on the West Carclaze Garden Village, an eco-town with electricity supplied by two solar farms utilising a ‘smart grid’. He has also worked to deliver a ground breaking affordable housing and social care scheme with Ivybridge Town Council, advised on the UK’s first private wire industrial wind turbine scheme and a pioneering scheme involving wind and solar developments on five complex sites, which was nominated for ‘Best Renewable Energy Scheme’ at the REGEN awards.

Tracey Sherston

Tracey is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She has worked within finance and banking for the vast majority of her career, across a range of organisations including Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Community Homes where she gained several years of experience of working in predominantly housing finance.

Tracey is currently working for Delt Shared Services. She has also previously been a Director on both the PEC & PEC Renewables Boards.

Greg Wotton

Greg is currently working in the construction sector designing environmentally conscious and Passive houses for communities. He has worked in the sector for a few years and specialised at university. This is where he designed a high-speed rail network to connect the South West and was nominated for the RIBA Bronze Medal. He has also been part of a community catalyst group call Inter:change, with the intention to inspire people to take ownership of building projects, seeing when it’s appropriate for the community to make a decision and creating socially sustainable projects.

Jo Atkey

A proud Plymothian with a 30-year career spanning local government and the community and voluntary sector, Jo has a strong track record of community engagement and multi-sector partnership work honed through project and programme delivery across a range of topics from urban regeneration to digital inclusion. Jo has spent much of her career in Plymouth and surrounding areas and is currently working with colleagues across the country to set up a new charity for the National Trails, a network of long distance walking routes in England and Wales.

Chris Penberthy

Councillor Chris Penberthy is the former Cabinet member for Housing and Cooperative Development. His portfolio has included, housing, social enterprise development and support, community safety, neighbourhood working, child poverty, welfare policy and financial inclusion. He has spent most of his working life in charities, and was awarded a fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in Recognition of his contribution to the voluntary and community sector. He has also held a variety of trusteeships and directorships in charities and social enterprises.

Pete Warm

Peter has over 30 years’ experience in low energy buildings and is one of three practicing UK Passivhaus certifiers. He has built five of his own low energy buildings and is a Passivhaus enthusiast! He is a Founding Director of Warm Consultants.

“I am fascinated by the challenge of making the theory of low energy, airtight, insulated construction work in practice. I have spent my life seeking to understand energy use in buildings so that we can live very comfortably using fewer resources.”

Pete first got involved as a PEC Pal (PEC volunteer programme) and is a co-opted Director of PEC Homes.

Owen Ryles

As a chief executive of a local charitable organisation, the Plymouth Athenaeum, Owen contributes knowledge, skills and experience relating to the operations and management of charitable organisations. The Plymouth Athenaeum is a charitable society promoting learning in science, technology, literature and art and has many crossovers with PEC’s aims and objectives.

Owen is also a fellow of The RSA (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) and the Linnean Society, and is engaged in discussions and projects related to energy sustainability, climate change, the environment and natural sciences.

Owen started his journey with PEC as a PEC Pal and the Plymouth Athenaeum is a regular venue for PEC's events. He was elected to the PEC Trust Board at the 2019 AGM and represents PEC Trust on the PEC Homes Board.