Passionately supporting business & communities in efforts to live more harmoniously with our planet.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
- Vince Lombardi
Paul Wrighton, Based in England, with an international network.
The last 10 years of my career:
What a privilege to be able to marry a desire for business with a passion for looking after our planet.
Sure, I’m biased. My whole career has been in scaling up disruptive technologies, leveraging data and insights to ensure their adoption across both construction and renewable energy sectors — as without data, how can we better protect our planet, make better business decisions and maintain reliability of service for all who rely on critical infrastructure for daily life.
Connecting…understanding…acting
Articles & Podcasts
President, Lifespan Management
2020 – 2022
Responsible for all aspects of P&L management within a private equity backed (Triton) global leader in construction and infrastructure technology, founded in 1865 & specialising in working with public authorities, government, asset owners, construction firms and design agencies on infrastructure projects.
Watch me introduce one of our data projects in Germany (2-minute case study):
Director, NW Europe and Nordics
2016 – 2020
Responsible for all aspects of P&L business leadership for a €20m energy and sustainability business across Northwest Europe and Nordics, including UK&I, Benelux, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, recognised as the world’s most sustainable company in 2021 by the Corporate Knights Global 100 Index
Key role in an enterprise positioned as a digital partner for sustainability and efficiency, enabling digital transformation by integrating world-leading process & energy technologies, endpoint to cloud connectivity, controls, software and services, supporting homes, buildings, data centres, infrastructure and industries.
Provision of strategic solutions to global businesses, reducing carbon footprint & leveraging new offerings
My views on using technology to reduce carbon emissions (ahead of COP26) in 2020:
Senior Project Developer
2012 – 2014
Achievements:
+ £24m Project Opportunities developed
Successful award of +7m Energy Performance Contract (EPC)
Development of key partner channel for the delivery support of EPC contracts