Clean Growth Funder - Ep27: Beverley Gower-Jones

What this episode covers

Beverley Gower-Jones is the leading figure in the cleantech start-up world. She is the Managing Partner at the Clean Growth Fund which invests in the UK's most promising early-stage, clean growth ventures. She’s also the CEO and founder of Carbon Limiting Technologies, helping companies to commercialize new, innovative technologies. Bio Beverley Gower-Jones is the Managing Partner at the Clean Growth Fund, which is backed by, amongst others, the UK Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The Fund, with a mandate of £40million (and aim to get to £100 million in 2021), invests in the UK's most promising early-stage, clean growth ventures.  Beverley has also co-founded Carbon Limiting Technologies in 2006 and run it ever since. The company’s aim is to support companies in new technologies and clean energy. Before that she worked for 20 years at Shell in various roles – from Production Geologist in Scotland, Brunei, and Egypt through well engineering all the way to being Vice President of Shell Technology Ventures. She describes her character traits as determination and perseverance: ‘believe in the magic of your dreams, if you can dream it, you can do it’. Before having children, Beverley was a scuba diving instructor examiner. She studied geology mining at the University of Cardiff, being the only female student in the whole Department of Mineral Exploitation.