Dominic Brown

Strategic Energy Partnerships

York, England, United Kingdom

About

I’m the Programme Lead at York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, leading the development of a regional delivery platform that can originate, aggregate and take energy and decarbonisation projects to investment readiness at scale to deliver for the region. My focus is on building the institutional, commercial and governance foundations needed to move beyond fragmented, grant‑led delivery and create a coherent pipeline that works for investors, central government and local partners.

Experience

  • Net Zero Programme Lead at York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    Building investible Net Zero systems. As a Net Zero Programme Lead, I lead the development of York and North Yorkshire’s Strategic Energy Partnership and the City Leap Replicator, creating investible regional structures that accelerate decarbonisation. I focus on building coordinated pipelines across retrofit, heat, renewables and EV infrastructure, reducing risk, and attracting private capital. By harnessing the strengths of both city and rural assets, my work helps deliver wider co‑benefits—warm, efficient homes, stronger local supply chains, new green jobs and long‑term regional resilience

  • Climate Propositions & Engagement Manager at Coutts
    Mar 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Responsible Investing, Programme Management, Governance, Risk Management, ESG Regulatory Reporting, TFCD Reporting, Strategic thinking, Systems Thinking, Asset Management.

  • Committee Member at St Michael's Parish Church
    Nov 2020 - Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • NatWest Group (2 yrs 5 mos)
    • Climate Change Programme Manager - Operations
      Feb 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Define and lead the climate change operations programme to deliver sustainable business and customer outcomes. Reduce emissions across the operational footprint alongside supply chain emissions. Provide climate change, energy and delivery management expertise, to support operational delivery and sustainability strategy.

    • Giki Partnership Lead
      Jan 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Leading the partnership with Giki Zero to promote behavioural change for sustainable thinking into our colleagues’ lifestyles by providing carbon tracking platform, sustainability education, gamification elements to their journey to a more sustainable lifestyle.

    • Climate Change Programme Delivery Manager
      Nov 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Delivering in the Group Climate Change Programme, managing the change management functions, managing the delivery progress utilising a suite of tools, and ensuring the Executive Steering Group has accurate information to make effective decisions in this important area.

  • RBS (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Senior Change Analyst
      Apr 2017 - Nov 2020 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Leading workstreams in regulatory change projects/programmes using Agile methodologies. Leading, coaching and mentoring analysts to facilitate high-functioning project teams.

    • Senior Change Portfolio Analyst
      May 2015 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs

      • Led the engagement between RBS (CPB) and W&G business and delivery teams to ensure business change proposals adhere to the appropriate governance (CCWG) and that customers are not adversely affected the changes. • Providing quality assurance for Risks and Issues, along with Benefits/Outcomes analysis. Delivering a trends analysis document to drive improvements with the quality of data provided, simultaneously liaising with the programme offices to create accurate, concise, timely reports to enable executives to better represent their customers. • Responsible for producing executive reporting packs to challenging deadlines. • Experience of working in the P3M environment – providing Planview assistance and training to new colleagues.