Juliet Davenport

Juliet Sarah Davenport^[1] was born in Haslemere, Surrey, in 1968.^[2][3]

She read physics as an undergraduate at Merton College, Oxford before taking a master's degree in economics and environmental economics at Birkbeck, University of London. She also worked for a year at the European Commission on European energy policy and at the European Parliament on carbon taxation.^[4]

Davenport began working with Energy for Sustainable Development, an environmental consultancy. While there, she ran technology models and analysed policies on renewable energy from countries around Europe.^[5]

In 1999, Davenport set up Unit[e], a subsidiary of the Monkton Group, of which she later became CEO. In 2003, Unit[e] was renamed Good Energy. The company was named a Sunday Times Best Green Company in 2008 and 2009, and received The Observer’s Ethical Award for best online retail initiative in 2009.^[6] In 2012, Davenport was named as PLUS CEO of the year.^[7]

In March 2021, the podcast Great Green Questions launched with Davenport as host. On the series she speaks to a variable panel of celebrities, experts and comedians about the issues of sustainable living.^[8]

From 1 May 2021 Davenport stepped down as CEO of Good Energy,^[9] and she left the company's board in 2022.^[10] She holds a number of non-executive directorships^[10] and is chair of Atrato Onsite Energy, a company which installs solar generation on roofs of commercial buildings.^[11][12]

Davenport has been a trustee of the Energy Institute professional membership body since 2019,^[13] and in July 2022 was appointed as its president for a three-year term.^[14]

Davenport was appointed as a Crown Estate Commissioner in 2020, renewed in 2024 for another four years.^[15]

Davenport was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to renewable energy supply.^[1] She holds honorary degrees from the University of Bristol (2018)^[16] and the University of Bath (2022).^[17]