Stuart Deed
Stuart is a graduate of Strathclyde University in Glasgow. During a ten year spell in the exploration and production side of the oil industry with what is now Exxon Mobil he worked in the Finance and Contracting areas of the business.
In 1995 Stuart moved to what was then Scottish Hydro Electric and in 1998 was involved in the merger between the Scottish Hydro-Electric and Southern Electric which resulted in the creation of Scottish and Southern Energy. He is now Head of Business Partnering at SSE.
Within the SSE Venture Capital business (established in 2007) we identify, develop and execute investments in the clean-tech sector. As Head of Business Partnering Stuart has overseen investments in a broad range of Cleantech companies, and has managed the investments in the Sigma Capital Group and Vantage Point Venture Partners sustainable energy funds.
Stuart is currently on the board of a number of investee businesses and technical associations and is looking forward to completing a number of other clean-tech investment opportunities in the near future.