About Us

Background

SolarVentus Ltd was founded in 2010 by Simon and Kim Morrish. Working in partnership with Mosscliff Environmental we work with landowners, businesses, farmers, small holders, manufacturers and industrial users to reduce their electricity costs by generating renewable energy with wind turbines.

With the introduction of the UK Government's feed in tariff scheme, Simon recognised that there is an opportunity where land owners and businesses can make cost savings without having to lock their capital into a long term investment.

Building on their success and experience gained from running Ground Control, Simon and Kim are excited at the prospect of helping reduce electricity costs and at the same time helping the UK to meet its obligations for reducing CO2 output.

Solarventus Limited is registered in England and Wales, Company No. 07211603. If you would like to get in touch then drop us an email from our contact us page.

Simon Morrish MA (Hons); MBA

Simon has been Managing Director of Ground Control since 2004. Under his leadership, the company has tripled in size and become the leading national provider of commercial landscaping services. Prior to that, Simon spent five years at McKinsey and Company consulting for major multinational companies in the Oil and Gas, Banking, Media and Retail sectors. He has also worked at Morgan Stanley structuring derivatives, founded and sold two successful start-ups and project managed the merger of four insolvent banks for the Jamaican Government gaining significant experience in managing complex organisational logistics, cost cutting and extracting merger synergies.

Simon holds a Master's degree with Honours in Economics, Engineering and Management from Oxford University and a Master of Business Administration degree with Distinction from Harvard Business School.

Kim Morrish BA, MBA

Kim has been the Director of Development for Ground Control since 2004. She has led both Human Resources and Business Development functions, recruiting and training over 40 new management staff to support the business's dramatic growth. During her tenure, the company has enjoyed remarkably high staff development and retention. Her work in business development has landed large contracts with prestigious clients such as Asda, Vodafone, and Scottish Executive, along with a strategic partnering arrangement with Dalkia.

Prior to this, she served as a business consultant to Harvard Business School Interactive. She held senior roles in two start-ups, including launching and managing the U.S. subsidiary of IPC GmbH. For seven years, she served as a tenured US Diplomat where she managed financial market development projects in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Kim holds a Masters of Business Administration the Darden Graduate School of Business and graduated with a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.

Jonathan Colverson BSc

Jonathan previously worked for a large IT services company (CGI Europe), initially as a software developer and later as a project manager where over a period of 5 years he managed a large number of successful IT projects. Using the PRINCE2 methodology he had a reputation for delivering projects both on time and budget. Prior to working at CGI he spent 9 years working for DeBeers preparing diamonds for sale at the London office.

Jonathan has had a keen interest in renewable energy for many years and is excited to be working with a company that will help the UK meet its targets for CO2 reductions.

Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Anglia University and is a PRINCE2 qualified practitioner.