Meet the Team

As co-founder of Bramble, Tom joined the company as a Director and Chief Technology Officer when the company spun-out of UCL and Imperial College in 2016 before taking up the role of CEO in September 2017. With over 10 years of electrochemistry experience, Tom is the foremost authority and a recognised world expert on all things PCBFC™. Under Tom’s stewardship, Bramble Energy has achieved exponential growth and is now in the position to scale up to its largest competitors.

Playing a vital role in Bramble’s successful funding rounds, Vidal brings together his vast experience of project and supply chain management from the construction industry and the development and commissioning of hybridised portable fuel cell systems in his role as CCO at Bramble Energy. He oversees all aspects of the company’s commercial activities including marketing, sales, operations, finance and business development as Bramble rapidly scale and commercialise its core technology platform.

Paul has vast experience in both the Automotive and Fuel Cell Sectors with a deep technical knowledge of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, mechanical structures, control strategy, actuators, instrumentation and manufacturing methods. He has led prominent technical programmes for the advancement of fuel cell technology, responsible for delivery of all programme milestones to reach build and testing of prototypes for demonstration to OEMs and 3rd parties.

Studying Chemical Engineering at Strathclyde University and carrying out his PHD in PEM fuel cells at the University of Loughborough, Paul has over 20 years’ experience in developing solutions and leading innovation in the hydrogen and fuel cell sector including fuel cell stack design, diagnostics & operation. Paul joined Bramble to lead our highly skilled team of engineers to deliver excellence across the board of our technology programmes.

Dan is a co-founder of Bramble Energy and co-inventor of the core PCBFC™ technology. Dan combines his academic role at UCL, where he holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair, with his role at Bramble leading the Innovation program. He is a recognized expert in the electrochemical engineering of power systems and one of the most published people in the world in this area. He has been recognized by numerous prizes and awards including the Princess Royal Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering for his work in translating academic discoveries into commercial impact.