Hugh Parnell

Board Member​

Founder and Chairman of Cambridge Cleantech, with 18+ years in low-carbon technology and business development, advising organisations from start-up to scale on growth, funding and sustainable innovation.

Founder and Chairman of Cambridge Cleantech, non-exec of several technology-based growth companies; advisor on business growth and funding from start-up to scale, on angel/VC equity and corporate finance. Hugh has been involved in the low carbon / renewable and Cleantech technology and business development sector for over 18 years, having previously worked in the downstream oil industry. He has been involved with the Cambridge Retrofit programme, as well as co-founding Cambridge Energy, Cambridge Responsibility Forum and serving as a trustee of several charities.

“Technology is not the whole solution to the critical carbon and environmental issues we should be addressing but it can be a major contributor, enabling choices and facilitating change!”