Powerhouse Appoint Industry Leader to Board

Powerhouse Energy Group plc (AIM: PHE), the UK technology company commercialising hydrogen production from waste plastic, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Gill Weeks OBE, as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

With a scientific and legal background and widely considered to be an industry expert within the field of waste, environment and resource management, Gill has chaired key government, trade body and Environment Agency committees and has served on the Environment Agency Board.

As a leader of compliance and regulatory teams in global environmental business, advising on environmental law changes, over the course of her career Gill has developed expertise in public policy, environmental law, stakeholder management, governance and risk, environmental science and regulatory compliance and enforcement.

Gill was a board member at the Environment Agency for seven years until 2021 where she was chair of the Environment and Business Committee. She is currently the chair of Trustees at the Welcome Charity.

On joining the Board of Powerhouse Gill Weeks said: ““I am delighted to be joining Powerhouse Energy at an exciting time as it aims to become a global leader in technology solutions that transform plastics and waste into clean energy.  I look forward to bringing my expertise to the board and working with the Powerhouse team as it seeks to help the world transition to clean energy, whilst providing a solution to end-of-life plastic.”

James Greenstreet, Non-Executive Chairman of Powerhouse Energy Group, said: “We look forward to working with Gill whose appointment strengthens the Powerhouse board. Gill’s experience and expertise within waste, environment and resource management will undoubtedly help Powerhouse as it looks forward to delivering the UK’s first facility at Protos and see its technology rolled out internationally”.