Profile

Philip Mann is instigating a new inter-disciplinary programme on energy in developing countries at the ECI. Philip has over 14 years professional energy experience, devoted to strategy and policy development, and project and programme management. He has direct detailed knowledge of policy making in a multi-lateral donor organisation, as well as broad experience of project and programme design, and appraisal and management in developed and developing countries.

Philip started working life as a teacher of science in a remote secondary school in Sierra Leone , where he also gained funding for and installed, a photovoltaic lighting system for the school. He later spent 4 years project managing UK Government programmes on energy efficiency, followed by a period of secondment to the Netherlands , where he provided project management, strategic advice and technical input to an International Energy Agency (IEA) energy efficiency programme. This was followed by 4 years in the UK as deputy manager of an IEA renewable energy information and analysis centre.

Before starting his current role, Philip worked for 4 years at the European Commission, Directorate General for Development, as a Seconded National Expert on behalf of the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Philip was the European Commission development co-operation contact point for sustainable energy on issues of policy and programming, and development of specific programmes and initiatives. One of his many tasks was the development and initial implementation of the 'EU Energy Initiative for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development'.

For the last 7 years Philip has been an active Trustee of a UK-registered social welfare charity operating in Nepal. The Child Welfare Scheme specialises in child health, education, and employment issues, as well as running a biomass energy programme, initiated by Philip, promoting the use of improved cook-stoves.

In September 2006 Phil began a DPhil researching: Energy planning in the developing world - synergies and trade-offs between increasing energy access for poverty reduction, energy security and climate goals.

Links

• Cooking and Carbon Expert Workshop, Generating carbon credits from cooking. November 2005, University of Oxford