Members of the Panel

Matthew Cole – The Chair –  Matt heads up the Fuel Bank Foundation, which provides same-day financial support and proactive advice to families living without heat or power, using the lived experience of the 1.5m people helped to date to influence and shape government policy and industry standards, and to drive a renewed focus on delivering great customer outcomes back across the energy industry. Matt also independently advocates on behalf of the most vulnerable across the utilities’ sector and works to drive different strategies to better ensure that customer needs are understood and met as part of a just transition to net zero.

Margaret Corrigan – Margaret is recently retired from managing front-line fuel poverty services, where she worked for 9 years. She has seen first-hand the struggles and subsequent impact on those families living in fuel poverty.

Kirsten Jenkins – Kirsten Jenkins is a Senior Lecturer in energy, environment, and society within the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Alongside her lectureship, Kirsten serves as Managing Editor for the journal Energy Research & Social Science, and Deputy Theme Champion for the Energy, People, Policy, and Society theme of the Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation, amongst other roles. She is adviser to the Scottish Parliament’s NetZero, Energy, and Transport Committee and Associate Member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council.

Alister Steele – Alister has 30 years’ experience in delivering affordable housing and community regeneration. As Managing Director of Castle Rock Housing Association, he led the development and implementation of the organisation’s energy and fuel poverty strategies. He co-founded and chaired Our Power, a not-for-profit energy supply business, and is currently a Board member of Communities Housing Trust and Allia Social Impact Investments.

Fraser Stewart – Fraser is the Just Transitions Lead at the energy consultancy Regen, working with everyone from citizens and communities to energy networks to policymakers and regulators to ensure fairness is built into every bit of the energy system. Fraser brings an intimate knowledge both from a personal and a real-world standpoint, in addition to strong knowledge of policy processes, design, and analysis at local, Scottish, and UK level.