We spoke with Chris Maclean, co-founder of commercial energy procurement, trading and management platform Open Energy Market.
Maclean is a commercial energy expert with more than 15 years’ industry experience and has dedicated his knowledge to developing tech in a bid to reduce inefficiencies and alleviate some of the challenges facing energy procurement and energy management professionals.
Tell me an interesting fact about yourself.
I started my career as a ‘Mobile Frozen Food Distribution Agent’ (Ice-cream man). For two years I brought happiness, in the form of Mr Whippy’s, to the residents of Camberley, Surrey.
What were you doing before Open Energy Market?
I’ve been in the energy industry since 2005: initially, working for a large supplier in Oxford and then subsequently at a consultancy in London....