About

Janine brings over 25 years of senior leadership experience in the energy sector, including extensive experience in the development, financing, construction and operation of renewable energy infrastructure. She spent 16 years at National Grid, latterly as a member of its UK Executive Committee, before moving into senior executive and Board roles across the energy infrastructure sector. These have included UK Power Reserve, PwC, Public Power Solutions and Harmony Energy Income Trust, where she helped oversee the development and operation of one of the UK's largest battery storage portfolios.

Janine has considerable experience of supporting businesses through periods of rapid growth, strategic change and investment. She currently holds several non-executive appointments and brings a strong combination of commercial, financial and governance expertise. As Non-Exec Chair, Janine will work closely with the Board, CEO and leadership team to support Supernova Power's growth ambitions and the successful delivery of its battery storage portfolio.

Phil has over 20 years experience in the UK energy market across BESS, gas peaking, solar, biomass and waste to energy. Phil founded Balance Power in 2017 and grew the business into one of the market leaders in UK energy project development with a reputation for delivering highly bankable projects.

Ruaridh has been with the company since 2017, having previously worked in the Construction and Oil & Gas industries. He has successfully built a high-performing team and has overall responsibility for executing the company’s vision and strategy.

Ruaridh’s diverse experience, working across all business functions has allowed him to make measured decisions and assess risk effectively with the goal of developing energy projects that are ultimately deliverable to commercial operations.

Jon has over 25 years’ experience in the energy and finance sectors. He joined as CFO in 2024. He has held several board-level positions in the embedded power generation space. He has been most recently CFO of Welsh Power; CEO of Velox Power, a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and before that he was CFO of Peak Gen Power.

Earlier in his career, Jon was CFO of energy supply businesses Ovo Energy and Good Energy. He trained as a Chartered Accountant. Jon has a track record of rapidly growing businesses and delivering value to shareholders within the energy sector.

Phillip brings over 20 years of engineering, project delivery and leadership experience, with extensive expertise in UK grid scale electricity infrastructure and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Prior to joining Supernova, Phillip held senior leadership positions at Envision Energy, most recently as Director of UK Delivery & Service, where he established and led a multidisciplinary organisation responsible for the execution of a 10GWh portfolio of grid-scale energy storage projects. Previously, Phillip was Project Director at Constantine Energy Storage, leading the development and delivery of a 3GWh BESS portfolio, this followed the conclusion of an 11-year career with National Grid delivering major electricity transmission infrastructure projects.

As Chief Technical Officer, Phillip leads Supernova's engineering, technical and project delivery functions, overseeing projects from development and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational handover. His experience combines deep technical understanding with commercial and strategic leadership, supporting Supernova's ambition to develop and deliver high-quality, reliable energy infrastructure at scale.

Jacob joined Supernova in 2026, having established and led the battery storage lending business at one of the UK’s largest banks.

Drawing on extensive experience financing and advising businesses in emerging, high-growth sectors, Jacob brings a highly commercial approach to Supernova, with a focus on driving investment, accelerating growth, and enhancing revenue generation.